
Value Added Tax


High Fuel Prices in India Should Petroleum Products be Brought under the GST Regime?
by Nilanjan Sen*, Sumeir Ahuja**, Shubhamay Dutta*** and Agrani Bhati****

Taxability of ENA: Closing the Chapter or Opening a New Frontier?
by Shivam Mehta†, Tanya Garg †† and Srijita Chakraborty†††

Sale of re-possessed vehicles is subject to charge of VAT: Delhi High Court reiterates
“It is erroneous to suggest that the sale of goods is not chargeable to tax under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004, if there is no increase or accretion in the value of goods by the dealer.”

Delhi High Court directs VAT Authorities to process Flipkart’s VAT refund along with interest
A pre-deposit does not partake the character of a tax or duty. Those are sums which are deposited by an assessed solely for the purposes of pursuing the remedy of appeal.

Whether on coming into force of GST Act a Municipal Corporation can levy advertisement tax/fee? Kar HC analyses
Karnataka High Court: Suraj Govindaraj, J. dismissed the petition as being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that

Medical Oxygen IP and Nitrous Oxide IP are ‘drugs’ as per Section 3(b)(i) of the the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that Medical Oxygen IP and Nitrous Oxide IP

Amendments/Extension/Repeal in Acts dealing with GST, VAT and Excise Duty in view of merger of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu — Approved by Cabinet
Union Cabinet has approved amendments/extension/repeal in the following Acts and Regulations dealing with Goods and Services Tax (GST), Value Added Tax (VAT)