BUDGET 2022 (Download all budget documents) -01st Feb 2022)

Key to Budget Document, 2022

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Key_to_Budget_Document_2021.pdf

Budget Highlights (Key Features)

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/bh1.pdf

Annual Financial Statement
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https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#collapse2

Memorandum Explaining the Provisions in the Financial Bill

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/memo.pdf

Finance Bill

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Finance_Bill.pdf

Statements of Fiscal Policy under the FRBM Act, 2003

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/frbm1.pdf

Output Outcome Framework for Schemes 2022-2023

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/OutcomeBudgetE2021_2022.pdf

Customs Notifications
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https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#custom

Implementation of Budget Announcements 2021-2022

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/impbud2020-21.pdf

Budget at a Glance
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https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#budget

Expenditure Profile
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https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#expen

Expenditure Budget

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#expenb

Ministry wise Summary of Budget Provisions

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/sumsbe.pdf

All Statements of Budget Estimates

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/allsbe.pdf

Finance Minister’s Speech

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/#collapse1

Tax updates (Budget 2022)-01 Feb 2022

Tax updates (Budget 2022)-01 Feb 2022

AMT is proposed to be reduced from 18% to 15% for co-operative society

Surcharge rate reduced from 12% to 7% on co-operative society having total income less than Rs. 10 crores

Income from the transfer of virtual digital asset shall be taxed at 30% with no deductions of expenses

New provision introduced for filing of an updated return within 2 years from the end of the relevant assessment year on payment of additional tax

Period of incorporation for eligible start-ups to claim the tax benefit is extended by 1 year

Maximum surcharge on long-term capital gain is capped at 15%

Surcharge or cess is not allowable as business expenditure:

Gift of cryptocurrencies to be taxed at receiver’s end

The government will tax income from digital asset transfers at 30%.

Gross GST collection for January 2022 is Rs 1.4 lakh crores approx, highest since the inception of GST: Says FM

Rs 1 lakh crore financial assistance to be provided to states in 2022-23 to catalyse investments, says FM

Existing tax benefits for startups, which were offered redemption of taxes for 3 consecutive years, to be extended by 1 more year.

Faceless proceedings under Customs is fully established

Customs Duty on Gems and Diamonds reduced to 5%

SEZ reforms in customs to be implemented by 30th Sept, 2022

Concessions provided on raw material for boosting manufacturing of Electronics Goods

Duty concessions provided to high growth electronic items

Proposals made for exempting few goods under Customs for promoting manufacturing of Capital goods

Economic times –

Biggest announcements for taxpayers 👉
Taxpayers can file an updated return on payment of taxes within two years from the end of relevant assessment year.

The new provision will ensure voluntary tax filing and reduce litigation, says FM

30% tax on proceeds of virtual/digital assets with no deductions other than cost of acquisition

No set off permitted against other income

1% TDS to be levied on payments made on transfer of digital assets

Deduction for employer contribution to NPS increased to 14% from 10% earlier for State govt employees on par with central govt employees

(Economic times)

Rs 1,38,394 crore Gross GST Revenue collected for January 2022

Rs 1,38,394 crore Gross GST Revenue collected for January 2022


GST collection crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore mark for the 4th time

Revenues for the month of January 2022 15% higher than GST revenues in the same month last year and 25% higher than the GST revenues in January 2020Posted

Press Release date:- Jan 31, 2022

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January 2022 till 3PM on 31.01.2022 is Rs 1,38,394 crore of which CGST is Rs 24,674 crore, SGST is Rs 32,016 crore, IGST is Rs 72,030 crore (including Rs 35,181 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is Rs 9,674 crore (including Rs 517 crore collected on import of goods). The highest monthly GST collection has been Rs 1,39,708 crore in the month of April 2021. Total number of GSTR-3B returns filed upto 30th January 2022 is 1.05 crore that includes 36 lakh quarterly returns.

The government has settled Rs 29,726 crore to CGST and Rs 24,180 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. In addition, Centre has also settled Rs. 35,000 crore of IGST on ad-hoc basis in the ratio of 50:50 between Centre and States/UTs in this month. The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of January 2022 after regular and ad-hoc settlements is Rs 71,900 crore for CGST and Rs 73,696 crore for the SGST. Centre also released GST compensation Rs 18,000 crore in January’2022 to States/UTs.

The revenues for the month of January2022 are 15%higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year and 25% higher than the GST revenues in January 2020. During the month, revenues from import of goods was 26% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 12% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

This is for the fourth time GST collection has crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore mark. 6.7 crore e-way bills were generated in the month of December 2021 which is 14% higher than 5.8 crore e-way bills generated in the month of November 2021. Coupled with economic recovery, anti-evasion activities, especially action against fake billers have been contributing to the enhanced GST. The improvement in revenue has also been due to various rate rationalization measures undertaken by the Council to correct inverted duty structure. It is expected that the positive trend in the revenues will continue in the coming months as well.

DGGI Gurugram officials bust nexus of 93 fake firms issuing fake input tax credit invoices of Rs 491 crore, arrest one (Press release 28th Jan 2022)

The Gurugram Zonal Unit (GZU) of Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), has arrested one person on 18.01.2022 under the provisions of the GST Act on charges of running multiple fake firms on the strength of fake documents and having passed on fraudulently ITC to the quantum of Rs. 491 crore.

Acting upon on specific inputs from Jaipur Zonal unit of DGGI that a person was providing cloud storage facility to various persons across India, for carrying out their work from remote locations and storing data, Hard Disk recovered from the Cloud service provider was scrutinized. Through scrutiny of data contained in such Hard Disk being provided by the Cloud Storage facility, the identity of the key operative emerged who appeared to be running a nexus of 93 fake firms.

During searches conducted on 18/01/2022, various firms were found non-existent at their given addresses.  The key operative who was actively using the cloud storage service and running the said firms was apprehended from Hansi in Haryana on 18/1/2022.  During investigation, the key operative admitted to have orchestrated the fraud along with other accomplices.  Based on the verifications, evidences and statements recorded, he appeared to be a key person in the functioning of the racket of creation of fake firms, issuing of invoices without actual supply of goods in respect of 93 fake firms which has led to passing on of fraudulent and inadmissible ITC of Rs. 491 crore and thereby, violation of multiple provisions of the CGST Act, 2017.  Accordingly, he was arrested on 18/1/2022 and sent to 14 days Judicial Custody by Duty Magistrate.

Further investigation in the case is underway.

Deployment of Interest Calculator in GSTR-3B (GST Portal updates 26 Jan 2022)

  1. The new functionality of interest calculator in GSTR-3B is now live on the GST Poral.
  2. This functionality will facilitate & assist the taxpayers in doing self-assessment. This functionality will arrive at the system computed interest on the basis of the tax liability values declared by the taxpayers, along with the details about the period to which it pertains. The interest appliable, if any, will be computed after the filing of the said GSTR-3B and will be auto-populated in the Table-5.1 of the GSTR-3B of the next tax-period. The facility would be similar to the collection of Late fees for GSTR-3B, filed after the Due date, posted in the next period’s GSTR-3B. This functionality will inform the taxpayers about the manner of system computed interest for each tax-head and hence will assist the taxpayers in doing correct computation of interest for the tax liability of any past period declared in the GSTR-3B for the current tax period.
  3. For more details, please refer to the detailed advisory regarding the functionality, click here
  4. This functionality will further improve ease of filing return under GST and is, therefore, in the direction of further reducing the compliance burden for taxpayers.

Thanking You,
Team GSTN

Judicial updates (Tax Laws)- 27th Jan 2022

Claim of Assessee of Profit lower than 8% cannot be denied for mere non-submission of Tax Audit Report

ACIT Vs Vairam Constructions (ITAT Chennai) dated 18/01/2022

Rs. 258 Crore illegal ITC availment case – HC refuses Bail to accused

Paritosh Kumar Siingh Vs Senior Intelligence Officer (Chhattisgarh High Court) dated 18/01/2022


Income Tax Notice issued issued against a dead person, is null and void

Dharamraj Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) dated 17/01/2022


Directors’ personal property cannot be Attached to Recover Companies Sales Tax Dues
Sunita Ramesh Bansal Vs Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (Gujarat High Court) dated 13/01/2022


HC disposes petition as department granted credit as per courts direction which was earlier not given

Siddharth Enterprises Vs Nodal Officer (Gujarat High Court) dated 12/01/2022


Expenses towards provision for pension fund allowable as expenses

ACIT Vs Punjab & Sind Bank (ITAT Delhi) dated 05/01/2022


HC directs unblocking of Electronic Credit Ledger as one year period was expired

Krishna Fashion Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) dated 18/01/2022

GST Cash credit account of assessee cannot be provisionally attached

Manish Scrap Traders Vs Principal Commissioner (Gujarat High Court) dated 12/01/2022


If assessee resold goods imported from AE without any value addition, than most appropriate method for determining ALP is RPM

Randox Laboratories India Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) dated 04/01/2022

GST updates NACIN (Presentation)

GST updates NACIN

•This Presentation covers the GST changes/observations/ press releases released by CBEC since the last updateon 04.12.2021.

It supplements the earlier GST Updates.

•This presentation is based on CGSTAct/Rules/Notifications, except the provisions related solely to SGST provisions. Similar parallel provisions in State Laws may be referred to as required

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CGST Bhiwandi Commissionerate arrests businessman for running fake ITC network (bogus billing of more than 63 Crores) Press Release Dated 22th Jan 2022

  The officers of Bhiwandi Commissionerate of CGST Mumbai Zone have arrested a businessman was running a Fake GST Input Tax Credit racket. Acting on an intelligence from Central Intelligence Unit of Mumbai CGST Zone, the officers initiated coordinated action at different locations in Thane, Bhiwandi, Raigad and Mumbai and detected GST evasion of Rs 11.4 crores through generation and passing of fake ITC through intricate web of bogus billing of more than 63 Crores.

          The search was conducted at Bhiwandi based business premises of M/s. Adarsh Scrap Traders which was indulging in bogus billing and availment and passing on of fake ITC and thus defrauding the Government exchequer of its rightful GST revenue. The initial investigation revealed that firm had fraudulently claimed and passed on Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs.11.4 Crores without actual supply or receipt of goods. The proprietor of the firm, confessed to the bogus billing and running of fake ITC racket. He was arrested on 21.01.2022 under Section 69 of CGST Act, 2017 and was produced before the Hon’ble Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Fort, Mumbai, today on 22.1.2022. The Hon’ble CMM has remanded the accused to 14 days judicial custody, till 04.02.2022.

          The amount of fake ITC involved is likely to go up during the ongoing investigation once the entire network is investigated. The roots of this network are spread across the cities of Nagpur, Pune, Delhi and Nasik apart from Mumbai and Thane. At this stage, it seems that around 25 entities are part of this network. Jurisdictional Commissionerates are being informed to initiate legal action against the firms falling in their jurisdiction.

          This operation is a part of efforts by CGST Mumbai Zone to eradicate fake ITC networks, which have been vitiating the healthy economic ecosystem of the country and defrauding the Government Exchequer. This the Sixth arrest by Bhiwandi Commissionerate in last 6 months. The department will intensify the drive against fake ITC networks and other GST evaders in the coming months.

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CGST Bhiwandi Commissionerate/CP/PK

सीजीएसटी भिवंडी कमिश्नरी ने एक व्यवसायी को गिरफ्तार किया


नकली आईटीसी नेटवर्क, 63 करोड़ रुपये की फर्जी बिलिंग का मामला
Posted Date:- Jan 22, 2022

सीजीएसटी भिवंडी कमिश्नरी ने एक व्यवसायी को गिरफ्तार किया और एक नकली आईटीसी नेटवर्क को तोड़ दिया जिसने 63 करोड़ रुपये की फर्जी बिलिंग की।

सीजीएसटी मुंबई जोन के भिवंडी कमिश्नरी के अधिकारियों ने 25 से अधिक फर्जी संस्थाओं के एक नकली इनपुट टैक्स क्रेडिट रैकेट का भंडाफोड़ किया है, जिसने 63 करोड़ रुपये से अधिक की फर्जी बिलिंग की और नकली आईटीसी के माध्यम से सरकार को 11.4 करोड़ रुपये का चूना लगाया। एक फर्जी इकाई के मालिक को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।

मुंबई सीजीएसटी जोन की सेंट्रल इंटेलिजेंस यूनिट से एक खुफिया जानकारी पर कार्रवाई करते हुए, अधिकारियों ने ठाणे, भिवंडी, रायगढ़ और मुंबई में विभिन्न स्थानों पर समन्वित कार्रवाई शुरू की और फर्जी बिलिंग के जटिल वेब के माध्यम से नकली आईटीसी के उत्पादन और पासिंग के माध्यम से 11.4 करोड़ रुपये की जीएसटी चोरी का पता लगाया ।

तलाशी, मैसर्स के भिवंडी स्थित व्यावसायिक परिसर में की गई। प्रारंभिक जांच से पता चला है कि फर्म ने धोखे से दावा किया था और माल की वास्तविक आपूर्ति या प्राप्ति के बिना 11.4 करोड़ रुपये के इनपुट टैक्स क्रेडिट (आईटीसी) को पारित कर दिया था। फर्म के मालिक ने फर्जी बिलिंग और फर्जी आईटीसी रैकेट चलाने की बात कबूल की। उन्हें सीजीएसटी अधिनियम, 2017 की धारा 69 के तहत 21.01.2022 को गिरफ्तार किया गया था और आज 22.1.2022 को माननीय अतिरिक्त मुख्य मेट्रोपॉलिटन मजिस्ट्रेट, फोर्ट, मुंबई के समक्ष पेश किया गया। माननीय सीएमएम ने आरोपी को 04.02.2022 तक 14 दिनों की न्यायिक हिरासत में भेज दिया है।

पूरे नेटवर्क की जांच के बाद चल रही जांच के दौरान इसमें शामिल नकली आईटीसी की मात्रा बढ़ने की संभावना है। इस नेटवर्क की जड़ें मुंबई और ठाणे के अलावा नागपुर, पुणे, दिल्ली और नासिक शहरों में फैली हुई हैं। इस स्तर पर, ऐसा लगता है कि लगभग 25 संस्थाएं इस नेटवर्क का हिस्सा हैं। क्षेत्राधिकार आयुक्तालयों को उनके अधिकार क्षेत्र में आने वाली फर्मों के खिलाफ कानूनी कार्रवाई शुरू करने के लिए सूचित किया जा रहा है।

यह ऑपरेशन सीजीएसटी मुंबई ज़ोन द्वारा नकली आईटीसी नेटवर्क को मिटाने के प्रयासों का एक हिस्सा है, जो देश के स्वस्थ आर्थिक पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र को खराब कर रहा है और सरकारी खजाने को धोखा दे रहा है। पिछले 6 महीनों में भिवंडी कमिश्नरी द्वारा यह छठी गिरफ्तारी है। विभाग आने वाले महीनों में नकली आईटीसी नेटवर्क और अन्य जीएसटी चोरों के खिलाफ अभियान तेज करेगा।