In this edition, we bring you, Part III of various shades of draft assessment orders and issue surrounding them. In this piece, we have dealt on the issues arising of the e-assessment and faceless assessment schemes.

The next article is on the recent judgment of Honourable Supreme Court in the matter of Bharati Airtel Limited, wherein the judgment of Delhi High Court was struck down. The Supreme Court has asked right questions which the Delhi High Court failed to ask and stated that GSTR-2A is only a facilitator and non-availability of the same cannot be used at a later point of time to swap the entries. The Supreme Court upheld the Para 4 of Circular 26/26/2017 – CT since the same is within the ambit of Section 39(9) of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The Supreme Court has distinguished the various High Court judgments which have held that GSTR-3B is a stop-gap arrangement and not a return under Section 39 by relying on the amendment made to Section 39 and finally giving a sanctity to GSTR-3B as return.

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Filing of Form 67 as specified in Rule 128(9) is directory in nature and provisions of Rule 128 cannot override the provisions of DTAA.

Background:

Section 90 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides that the Central Government may enter into agreement with Government any country or territory outside India to eliminate double taxation of income.

In this regard, Article 25 of DTAA provides mechanism for elimination of double taxation by way of allowing credit of tax paid in other country against the tax payable in India (in most cases).

In order to streamline the process of claiming of credit under DTAA, Government of India has incorporated Rule 128 into the Income Tax Rules, 1962. Rule 128 states that in order to claim foreign tax credit, assessee is required to file Form 67 on or before the due date specified for filing return of income under section 139 (1).

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In this edition, we bring you, Part II of various shades of draft assessment orders and issue surrounding them. In this piece, we have dealt on the issues namely, can the DRP condone the delay in submission,  whether ITAT would have jurisdiction in case DRP rejects the submission because they are filed after time period and what would be the recourse for the assessee in case of non-condonation of delay by DRP?

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The recent judgment of Honourable Supreme Court in the matter of Union of India vs. VKC Footsteps India Private Limited[1] is a bitter pill but much needed one. The said judgment serves as a foundation for the future of the goods and service tax litigation in the country. The much hyped belief ‘one nation, one tax’ needed a jolt and the same was served by the Honourable Supreme Court. In this piece, we would provide a detailed analysis of the issue, the history before the matter reached to Supreme Court, the verdict of Supreme Court and conclude the piece by contributing our view and the impact of the said judgment on the future cases.

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