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High Court issued notice to Revenue as there was no option on the GST portal to file the appeal if transitional credit was rejected
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....igh Court issued notice to Revenue as there was no option on the GST portal to file the appeal if transitional credit was rejected<br>By: - Bimal jain<br>Goods and Services Tax - GST<br>Dated:- 4-12-2024<br><br>The Hon'ble Allahabad High Court in the case of ANIL KUMAR SINGH VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS - 2024 (11) TMI 587 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT issued notice to the Revenue Department where ....
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....the Assessee's Form GST TRAN-1 claiming transitional credit was rejected on ground that transaction credit of Central Excise Duty was filled in wrong Column and further petitioner could not file appeal on there was no option on GST portal. Facts: Mr. Anil Kumar Singh ("the Petitioner") had wrongly filed TRAN-1, the claim amounting to INR 30,30,368.53/-. He was served Order dated February 24, 202....
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....3 ["the Impugned Order"] whereby TRAN-1 claiming transaction credit of Central Excise Duty by the Petitioner was rejected because it was filed in the wrong column. The Petitioner after passing of the Impugned Order, attempted filing of the appeal but it was claimed that as there was no option to file an appeal of FORM TRAN-1 on the GST portal and manual appeal by the appellate authority is not ac....
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....ceptable, the same could not be filed. Further, though the Authority observed about the option to request the Commissioner to allow to revise his FORM TRAN-1, the request made in this regard qua opening the portal was not entertained. Hence, aggrieved by the circumstances, the present writ petition was filed before the Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad. Issue: Whether FORM GST TRAN-1 be rejected....
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.... on the ground that transaction credit of Central Excise Duty was filed in wrong Column? Held: The Hon'ble Allahabad High Court in ANIL KUMAR SINGH VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS - 2024 (11) TMI 587 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT held as under: * Relied on, the case of UNION OF INDIA VERSUS BHARTI AIRTEL LTD. & ORS. - 2021 (11) TMI 109 - SUPREME COURT where High Court issued a notice to Revenue as....
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.... there was no option on the GST portal to filed appeal where transitional credit was rejected. However, in the present case, no submission has been made on the plea raised pertaining to availability of credit to the tune of INR 30,20,268.52. Hence, Notice was issued to the Revenue Department. Our Comments: The Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad's notice to the Revenue Department underscores a c....
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....ritical issue in GST compliance. The lack of an option on the GST portal to appeal against rejection of transitional credit, as seen in Anil Kumar Singh's case, raises significant concerns about procedural fairness. The rejection of the Petitioner's claim for credit due to a clerical error, compounded by the inability to file an appeal, highlights the need for a more robust and inclusive digit....
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....al framework within the GST system. This step by the High Court is a crucial move towards ensuring justice and addressing systemic inadequacies in the GST portal. (Author can be reached at [email protected])<br> Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing by authors, experts, professionals ....