GST treatment of warranty and extended-warranty transactions, including related input tax credit availability, is aligned with the applicable central clarification for implementation under the Delhi GST framework. The central clarification applies mutatis mutandis to promote uniform treatment of GST liability and input tax credit. The clarification is explanatory in nature, and implementation difficulties may be brought before the Commissioner of State Tax, Delhi.

CENVAT credit is admissible for additional duty of customs paid on imported steam coal at a concessional rate under a customs exemption notification. The restriction in Rule 3(1)(i) applies only to concessional excise duty paid under specified central excise notifications. Although additional duty is measured by reference to equivalent excise duty, it is levied and collected as customs duty under the Customs Tariff Act. As the concession arose under a customs notification rather than a central excise notification, Rule 3(1)(vii) permitted credit and disallowance was not legally sustainable.

Input tax credit on ducts and manholes used in optical fiber cable networks is to be assessed under the blocked-credit framework in section 17(5) of the CGST Act, 2017. The Central clarification applies mutatis mutandis for implementation under the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, ensuring aligned treatment within Delhi. Implementation difficulties may be referred to the Commissioner of State Tax, Delhi.

Input tax credit on demo vehicles is available where authorised dealers use them for test drives and demonstrations that promote their own further supply of similar motor vehicles. Credit is unavailable where vehicles are used for staff or management transport, or where a dealer merely provides marketing or facilitation services for a manufacturer without selling vehicles on its own account. Capitalisation does not affect otherwise eligible credit, but credit is barred where depreciation is claimed on the tax component. Subsequent sale of a capitalised demo vehicle attracts the required amount or tax.

The requested police case concerns allegations that CMRL made fraudulent payments to Exalogic Solutions, a now-defunct company, by representing them as consideration for IT consultancy services. The investigation also alleged generation of proceeds of crime by CMRL management and persons connected with the recipient company. Searches reportedly resulted in seizure of handwritten notes containing details of certain fund transfers to Dubai.

University affiliation services to constituent colleges are taxable at 18% because they concern institutional eligibility oversight rather than admission or examination services. School affiliation services are taxable, subject to exemption for services supplied to government schools from 10 October 2024, while prior-period payment is regularised on an as is where is basis. DGCA-approved flying training courses meeting prescribed approval and completion-certificate requirements are exempt. Ancillary services supplied by a Goods Transport Agency during road transport are composite supplies of goods transport despite separate invoicing, unless not supplied in the course of transportation.

Section 161 of the DGST Act, 2017 permits rectification of errors apparent on the face of the record in decisions, orders, notices, certificates, or other documents. Proper officers must dispose of applications for rectification of assessment orders within the prescribed statutory timelines. Delayed disposal may result in revenue loss and avoidable litigation, while non-compliance with the time-bound requirement may attract appropriate action.

Physical verification of GST business premises may be initiated to examine doubtful registrations, suspected fake invoicing, refund-related business activity, intelligence inputs, or revenue-protection concerns. Jurisdictional GST Inspectors must conduct visits, verify registration particulars and actual business operations, record discrepancies and prescribed observations, and upload reports and photographs in Form GST REG-30 through the mandatory GSTN Field Visit application. Registration-related reports should ordinarily be furnished within ten working days, while adverse reports require immediate action under applicable GST law.

Advance Bills of Entry must be filed before the end of the day preceding the arrival of imported goods, subject to prescribed transport-specific timelines and system-imposed late filing fees. Where Master Bill of Lading or Master Air Waybill details are unavailable, advance filing may use NOMBL or NOMAWB with mandatory House Bill of Lading details. The missing master reference may later be updated through an online IGM-details amendment, which is automatically approved without late fee, only where the prior or advance Bill of Entry was initially filed using NOMBL or NOMAWB.

Special Commissioners, Additional Commissioners and Joint Commissioners are authorised to perform the functions of Appellate Authority for appeals under section 107 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The authorisation is exercised under the statutory power to appoint officers and supersedes the earlier authorisation governing appellate functions.

The Turant Suvidha Kendra at Nhava Sheva acts as a Facilitation Helpdesk for grievances concerning clearance of Bills of Entry filed at the port. Importers, exporters, customs brokers and other stakeholders may approach designated officers or use specified electronic and telephone channels for clearance-related grievances. A nodal officer serves as the single escalation point for urgent Bill of Entry clearance matters, while implementation difficulties may be raised with the officers responsible for the Turant Suvidha Kendra.

SARFAESI enforcement under Section 13 is confined to a secured creditor enforcing security against a borrower whose financial assistance originated from a bank or financial institution. The statutory definitions of borrower, financial assistance, secured creditor and security interest do not extend this recovery mechanism to debts originally advanced by a non-banking financial company. Acquisition of such debt and its security by a bank, although potentially permissible as a banking activity, does not alter the debt's origin or expand the statutory borrower class. A bank therefore cannot invoke Section 13 to enforce security assigned by a non-banking financial company.

ICES permits authorised field officers to retransmit Shipping Bill particulars to the Reserve Bank of India's EDPMS where they are not reflected. Examination instructions are no longer printed on the first Bill of Entry copy; they are emailed after goods registration and remain unavailable in View BE until registration. India-Mauritius CECPA preferential imports require CAROTAR-related declaration of the applicable notification and Certificate of Origin document code, mandatory eSanchit upload of the Certificate of Origin, and declaration of its IRN.

Appeals under section 107 of the DGST Act, 2017 concerning rejection of registration applications, cancellation of registration by the Proper Officer, and other appeals arising in specified zones are redistributed among designated senior officers. Registration-related and other appeals from Zones VI, VII, VIII, X and XII are assigned to SCTT-I; Zone IV to SCTT-II; Zones II and V to SCTT-III; Zone III to SCTT-IV; Zone XI to the Additional Commissioner; and Zones I and IX to the JCTT.

PMLA information-sharing power under section 66(2) permits the Enforcement Directorate to transmit money-laundering investigation findings and material recovered through searches to a law-enforcement agency for consideration of a fresh FIR or complaint. An FIR registered on that basis may also support a PMLA case. Registration was reportedly sought in relation to alleged CMRL-linked bribery involving purported fraudulent consultancy payments and material said to record fund transfers to Dubai.

The time limit for furnishing details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 is extended to the eleventh day of the month succeeding each tax period for monthly filers. Registered persons required to furnish quarterly returns may furnish FORM GSTR-1 up to the thirteenth day of the month succeeding the relevant tax period. The revised timelines operate from 1 January 2021 and supersede earlier specified notifications without affecting prior actions or omissions.

China's export growth accelerated in August, driven by demand for automobiles and high-technology goods, while imports also rose and the trade surplus widened. Export growth continued to outpace imports, supported by expanded shipments to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa and by rising exports of electric vehicles, industrial machinery and semiconductors. Reliance on exports amid weak domestic consumption and investment contributed to concerns over global economic imbalances and continuing strategic trade tensions.

Bank amalgamation or merger procedures for AD Code/IFSC details linked to bank accounts in ICES require affected exporters to submit the modified Annexure A from their current bank through the prescribed E-Sanchit documentation process. Submission of this annexure dispenses with a separate no-objection certificate from the previous bank. The process applies to bank-detail transitions resulting from public-sector bank mergers within the electronic customs filing framework.

Section 194A(3)(v) exempts interest credited or paid by a co-operative society to its members from tax deduction at source, including where the society carries on banking business. The separate provision concerning deposits with co-operative banks does not override this member-specific exemption. Before the prospective amendment effective from 1 June 2015, interest paid by a co-operative bank to its members, including interest on time deposits, remained outside the tax deduction at source requirement. Co-operative banks therefore had no obligation to deduct tax on such member interest for the relevant pre-amendment period.

Delhi GST exemption applies to satellite launch services supplied by the Indian Space Research Organisation, Antrix Corporation Limited, or New Space India Limited. The services are included in the exemption schedule at nil central tax and nil State tax. The exemption takes effect from 16 October 2020.