ChatGST
- Click this tab
- You will find home, Refresh, Rate Goods, Rate Services, HSN, SAC and back button on top of the window and one search button.
- Click “Home” to come out of it.
- If you have typed some words and want to clear all the words typed earlier then click “Refresh” button.
- If you want to see rate of any commodity click “Rate Goods” button and a window will appear. Type the name of commodity for which you want to check the rate. Similarly you can use “Rate service” button to search rate of GST on any service.
- You can check the HSN of any commodity by clicking “HSN” button and also SAC code by clicking “SAC” button.
- “Back” button can be used to come back on the preciously typed words.
How to use ChatGST facility
- Type the words related to your question. Type only keywords and not full sentence.
- Suppose you want to search GST rate applicable on composition dealers. Type “composition” and “rate”. Your question will appear before you. Select it and click “search” button.
- Suppose you want to search “time limit for refund” type word “refund” and “time limit”, your question will appear.
- Suppose you want to search threshold of any activity type the word “threshold” and then “composition” or “e-invoice” etc.
GST Act/Rules/Forms
- By clicking this tab you will find a list of all Acts/Rules/Forms of CGST and all SGSTs.
- Select any one of them. Suppose select CGST Act, 2017.
- On top of the screen you will find (i) Home button (ii) Full CGST Act, 2017 (iii) Section wise, and (iv) Advance search button.
- On main screen you can see chapter wise list.
- You can click any section and it will open before you.
- In every section/rule you will find commentary with related judgements, related notifications/circulars, related query, and related articles button. All these information are available at one place here.
- On every selected section, you will find five buttons (i) Print (ii) Mail (iii) Book mark (iv) Notes and (v) Close.
- Book mark and notes facility is a unique feature of this library and it is explained separately.
How to use advance search facility
- Click Advance Search and a window will appear on screen.
- Section/Rule wise search facility and Text wise search facility is available.
- Examples – Search section in CGST Act → " Sec. 10, 16, 17, 22, 24, 47, 147 etc.
- Suppose in text search you type "Capital goods" then some records will appear before you. Click any row and in all the displayed material 'Capital goods' word will be available in yellow colour.
- Examples –Search Text in CGST Act → " Aggregate Turnover”, “Input Tax Credit”, “Capital Goods” etc.
GST Notification/Circular/Order/Press Release
- On clicking it you will find a list of notifications etc. issued till date on your screen – date wise.
- Here you have option on top right hand side to select them as per your choice i.e. CGST All, CGST Rate, IGST, Circular, Press Release etc.
- You have another option of Advance Search. Click it and you will find a window on your screen. Here you have choice to select the category, subject, text, Govt. S.No., year wise and section wise.
- In Advance search you will find many options to find a useful judgement. Here you have many options to find a judgement (i) Section Wise (ii) Court Wise (iii) Subject Wise (vi) Text Wise (v) Party Wise (vi) in favoour of (vii) Year and month wise.
How to use advance search facility
(1) Category —CGST all— Subject — Input Tax Credit → Submit
(2) Category — CGST all— Govt. S. No. — 41/2017 → Submit
(3) Category—CGST all— Text search — Gift → Submit
GST Judgements/AAR/AAAR/NAPA/HC/SC
- On clicking it, you will find a list of judgements on your screen – Date Wise
- On top of the screen you will find (i) Home button, (ii) Short matter view button (iii) Landmark Judgements (iv) What’s New, and (v) Advance Search button.
- In Short matter view, you will find the gist of the judgements in one or two lines. It will save a lot of your time in searching any useful judgement you need.
- In Judgement Section, new judgements which you have not seen are shown separately in “What's New” button on top adjacent to Advance Search button.
- In Advance Search you will find many options to find a useful judgement. Here you have many options to find a judgement (i) Section Wise (ii) Court Wise (iii) Subject Wise (vi) Text Wise (v) Party Wise (vi) Citation wise (vii) In favour of (viii) Year and month wise.
- You are also given second and subsequent search option. Suppose you are searching judgement on leasing. Type Leasing in search text and click submit button. You will find a number of judgements on leasing. Now out of these judgements you want to search judgement on mining. Then click on second search window on top line and type “Mining” and click the search button. You will find a list of judgements which are on leasing & mining. Now suppose you want in second search “Royalty”. Then click refresh Button and then type “Royalty”. You will find judgement on leasing & royalty. This way you can search & then filter again by second and subsequent searches.
Short matter is also available
(1) Search Text — Leasing→ Submit
Second search→ Mining → Royalty → Dolomite
(2) Search Text — Tarpaulin→ Submit
Second search→ Sacks→ Enter
(3) Subject wise — Works contract→ Submit
Search Text→ Turnkey→ Enter → House → Earthwork
Second Search→ Transmission → Submit
(4) Party wise -Megha — select any name
Court wise → Allahabad High Court
Section wise → CGST Act — 129→ Submit
Second search → Seizure → Enter, Vehicle Number → Submit
(5) Technical breach — Submit
Search Text → Glitches, Court → High Court → Karnataka→ Submit
“Ocean Freight” type in search text in Advance Search
DUE DATES
- Due dates of various returns are available at one click.
- You can also see month wise return due dates by clicking month wise option.
Tax Rates with HSN/SAC Code
- When you will click this button, you will find a list as (i) goods (ii) services (iii) HSN Code (iv) SAC Code and (v) Compensation cess
Click Goods Button
- Click goods button and you will find a list of 99 chapters on the screen and three buttons on top of the screen (i) home (ii) Schedule wise and (iii) Advance search.
- Click Schedule wise button and you will find all the rate schedules on your screen. You select any one of schedule at a time to view the rates.
- Click advance search button to find rate on any particular commodity. On clicking you will find a window. Type the name of commodity here and the system will show the result.
How to use Advance search facility
- (i) Type Readymade Garments → " You will find that by typing few words the option will pop up then just click it.
(ii) Type Dal or pulses
(iii) Type Samosa
(iv) Type Computer → " It is covered in three chapters, so it will show all the three chapters. Click one by one and find the desired results.
(v) Type Roasted Gram, Dosa, Idli (one by one)
(vi) Type Marble, Marble Chips, Marble sludge (one by one)
(vii) Type Namkeens, Bhujia (one by one)
(viii) Type Fryums [if there is some ruling on this commodity it will show on top row “As per ruling”. Clicke it to see the ruling ]
Main feature is that when you start typing any word the options come as pop up words which make you easy to select your desired word.
Click Service Button
Click Services button and you will find a list of services on your screen and five button on top of screen (i) Home (ii) Taxable (iii) Exempted (iv) SAC Code and (v) Advance Search.
- Click Taxable → " You will find notification no 11/2017-CT(R) dt. 28.06.2017 up-dated as on date
- Click Exempted → " You will find notification no 12/2017-CT(R) dt. 28.06.2017 up-dated as on date
- Click SAC Code → " You will find list of SAC Code on your screen
- Click Advance Search → " Click advance search to find rate of any particular service. On clicking advance search button you will find a window. Type here the service which you want to search and the system will show the result.
How to use advance search
Type in window
- Chartered Accountant → " It will appear in pop-up just click it and you will find it in yellow colour in the matter.
- Job work → " It is in two SAC code view one by one.
- Toll charges
- Commission
- Tour operator services
- Education services
- Restaurant services
- Hotel
While you search above services you find service chapter and SAC Code chapter.
In case SAC Code Chapter is clicked you will find another click available there to reach the rate chapter.
VAT/Sales Tax/Service Tax Judgements
- In this tab you will find all the judgements on VAT, Sales Tax and Service Tax. Search Process is same as in GST Judgements.
Articles
- Many Articles in English and Hindi are available in this tab. You can search them subject wise and text wise.
The Advisor
- Queries asked by our users are given here. You can search them subject wise and text wise.
- You can also send your query through "Profile" option on right hand side top where your name is appearing. (This is a paid facility)
Quick Search
- This is a very unique feature of this library. When you click “Quick Search” you find on your screen various subjects of GST on the left hand side.
- If you select any subject from the list appearing in left hand side, you will find all the information about that subject at one place. You just click and fetch the desired information.
- The information available here is very handy and presented in a different way.
Magic Search (E-Book)
- This is a real magic. Any information you want to see regarding any subject, you can find here. This is like a book. Chapter wise information is available here. Suppose you want to see what is the provision of arrest in GST Law. Select from left hand side list “arrest” and click it. You will find the related information. Same information is also available in Hindi.
How to search any specific information
(1) Which bond is required to get seized vehicle released → Click Bond
(2) What is Composition rate? → Click Composition
(3) Composition Scheme for Service Providers → Click Composition
(4) Period of maintenance of Account? → Click Accounts & Records
(5) Supply of goods through Delivery Challan? → Click Delivery Challan
(6) When a dealer can be arrested? → Click Arrest
(7) When HSN Code is mandatory? → Click HSN Code
(8) When audit is compulsory? → Click Audit
(9) E-way bill rules for different states?→ Click E-way bill
(10) Complete information on e-way bill? → Click E-way bill
(11) What are the rules for Export under GST? → Click Export
GST Council Meetings
- All the decisions regarding changes in GST laws are taken by GST council. Its meetings are held regularly as per requirement. Proceedings of all the meeting are available here in this tab.
- You can just click any meeting and full details of meeting are on the screen for your ready reference.
GST FAQs
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs has issued various FAQs on GST. We have compiled all these FAQs for your ready reference. You can just chose any topic/subject and see the reply of FAQs in a very easy way.
Draft reply of GST Notice
- Many times you receive a notice from department in connection with proceedings against your clients. We have started this tab to have ready made draft replies of various notices for your clients. You can ask us to prepare replies if you so desire and we shall provide you the replies in this tab, which will also be useful for other users.
How to file GST Return
- Here we have explained about various columns of return forms for you i.e. GSTR-01, GSTR-3B etc.