{"id":19905,"date":"2024-01-30T01:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T20:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19905"},"modified":"2025-04-05T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:14:28","slug":"anti-profiteering-provisions-under-the-goods-and-services-tax-gst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anti-profiteering-provisions-under-the-goods-and-services-tax-gst\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Profiteering provisions under the Goods and Services Tax (GST)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is the meaning of anti-profiteering under GST?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Any reduction in the GST <\/strong>rate <strong>or benefit of input tax credit should be passed on to the end consumer<\/strong> and not retained by the business. This is the basis of the anti-profiteering provisions under GST.<\/li>\n<li>Under anti-profiteering provisions, it\u2019s illegal for a business to not pass on the benefits of the GST rate benefits to the end consumer, and <strong>thereby indulging in illegal profiteering.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Who regulates anti-profiteering under the GST?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o The <strong>Anti-Profiteering Rules, 2017<\/strong> (defined under <strong>Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act<\/strong> 2017), prevents entities from making excessive profits due to the lowering of GST.<\/p>\n<p>o The Government has <strong>created the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA)<\/strong> to <strong>find and take action <\/strong>againsttaxable registered persons indulging in illegal profiteering.<\/p>\n<p>o NAA has the <strong>power to determine the methodology and procedure<\/strong> for determining whether a taxable person is engaging in illegal profiteering.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reporting to the Anti-Profiteering Authority:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>o <strong>Any interested party<\/strong> who has information to believe a taxable person is engaging in illegal profiteering from GST <strong>can refer the matter to the local screening committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>o The <strong>State level Screening Committee<\/strong> shall <strong>examine the matter<\/strong> constituted by the State Governments <strong>consisting of officers of the State Government<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>o If <strong>the screening committee determines that the information contains merit<\/strong>, the committee shall <strong>forward it with recommendations to the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering, <\/strong>which consists of <strong>officers of both the State Government and Central Government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>o If the Standing Committee contains enough proof to show that the taxable person engaged in illegal profiteering, then the committee shall<strong> refer to the Director General of Safeguards for a detailed investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Investigation by the Director General of Safeguards:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o All matters referred by the Standing Committee will be investigated by the Director General of Safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>o The Director General of Safeguards will c<strong>ollect evidence, conduct an investigation, and issue notices<\/strong> to the interested parties. The notice must contain the following details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The description of the goods or services in respect of which the proceedings have been initiated.<\/li>\n<li>Summary of the statement of facts on which the allegations are based.<\/li>\n<li>The time limit allowed to the interested parties and other persons who may have information related to the proceedings for furnishing their reply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o Once all the information and hearings are complete, the Director General of Safeguards will <strong>provide a report of findings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>o A report of findings <strong>must be submitted<\/strong> by the Director General of Safeguards, normally <strong>within 3 months <\/strong>or within 6 months if an extension is provided.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order under Anti-Profiteering Provisions: <\/strong>Once all the proceedings are completed and a report is obtained from the Director General of Safeguards, the Members of Committee will pass an order. <strong>An order from the Authority could mandate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o <strong>Reduction in prices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>o <strong>Return to the recipient, an amount equivalent<\/strong> to the amount not passed on by way of a commensurate reduction in prices <strong>along with interest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>o Imposition of <strong>penalty<\/strong> as specified under the Act.<\/p>\n<p>o <strong>Cancellation of GST registration<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is an indirect tax (not directly paid by customers to the government), that came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the implementation of the 101st Amendment to the Constitution of India by the Indian government. It has actually replaced various indirect taxes such as &#8211; service taxes, VAT, excise and others in the country. It is levied on the manufacturer or seller of goods and the providers of services.<\/p>\n<p>\nS<strong>ource:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/economy\/news\/delhi-hc-upholds-validity-of-anti-profiteering-provisions-under-gst-124012900587_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Delhi HC upholds validity of anti-profiteering provisions under GST<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basis of the anti-profiteering provisions under GST is that any reduction in the GST rate or benefit of input tax credit should be passed on to the end consumer and not retained by the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}