I have a taxable turnover of Rs. 97,00,000/- for the month of August 2026, which is an intra-state supply taxable at 18% GST. Under the current GST rules including Section 49, Rule 86B, and Rule 87, how much tax am I required to pay in cash and how much can be adjusted against Input Tax Credit (ITC)? Kindly clarify the applicability of the 1% minimum cash payment rule in my case.

My question is what is the GST rate on sale of racing horse and HSN code ?

Hello Experts -

This is a question from a lay person regading the recently (CG-DL-E-15082026-275490) introduced FAST-DS 2026 scheme.
Here it mentions that any money paid by a declarant via the scheme (fee/penalty etc for disclosure) is non refundable, cant be set off etc.
Question:
For person declaring a bank a/c under this scheme, the requiement is 'Sum of all deposits'. A person who had this a/c a decade ago was informed by the foreign bank that the retention policy meant that the statements are only available after 2018.
The rules just ask for supporting documentation but theres no room for variation when reporting 'sum of all deposit' for bank account, an alternative was not provided in the rules. (though it was provided during a similar scheme in 2015) ie, Question 5. https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/documents/d/guest/circular15_2015-pdf

Main part -
SInce there's no refund, & no mention of a provision/mechanism (like e-campaign for taxes) for a declarant to answer queries that the dept might have about a declaration made by a person., the person has no alternative but to declare pay the amount and then hope it is approved (since there;s no mention of 'Best estimate' alternate for 'sum of all deposits' like the scheme in 2015)?
From the way it is framed (atleast to a lay person) it looks like there's no support or explanation mechanism mentioned in the scheme for edge cases, so after paying the dialog is closed and if it is rejected for whatever reason, the person filing wont know the reason and most importantly the money will be lost.
Can an expert or someone who is reasonably familiar with law-speak please reply if this is as rigid and recourseless as it appears to be.

Thanks in advance for your expertise

A Director want to reactivate his old DIN (not in use since a few years). The mobile and email are old which he has no access too. When I am filling the new KYC form for reactivation (alongwith change in mobile number and email ID) it asks for DSC on form. I have to create his user profile to register the DSC. To create Business User ID, again I will require OTP on email and mobile which he is not able to access. In this situation what should I do to reactivate his DIN? Please help

The original TDS return was successfully filed under Section 140 (Form 26Q) and was initially accepted by the Income Tax Portal.
However, upon checking the status on the TDS TRACES portal a few days later, I found that the return has been marked as "Rejected". To rectify the errors and submit a revised/correction return, I attempted to download the Consolidated (CONSO) File from the TRACES portal. Unfortunately, the portal is not allowing me to raise a request for the CONSO file due to the rejected status of the statement.
What will do pls guide on this.

MY QUERIES ARE:
1.A SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY IS INCORPORATED ON 28.03.2025 IS THERE ANY RELIEF PROVIDED IN THE ACT TO CONSIDER ITS F.Y FROM 28.03.2025 TO 31.03.2026 FOR ANNUAL FILLING OF RETURNS IN ROC
2. IF PROVIDED THEN PLEASE GUIDE ME THE PROCESS OF FILLING ANNUAL RETURNS ALONG WITH THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE MADE.
HOW TO MAKE DOUCMENTS FOR THIS TYPE OF FILLINGS

SIR,

WE ARE ISSUING CREDIT NOTES TO OUR CLIENTS AFTER SALES WITHOUT GST. NOW DURING THE TIME OF CLIENTS AUDIT THE AUDIT PARTY RAISING OBJECTION IT CANNOT BE ISSUED. PLEASE ADVISE WHETHER WE CAN ISSUE CREDIT NOTES WITHOUT GST FOR DISCOUNTS.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

GOOD AFTERNOON SIR
As per the books Credit balance of GST is Rs 50 lacs but the ITC credit on GST portal is 20 lacs. It means an excess Credit as of Rs 30 lacs has been taken inadvertently which can be reversed in computation of income by deducting back to total income.
AM I RIGHT SIR

Dear Sir,

Kindly advice me at time of Advance Payment of Advocate.
TDS not Deducted & Amt Paid Rs 100000. So, Now What to do Actual Bill till not Received.
How Much Bill Amount Demand so TDS liability paid & Also Outstanding of Advocate is Nil.

Dear Experts

I'd like to know if the money received as Corona Stimulus Economic Package from the US is taxable in India or not. Per the IRS it is tax free in the US. Schedule FSI doesnt have a relevant head to include this deposit under hence not included for many years.

Per the internet

Treated as a Non-Taxable Relief Grant (Not Income) -

Under the Indian Income-tax Act, a receipt is only taxable if it falls under the specific definition of "income" (such as salary, business profits, capital gains, or other regular streams).

The COVID-19 stimulus payment from the U.S. Treasury is a social benefit or disaster relief grant. It does not arise from any service rendered, employment, or investment activity in India, making it a capital receipt/personal relief aid rather than income.

Classified as a Government Aid -

In general tax principles, personal transfers or government aid given as financial relief do not qualify as taxable commercial or professional receipts.

Even though resident Indians are technically taxed on global income, statutory relief grants meant for public welfare do not possess the character of earned income or commercial revenue, meaning they are excluded from taxable computation under the Income Tax Department of India

Furthermore, the reason for asking this is because the user is interested in applying for the FAST-DS 2026 scheme.

1. The asset being declared under this scheme is a US bank a/c under Cat B (flat fee) route

2. The requiement for this bank a/c is 'Sum of ALL deposits'. The bank a/c was opened while NRI for salary

3. All the deposits in the users account was income that was taxed in the US. Upon becoming a resident, the US Treas deposited Corona Relief stimulus

4. Will this Corona stimulus be considered taxable or tax exempt during the FAST-DS 2026 filing

I am grateful for your expertise and response in advance

Sincerely

Mohan