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Goods and Service TaxArticle·3 October 2026

GSTAT says GST Penalty Cannot Rest on Address Discrepancy Alone

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Executive Summary

A consignment of arecanuts was accompanied by a tax invoice and e-way bill, but Customs/GST officers noticed differences between the address appearing on the documents and the taxpayer's registered principal place of business. GSTAT held that this did not establish an intention to evade tax and deleted the ₹1.07 lakh penalty.

Domain | GST | IDT

The Position

A penalty under Secti...

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