Event: GST in Action — A Practical Perspective
Date: 22nd January 2026
Venue: Mumbai

Join us for an insightful, hands-on session on Goods and Services Tax (GST) — designed to help professionals, business owners, and finance experts navigate the real-world challenges of GST compliance and implementation.

What to Expect:

• In-depth discussions on the latest GST updates and case studies
• Interactive sessions with industry experts and practitioners
• Practical problem-solving for day-to-day GST issues
• Networking opportunities with peers and tax professionals

Whether you are a CA, tax consultant, CFO, or entrepreneur, this session will equip you with actionable insights to make GST work in practice, not just on paper.

Who should attend:

• Finance Directors
• Indirect Tax Heads
• GST & Tax Consultants
• Chartered Accountants
• Auditors and Account Managers
• Importers, Exporters
• Finance Managers & Account Executives
• Government Officials
• Tax Coordinators & Analysts
• Account Executives
• Tax Lawyers

Agenda:

09.00 AM - 09.30 AM
Registration and Tea Coffee

09.30 AM - 10.30 AM
Session 1: Input Tax Credit (ITC) and Refunds:

• Input Tax Credit (ITC)
  • Availment of Input Tax Credit 
  • Utilization of Input Tax Credit
  • Concept of Input Service Distributor (ISD)
  • Reversal of Common credit
  • Transitional arrangements of ITC and Miscellaneous transitional provisions
• Zero-rated Supply (including Refund)
  • Supplies to SEZ, Export, Deemed Export
  • Refund of IGST or ITC in case of Export
  • Meaning of Zero-rated supply under GST.
  • Treatment of export transactions.

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM
Session 2: Export Incentives- Supply Chain and International Trade

• • Brief Introduction of Customs
  • Levy of Customs Duty
  • Levy of IGST from Customs point of View
  • Amendments in Customs Act due to IGST
  • GST in High Seas
  • Levy of IGST on Imports with specific reference to - Samples, Non-GST Items, Gifts
  • Valuation under Customs and Difference from GST
  • Valuation Rules
  • Electronic Import of Goods

11.30 AM - 12.00 Noon
Networking Tea/Coffee

12.00 Noon - 01.00 PM
Session 3: Audit & Investigation:

• Departmental Audit
  • Overview, criteria of selection
  • Data requirement and duration of the audit
  • Relevant provisions and special verification areas
  • Practical challenges faced by taxpayers
  • Guideline one Audit & Investigation

• Inspection, Search & Seizure
  • Inspection – who and when it be conducted
  • Search: Approach, Powers, Limits, Challenges and rights of taxable persons
  • Seizure: Approach, Powers, Limits, Challenges and rights of taxable personsSummons & Statement – Details and underlying guidelines           

01.00 PM - 01.45 PM
Lunch Break

01.45 PM - 02.45 PM
Session 4: SCN & Litigation:

• Show Cause Notice, Adjudication and Introduction Appeals
  • Correspondence and provision prior to SCN
  • Anatomy of SCN: What to look for, how to identify and spot deficiencies.
  • Identification of charge(s) and aspects missed
  • Reply to SCN: Preliminary Objections and admissions - Scope of Writ
  • Misapplication of facts or law – identify, bring out and substantiate
  • Evidence: Contemporaneous Record, affidavit and new evidences Adjournment: Discipline, Right & Reasonable Opportunity
  • Written Submission, Record of Verbal Submission
  • Filing of Appeal - Pre- Deposit, and effect of non-payment on legality of appeal
  • Limitation: effect and remedy - Grounds of Appeal: Drafting & Prayer
• Pre-Litigation
  • Law of jurisdiction under CGST, SGST, IGST
  • Proceeding by Centre/ State Officers while taxable person in under jurisdiction of State/ Centre Jurisdiction
  • Contemporaneous documents, communication of contemporaneous actions and benefit of it
  • Intimation by email or physical form even where online filing/ reporting is required
  • Evidentiary value of registered post
  • Payment of tax under protest – methods, relief available and legality of protest in GST
• Appeal, Revision, Offence & Penalty in GST
  • Appeal and procedure to Appellate Authority
  • Power of Appellate Authority
  • Order of Appellate Authority
  • Appeal, Procedure to High Court and Supreme Court
  • Power to impose penalties under GST
  • Recent Judgement/Case Laws of Appellate Provisions.

02.45 PM - 03.45 PM
Session 5: An update on Important Advance rulings, rulings by Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings, important decisions of the Courts 

03.45 PM
Closing Remarks

Thought Leaders:

Delegate Registration Fee:
Corporate/Industry: INR 7,000 + 18% GST
Consulting, Law Firms, Advisory Firms: INR 12,000 + 18% GST