This document provides an overview of the research tools and database available on Taxmann.com, the largest online database for tax and corporate laws in India. Some key points:
- Taxmann maintains over 26,000 case laws, acts, rules, forms, notifications, circulars, commentaries and articles related to GST, income tax, and other tax and corporate laws.
- Tools are available for searching case laws, finding applicable GST rates, determining place of supply, and generating e-way bills.
- A research box allows users to organize documents, add notes and bookmarks, and share findings.
- Top stories cover recent legal updates; mobile apps provide on-the-go access
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Taxmann is the leading publisher on Tax & Corporate Laws in India
We also maintain the largest and the most accurate online database on Income Tax, International Taxation,
GST, Company & SEBI Law, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, FEMA Banking & NBFC, Competition Law,
Accounts & Audit and Indian Acts & Rules.
Our Products include:
– In-Print Books/Journals
– Online Legal Database/Website
– Tax Compliance Tools for ITR, TDS & XBRL
– Taxmann App for iOS & Android devices
We have also developed the National Website of the Income-Tax Department and continue providing it with
updated content.
ABOUT TAXMANN
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AGENDA
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Coverage
GST Tools
Top Stories
Search
Engine
Research
Box
Mobile Application
and Add-on Features
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – TOTAL COVERAGE
Case Laws
Acts
Rules
Forms
Circulars &
Notifications
GST Tariff
All About™️
GST
Articles &
Commentaries
Your Queries
Tools
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – CASE LAWS (Database)
GST
gst.taxmann.com has a database of more than 26,000+ customized Judgments (Approx. 40,000
Judgments will be covered shortly)
All judgments in Excise, Service Tax and VAT have been wisely mapped with relevant Section and
subject of GST
Easy to search the relevant cases on GST on basis of:
– Classification of Services
– Classification of Goods
– Subjects
– Section No. of GST Acts
gst.taxmann.com covers almost all cases reported in the leading journals
ELT
GSTR
STC
VST
STR
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – CASE LAWS (Search)
MetaTags
Every Case Law has been tagged
with more than 10 meta tags for quick
and pin pointed result and for better
accuracy
These meta tags can be used
independently or in conjunction with
other inputs
Courts &
Benches
Section &
Rule
In Favour of
Date of
Decision
Name of
Parties
Appeal
Number
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – CASE LAWS (Integration)
‘See More’ Feature
Every Case Law comes with a unique tool, i.e.,
‘See More’ about this Case which helps you to
identify the:
‘Cases referred to’, i.e., the other Cases
referred to in the given Case
‘Forward case references’, i.e., the Cases
in which the given Case is referred to
‘Cases on this section’, i.e., the other
Cases pertaining to the same Sections to
which the given Case relates to
‘Sections involved’, i.e., the Sections which
are relevant in the given Case
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – CASE LAWS (Integration)
List of Circulars and Notifications referred to in a Case Law
See the list of all Cases which refer to a particular
Circular or Notification
Click on the link, a pop up window displays the link
to read the relevant Circular or Notification and also
the list of other Cases that refer to a particular
Statute
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX –ACTS/RULES
An updated database of Central, States, UT and
Integrated GST Acts, Rules and Forms
Complete database of Circulars, Notifications and other
Statutes on GST
Instantly get the list of relevant Section or Rule just by
typing the Section or Rule number in the search box
Dual filters to quickly change the view of Acts from
‘Section Wise’ to ‘Chapter Wise’ in just one click
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX –ARTICLES & COMMENTARIES
Collection of articles on all critical and burning topics
Articles written by renowned authors and leading experts in
the field of GST
Articles can be filtered on the basis of Subjects, Sections,
Author’s name and Citation.
Complete Commentary on:
GST Ready Reckoner
E-Way Bill
Input Tax Credit
GST Refunds
GST Audit
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – E-Way Bill
A specific page has been created to get everything related to E-Way
Bill in one window
Single Window to get access to updated database of GST Rules &
Forms, Circulars & Notifications, Case Laws, Commentaries, Articles
and FAQs related to E-Way Bill
Get State-wise Rules & Forms pertaining to E-Way Bill in one click
All State notifications have been covered so as to help the user to
check the applicable limit and specified goods for which E-Way Bill is
required in each state
Complete Commentary on E-way Bill by Mr. V.S. Datey
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GOODS & SERVICES TAX – CBIC
Collection of all FAQs issued by CBIC
Covered General FAQs, FAQs relating to rates, Sectoral FAQs and
E-way bill FAQs
Provide the taxpayers series issued by CBIC on important provisions
of GST
PPT on GST for easy understanding
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SEARCH ENGINE
Robust in-built search engine to ensure a complete and quality
research
It works on best ‘algorithms’ and ‘set of instructions’ of popular
search engines
Taxmann’s editorial team has minutely and carefully scrutinized
the nature of documents to create a search engine that takes
care of most of your research needs
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SEARCH ENGINE – KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Search habits of Corporate Professionals differ from other professionals, on search engines like Google or Bing.
That is why, while developing the search engine, we kept in view the search habits of Corporate Professionals
Taxmann’s search engine works individually across all the modules (GST, Corporate Laws, etc.) simultaneously
With expansion of query, users can reduce the number of documents fetched by search engine i.e., search
within search. This feature filters down the results to the desired level with an expansion of query
Search query within double quotes will fetch you a document that would include the exact phrase only
It gives suggestions on every spelling error
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SEARCH ENGINE – TRIGGERS OR KEYWORDS
Besides usual features of searching for text, Taxmann’s Search Engine recognizes some known
keywords that work as triggers.
‘Trigger words’ stimulate ranking of relevant documents and can filter them down to specific
categories
Few examples of triggers
Case Laws Acts Rules
Circulars Notifications Forms
Articles
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THREE COLUMN DISPLAY (SINGLE VIEW)
Research Result Read
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THREE COLUMN DISPLAY (SINGLE VIEW)
This new structure facilitates easy and fast collation of data for a thorough research.
Three columns come with three R’s – Research, Result and Reading
Multiple selections of options are allowed in almost all fields
Multiple documents can be opened simultaneously in multiple tabs on the same page without refreshing it.
Multiple selection gives facility to select more than one attribute at a time to filter best possible results
It returns precise results with minimum efforts. For e.g. search cases for ‘Advertisement Services’ by ‘High
Court’ and so on & so forth
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GST RATES
Up to date GST Tariffs for all Goods and Services
GST Rates mapped with almost all HSN and SAC Codes
You get the GST rates of goods (Chapter wise) and GST rates of services (Heading wise)
The rates are updated on real time so that you always get the effective rates in force
The Search engine will boost the most relevant results so that you quickly get the appropriate results
GST Tariff
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GST RATES
GST Rate Finder is a perfect blend of Editorial Work and Taxmann’s Search Engine
It boosts the most relevant results and display them on top
This unique tool gives you the flexibility to search with text or number or GST rate or a combination of any
sort or all of them
It suggests the correct words in case of spelling errors
The tool is supported with pre-defined categories to help those who wish to analyze the entire Chapter
pertaining to any particular Good or Service
Rate Finder Tool
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PLACE OF SUPPLY
This tool can be used to identify the ‘place of supply’ (POS) for the purpose of GST
POS is an essential factor as it helps us to know whether transaction is intra-State or inter-State and
accordingly, the tax will be levied
This tool requires you to answer a few questions relating to the transaction being undertaken. On the basis
of inputs, this tool quickly identifies the place of supply as per the provisions of IGST Act
This tool helps to identify the place of supply in more than 125 different situations
This tool is easy to use and provides instant result
Place of Supply Tool
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E-WAY BILL
E-Way Bill is a document to be generated electronically by a supplier for every consignment which
involves the movement of goods from one place to another
This tool can be used to assess the requirement for generation of E-Way Bill for a transaction. Otherwise,
non-generation of E-Way Bill will results in confiscation of goods by tax authorities
The requirement to generate an E-Way Bill depending on various factors, such as value of consignment,
distance between point of origination and destination, rate of tax, special category of goods, etc.
13+ States have different requirements for generation of E-Way Bill than the standard provisions notified
by the Central Govt.
E-Way Bill Tool
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RESEARCH BOX UTILITY
► With this tool you can Save all your
research work at one place with an
option to Print & Share
► It comes with several useful
features, inter-alia, marking a
document as Favorite, placing
Bookmarks or Sticky Notes in a
document, etc.
► ‘It’s a ‘File & Folder’ utility where
you can make folders and organize
your research work at one place
► ‘Research Box’ utility facilitates
easier and efficient research work
by professionals
► It automatically creates the sub-
folders to categorize the documents
into Case Laws, Articles, Acts &
Rules, Circulars, etc.
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RESEARCH BOX AND DROPBOX INTEGRATION
Research Box can be seamlessly
synchronized with your Dropbox
account, to make your research
work available on your smart phone
and computers on other locations
This feature ensures that you have
an access to your research work
anywhere, anytime and on any
device
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RESEARCH BOX
Sticky Notes can be written on any document on Taxmann.com for future references
Sticky Notes allow you to write your notes anywhere on the document
A panel shall display all your notes in the document
Sticky Notes
Bookmarks
A bookmark is a user-made link which allows you to navigate through the document at your
convenience
All documents with bookmarks can be accessed in one go from the Research Box
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TOP STORIES
Top Stories
on taxmann.com
Top
Stories
Related
Stories
Archive
News
Featured
Stories
Most
Viewed
Editor’s
Pick
Category
Wise Stories
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TAXMANN ONLINE UPDATES
Taxmann’s Top Stories provides all the important Statutory updates and Case Laws in
the field of Corporate and Allied Laws
Top Stories
Top Story is supported by other Related Story reported in the pastRelated Stories
Even if one misses on a top story, ‘Archive’ button can be used to access the posts
published over past 3 months
Archive
All relevant news from prominent newspapers are reportedNews
Timely and detailed analysis of important Statutory updates and Case Laws, that you
can’t afford to miss
Featured Stories
List of most popular items showing what is in vogue amongst the readers and what is
bucking the trend
Most Viewed
Our editorial board recommends important and crucial Case Laws, Statutes, and
expert opinions which you must go through
Editors Pick
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TAXMANN.COM - MOBILE APPLICATION
Get real-time updates about every update on tax and corporate
laws
Real Time Updates
Comprehensive short summary of all stories to keep yourself
updated in a short time
Summary of every story
You can filter all top stories as per your choice into Income-tax,
GST, International Tax, Company Law, FEMA, Banking &
Insurance Laws, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, Competition
Law and Accounts & Audit
Choose what you want to read
Search any document from taxmann.com in the app itself using
the same Taxmann’s search engine
Taxmann Search Engine
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e-NEWSLETTERS
Daily Tax DigestTaxmann Daily
Three Newsletters
A Daily e-mail service to provide the
analysis of most important story of the day
Around 300 bulletins are issued in a year
An e-mail newsletter to provide analysis of
all important stories of the day
3 Newsletters introduced to cover all
important stories of GST, Accounts & Audit,
IBC, Company Law, Banking, Insurance,
Competition and FEMA
A Daily Bulletin for all Case
Laws and Statutory Updates
reported at
www.taxmann.com
A section-wise digest is
provided to help one in
keeping himself abreast with
all such updates
Around 300 bulletins are
issued in a year
In Just 5 minutes, one can
read all the updates on:
o Income-tax
o GST
o International Tax
o Companies Act
o SEBI & Banking Laws
o Accounts & Audit
o Indirect Taxes
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OTHER FEATURES
Print
OtherFeatures
E-mail
Download
Print any document
Option to print only Digest
or an Order or a full document
of a document
Option to E-Mail documents
Download documents in
MS-Word format (*.rtf)