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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#663399">DECEMBER 31, 2025</font></strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#FF6633" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><strong> Curtain Calls - Tax Encores </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><strong>By Vijay Kumar</strong></u></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://admin.taxindiaonline.com/UploadedFiles/Customs/CaseLaws/2025/JestGST31122025.JPG" style="height:398px; width:495px"/></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>PROLOGUE</strong>: Curtain Call on a Tax Tragicomedy</font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fifty-one weeks, fifty-one acts. GST in 2025 was less a tax system than a repertory theatre-sometimes Shakespearean tragedy, sometimes slapstick farce, often both in the same scene. The taxpayer played protagonist, the bureaucracy auditioned as master of ceremonies, the judiciary stumbled into reluctant heroism, and satire became the chorus that refused to exit stage. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As the curtain falls, we raise a toast - not to GST's perfection, but to the resilience of taxpayers, the persistence of courts, and the stubborn humour that kept us sane. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is </font></font><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">: a panoramic summary of 2025, and a wish for 2026 to be less a jest and more a justice. </font></font></p> <table align="justify" style="width:90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The Tribunal That Never Arrived </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"> </p> </td> <td> <p align="justify"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jest GST 2025 Playlist Index (January to December) - A year of satire </font></font></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Appeals piled up in a waiting room with no door. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=50773&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Dues Before Views: The Mysterious Missing GSTAT </a> reminded us of the tribunal that never came. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51050&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GSTAT Procedure Rules </a> proved procedure can be drafted for an institution that doesn't exist. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=50988&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">From Licence Raj to Registration Rage </a>showed domicile became destiny. By May, satire sharpened into grammar wars with <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51277&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Or means And - Supreme Court vs. Bureaucracy: The Word War,</a> where "or" meant "and" depending on who you asked. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">GSTAT remained the world's most famous imaginary friend. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Enforcement Excess: The Theatre of Fear </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If tribunals were missing, enforcement was omnipresent. January brought GST Penalty of Rs. 3731 Crores on an Employee - Tax Torment Turned Triumph. February staged The GST Sleepover, with taxpayers detained overnight. March offered <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=50623&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Arrest But Carefully.</a> By July, crescendo: <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51685&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Draconian attachment: Freeze Frame with GST,</a> <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51741&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com">GST - Jail is a Detour; Bail is GPS </a>; and <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51801&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST - Arrest - Custody and Cameras.</a> August added oxymorons with <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51864&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Voluntary Detention & Other Oxymorons.</a> </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Liberty was scaffolded, CCTV cameras blinked out <em>"due to construction," </em>and habeas corpus petitions became the new compliance form. Bail hearings echoed Magna Carta, reminding us that freedom is not a departmental courtesy. In GSTland, fear was the default surcharge, and<em> "voluntary detention"</em> was the oxymoron of the year.</font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When bail hearings start sounding like Magna Carta, you know enforcement has gone full Shakespeare.</font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Procedural Absurdities: Comedy of Errors </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Procedure became parody. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51983&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">No DIN: Go to BIN </a>showed notices without identification numbers. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51619&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Show Cause and Effect </a>revealed cut-and-paste notices. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52296&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Notices That Nobody Notices </a> documented orders hiding silently in dashboards. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52115&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Remand by Appellate Authority - No Second Innings </a>gave the Revenue a second innings it did not deserve. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">GST managed to turn procedure into parody, where the taxpayer's only defence was screenshots and sarcasm.</font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Bureaucracy vs Judiciary: Tug-of-Words </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Courts pulled for justice, babus pulled for themselves, taxpayers were the rope. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51277&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Or means And - Supreme Court vs. Bureaucracy: The Word War </a> set the tone. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51446&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">What Judgement? I'm the Law Here! </a>documented officers defying High Court orders. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51332&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST Appeals - Electronic Credit Ledger: A Digital Mirage? </a> showed pre-deposits couldn't be paid from credit ledgers until courts disagreed. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Judicial rescue was constant; babus rewrote history retrospectively. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In this tug-of-war, taxpayers were the rope-frayed, stretched, and snapped. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Reform & Rhetoric: GST 2.0 </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Midyear brought <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51565&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST at 8: Still Loading… </a>…, proving portals can celebrate birthdays without growing up. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51220&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST Returns - No Ctrl+Z? </a>and <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51220&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">The Taxing Tale of Laws, Rules, and Regulations </a> showed legislative enthusiasm outpacing reality. September reignited culinary politics in <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52168&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST 2.0 - Reform, Roti & the Republic of Rates.</a> October staged bureaucratic ballet in <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52480&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST 2.0 - Buzzwords, Burdens, and Bureaucratic Ballet: A Tax Congress Chronicle.</a></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">GST 2.0 was less <em>"next generation"</em> and more <em>"rerun with better lighting." </em></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Symbols & Culture </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Even satire paused to salute the Tiranga; <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51934&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST - The Tiranga Exempted: Flag Beyond Tax </a>exempt from GST, exempt from cynicism. Coconut oil returned as a classification saga proving that even breakfast needs a lawyer. The Hawaii chappal test resurfaced, reminding us that footwear and luxury cars cannot share a slab. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52413&view=news" target="_blank">Sitare Zameen Par </a> refracted cinema through taxation. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In these cultural detours, GST revealed itself not just as tax but as arbiter of identity, taste, and dignity. When roti rolled tax-free and idli paid to rise, fiscal policy became culinary politics. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Corporate Sagas </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Infosys, architect of the GST portal, found itself slapped with a ?32,403 crore demand (<a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51389&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">The Infosys Saga - Genuinely Shocked Taxpayer?)</a>-only to watch it vanish like a quantum liability. Courts reminded officers that contempt for precedent is not policy (<a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51446&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">What Judgement? I'm the Law Here!</a>). </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Big-ticket cases became morality plays: babus chasing billions, companies chasing clarity, and taxpayers chasing refunds. In the end, the numbers were less important than the spectacle: GST as cricket match, where Infosys chased 32,403 runs and won in the last over. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>December's Finale </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The last quarter of 2025 brought no closure, only confirmation. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52906&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com">The Vanishing Taxpayer </a>erased identities. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52848&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Next Hearing: Yesterday </a>proved time travel possible in GSTland. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52967&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST Appeals - High Court Resets Time </a> showed judicial patience longer than deadlines. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=52784&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">Stamping out GST confusion </a>tried to replace fog with daylight. <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=53038&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GST Loses Interest - Chit Funds Win Clarity </a>offered lucidity. Finally, <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=53097&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">GSTR 9 Extension: The Annual Return of Anxiety </a>closed the year with repetition and resignation. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thus, closed the year not with resolution but with repetition. 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</a> </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">June 18, 2025: <a href="https://taxindiaonline.com/news/details?id=51446&view=news&utm_source=copilot.com" target="_blank">What Judgement? 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Click through the acts, relive the absurdities, and remember: in GST theatre, the show never really ends. </font></font></font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Epilogue: A Toast to 2026 </strong></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So, what did 2025 teach us? That GST is ambitious, bold, glitchy, and stubborn. That taxpayers are resilient, courts are patient, and babus are inventive in their errors. That satire is not optional - it is survival. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As we raise a toast to 2026, let us wish:</font></font></p> <blockquote><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- For tribunals that exist not just in notifications. </font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- For enforcement that respects liberty. </font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- For procedures that follow reason. </font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- For reforms that mean relief. </font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- For satire that can finally retire from firefighting. </font></font></p></blockquote> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">GST 2025 was a year where "or" became "and," where notices were invisible, where reforms were sequels, and where taxpayers learned that in the theatre of taxation, the only certainty is the next act. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And so, the curtain falls on GST 2025 - applause optional, anxiety compulsory. </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://admin.taxindiaonline.com/UploadedFiles/Customs/CaseLaws/2025/JestGST311220251.JPG" style="height:163px; width:165px"/></font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Comments/feedback welcome at <a href="mailto:vijaywrite@tiol.in">vijaywrite@tiol.in</a> or 9848111243 (WhatsApp) </font></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://admin.taxindiaonline.com/UploadedFiles/Customs/CaseLaws/2025/JestGST311220252.JPG" style="height:270px; width:274px"/></font></font></p> </body> </html>