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Yeh ₹14.29 Crore ka GST ka panga asal mein 'Tax Collected at Source' (TCS) wale rules ko lekar hai, jo Central Goods and Services Tax Act ke Section 52 mein hain. Authorities ka kehna hai ki Meesho ko apne resellers jo platform se products share karte hain, unki sales par TCS collect karna chahiye tha.
Par Meesho ka point of view bilkul alag hai. Company ka kehna hai ki TCS tabhi lagoo hota hai jab e-commerce operator transaction ko manage kare aur payment receive kare. Jab resellers khud customers se deal kar rahe hain aur payment le rahe hain, toh Meesho ka model is category mein nahi aata. Yeh argument appeals authority tak pahuncha, jinhone yeh ₹14.29 Crore ki tax demand aur interest ko uphold kiya, haalanki ek Section 122 ki penalty maaf kar di.
Yeh case India ke tezi se badhte social commerce sector ke liye ek 'test case' ban gaya hai. Yeh judge karega ki tax laws, jo purane centralized models ke liye bane the, woh aaj ke decentralized digital commerce structures par kaise apply honge. Agar Meesho ne yeh appeal jeet li, toh aise models wali companies ko future mein rahat milegi. Agar nahi, toh unke liye compliance ka load badh sakta hai.
Ab Meesho yeh mamla GST Appellate Tribunal mein le jaane ki planning kar raha hai. Yeh decision India ke e-commerce aur social commerce industry ke liye bahut important hoga, kyuki yeh future tax regulations ko shape karega.