The High Court of Madras held that
The plain words employed in Entry 77 of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) amended by Notification No. 2/2018- Central Tax (Rate) dated 25th January 2018, being, ‘up to' an amount of Rs.7,500/-can thus only be interpreted to state that any contribution in excess of the same would be liable to tax.
The term ‘up to' hardly needs to be defined and connotes an upper limit. It is interchangeable with the term ‘till' and means that any amount till the ceiling of Rs.7500/- would be exempt for the purposes of GST.
The intendment of the exemption...
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