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Fresh opportunity be granted for personal hearing when SCN was inadvertently sent to old address of the Assessee

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..... Fresh opportunity be granted for personal hearing when SCN was inadvertently sent to old address of the Assessee - By: - CA Bimal Jain - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 28-6-2024 - The Hon ble Madras High Court in C. EKAMBARAM VERSUS THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF GST CENTRAL EXCISE, CHENNAI - 2024 (6) TMI 1307 - MADRAS HIGH COURT held that fresh opportunity be granted for personal hearing .....

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..... and filing of reply when Show Cause Notice ( the SCN ) was inadvertently sent to old address of the Assessee. Facts: C. Ekambaram ( the Petitioner ) filed a writ petition against the Order-in-Original dated October 26, 2022 ( the Impugned Order ) passed by the Revenue department ( the Respondent ) on the ground that the Petitioner be granted an opportunity to contest the demand on merits as the Im .....

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..... pugned Order was passed stating that no person was found on the address where SCN was sent as the Petitioner had shifted to new address. Also, it is stated that as the Petitioner was not registered for Service Tax purposes, the SCN was sent to the address as per the data on the Income Tax Portal which was the old address of the Petitioner. Issue: Whether fresh opportunity be granted for filing of .....

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..... reply and personal hearing when SCN was inadvertently sent to old address of the Assessee? Held: The Hon ble Madras High Court in the case of C. EKAMBARAM VERSUS THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF GST CENTRAL EXCISE, CHENNAI - 2024 (6) TMI 1307 - MADRAS HIGH COURT allowed the writ petition and held that the Petitioner be granted an opportunity to the Petitioner to contest the tax demand on merit. Hence .....

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..... , the Impugned Order was set aside and the Petitioner was directed to file reply after the receipt of SCN. (Author can be reached at [email protected] ) - Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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