Extended period cannot be invoked to demand service tax for mere ...

Extended Service Tax Period Requires Evidence of Intentional Law Violation, Not Just Inaction or Negligence by Appellant.

September 21, 2023

Case Laws Service Tax AT

Extended period cannot be invoked to demand service tax for mere inaction or failure or negligence on the part of the Appellant. There must be deliberate defiance of law to invoke extended period, which is not there in this case. The Notice has also not brought in any evidence of deliberate defiance of law warranting invocation of extended period of limitation. - AT

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Extended period cannot be invoked to demand service tax for mere ...

Extended Service Tax Period Requires Evidence of Intentional Law Violation, Not Just Inaction or Negligence by Appellant.

September 21, 2023

Case Laws Service Tax AT

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