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As per an inside evaluation, there are about 10,000 instances the place taxpayers have obtained notices from each the central and state GST authorities.
Courts have made antagonistic feedback in lots of such instances of parallel investigations. The matter was mentioned at a current assembly of enforcement officers from the central and state GST departments, chaired by union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “There are cases the place each the Centre and states have issued notices or have began investigations in the identical case. We’re engaged on an in depth directive on that,” a senior official advised ET.
In keeping with provisions underneath the Central GST Act, the place an official underneath the State GST Tax Act or Union Territory Items and Providers has initiated proceedings, no motion must be initiated by some other official underneath the CGST Act. State GST legal guidelines even have related provisions to keep away from a number of litigation. “Accordingly, the authority which subsequently initiates the investigation can be sure to drop such proceedings,” stated Rastogi Chambers founder Abhishek A Rastogi, who’s arguing a number of such petitions earlier than totally different excessive courts. “The first goal behind these statutory provisions is to cut back a number of litigation and any motion to defeat this goal may be topic to judicial overview,” he added. The official cited earlier stated state GST officers are nonetheless not utilizing know-how absolutely, however as soon as the investigation report is uploaded within the system, it’s straightforward to keep away from duplicate notices.
