Company drags taxman to court after similar tax demands raised by state and central GST authorities
A BSE listed company, Suumaya Corporation, has dragged the government and the indirect tax authorities to court over similar tax demands by the state and central Goods and Services Tax (GST) departments.
The company, which filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court, said that it had already paid significant GST to the state, but the central GST authorities issued summons to its managing director and duplicated the tax investigation and demand.
The Bombay High Court that was hearing the case said that there was no need for the managing director to honour the summons by the central GST authorities.
Because the petitioner’s managing director has been summoned to appear, the high court said that even though he has answered the summons, he is not required to do so because he is not a “competent person”.
