"Relief for GST Taxpayers Facing Multiple SCNs in Kerala"
The Kerala state GST department has announced a big relief for taxpayers who are struggling with show cause notices across multiple districts in the state. Now if multiple GST notices are issued to the taxpayer on the same issue even if it's for different periods, then the hearings for these multiple GST notices will be held by a single adjudicating authority instead of multiple authorities.
Experts say this will help save you the hassle of travelling to each and every district where you have been issued a GST notice and may also reduce the time period to resolve pending cases.
Read below to find out which type of GST notices are eligible for this common adjudicating authority and how it works.
What did the Kerala GST department say about common adjudicating authority?
Kerala GST department said: "Adjudication of show cause notices issued by various verticals has been entrusted with the jurisdictional adjudicating authority in the taxpayer service vertical…instructions have been issued such that if multiple notices are issued to the same taxpayer on the same issue for different periods, the authority adjudicating the notice having the highest value shall adjudicate the other notices."
Which taxpayers may benefit from a common adjudicating authority
Only if the GST notice relates to the specified section and type then only its hearings will be conducted through a common adjudicating authority. If the below mentioned conditions are not satisfied, then the case proceedings will not be heard through a common adjudicating authority.
