The Central and state Goods and Services Tax authorities have shot off a spate of notices to companies over the last few months. But tax notices have been issued to companies across sectors from consumer durables and smartphones to insurance and banking to online gaming and service providers. In some cases, both have issued notices to the same company. “Many of these notices are pre-intimation notices or summons, a step before the issuance of show cause notices. In some cases, the notices have been issued by officers who dealt with only value-added tax in the pre-GST regime and not service tax.

Source: Indian Express October 25, 2023 07:52 UTC