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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice C. SARAVANAN
Flinto Learning Solutions Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Joint Commissioner of Service Tax (South), Nandanam, Chennai – Respondent
ORDER :
The petitioner has filed this Writ Petition for a mandamus, to direct the respondents to treat the tax payment of Rs.22,08,034/- paid on 27.12.2019 as fulfillment of tax liability of the petitioner under Form SVLDRS-3 dated 07.01.2020 and for a consequential direction to the respondents to issue Discharge Certificate in Form SVLDRS-4 for settling the dispute of the petitioner under the provisions of the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 read with Sabka Vishwas Rule, 2009.
2. The petitioner was a recipient on taxable service of Online Information Database Access and Retrieval Services which was subjected to tax on reverse charge basis in terms of Section 68(2) of the FINANCE ACT , 1994 read with Notification No.30/2012-Service Tax (ST) dated 20.06.2012.
3. It appears that as a recipient of the aforesaid service, the petitioner had failed to pay service tax on reverse charge basis and therefore summons were issued to the petitioner on 12.06.2019. It appears that the Director General of GST Intelligence (Goods and Service Tax) under the GST Act, an Officer of DGGI had sent email to the petitioner on 23.12.2019 and 26.12.2019, whereby, the petitioner was infor
A person under investigation is ineligible for voluntary disclosure under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 as per Section 125(1)(f).
The court established that pre-deposits should be deducted only after calculating the relief under the SVLDRS, ensuring accurate determination of tax dues.
Non-compliance to the principles of natural justice by the designated committee while rejecting a declaration would impeach the decision making process rendering the decision invalid in law.
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Discharge Certificates issued under the SVLDRS preclude further tax liability once established, affirming the conclusiveness of such documents under the Finance Act, 2019.
The eligibility for SVLDRS requires that no audit quantification occurs before the cutoff date, and adjustments of refunds must follow due process.
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