Recovery after Adjudication - Board's Salvo - Angry Reactions
THE CBEC's New Year Bomb on recovery proceedings has evoked angry reactions from all quarters. The CESTAT Bar Association has taken up the matter with the vice-president of CESTAT and requested him to list all pending stay applications at the earliest so that there is no inconvenience to the Members of the Bar and Trade and Industry on the one hand and legitimate revenue to the State does not remain unnecessarily blocked for indefinite period on the other hand.
A lawyer remarked, "One more example that the Government is not in sync with the mood of the people. Terrible that such an action is coming in the days of liquidity pressure, high interest rates and absurd, revenue biased demands".
A Netizen suggested, "stop the Show Cause Business - a letter from the Supdt to remit the tax or duty will do - Show Cause drafting time, Adjudication & Appeal time, review time etc can be avoided - at least 50 % of the high paying jobs in Excise and Service Tax department also can be abolished - more revenue to Government from both sides. The appeal in CESTAT or High Court cannot be avoided even as of date. From Supdt's letter, we can go to appellate courts wherefrom the tax payer gets relief . ..........Is it not this really happening? So, by abolishing adjudication and appeal section in the Dept, Government will be saving lots of money which they collect from tax payers".
SPCA - Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Assessees: Yet another Netizen suggested that it is time we form an association called ‘Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Assessees'.