Delay in issuing Service Tax registration – Board is angry
It seems CBEC has come to know that in some cases, there are inordinate delays in grant of service tax registration to new service taxpayers, after submission of completed application. And applicants are asked to furnish irrelevant information. They are also asked to submit documents like income tax returns, copies of contract, balance sheets, etc., which is not required to be done.
Board is worried. Delay in grant of registration not only affects the business of the taxpayer adversely, but also dissuades the potential taxpayers from taking registration and complying with the service tax laws. Apparantly the field offices are bad salesmen for the Board!
So CBEC has directed that it should be ensured that in no case, grant of registration should be delayed beyond the prescribed time and that appropriate action should be taken against the officers causing such delays.