Whether penalty can be invoked if assessee suo-motu approaches the department to intimate the issue ?
TRT-2026-310

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The appellants have stated that on their own they had approached the department as early as 18.8.2003 with regard to the taxability of their services. However, the show cause notice dated 7.1.2005 has invoked the longer period, which is invoked for only suppression of facts, mis-statement or fraud with an intent to evade tax. In this case, the ingredients for invocation of a longer period are not present. Hence, the longer per.....