Uttar Pradesh traders got a big relief after a facility has been started to hear the old tax cases at the earliest in Uttar Pradesh. The pending cases of VAT for the financial year 2016-17 will be now heard online. All traders will have to download the “Dealer epassbook” app for this. The state’s commercial tax commissioner Amrita Soni has issued this instruction on 11th September.
Under this, for the financial year 2016-17, the time frame for tax assessment or re-assessment promises has been extended to 31st October due to corona. Earlier it was extended from 21st March to 30th June 2020. According to this decision made under Section 29 sub-section (11) of the Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act 2008, now hearing of VAT cases will be through 'e-Hearing' i.e. online. The Aligarh Commercial Tax Office comprises the districts of Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Kasganj, and Mathura, and cases of about 18000 will come under this new arrangement. Officers and staff will be imparted training at the Commercial Tax Office at Talanagri from Monday 14th September.
Additional Commissioner Vinay Asthana said that a directive letter of State Headquarters has been received. The entire process will be explained to them by calling a meeting of officers and staff in this regard on Monday. Earlier, we used to inquire by giving online notice in GST, now hearing of VAT cases will be done online so that the case can be settled at the earliest.
VAT cases will be heard online in this way
The Commercial Tax Assessing Officer will remove the R-5-A notice from the system and give an online notice to the trader by giving the date of the case in his e-mail. The date will also be informed through a video call.
The traders will get a link to the 'Dealer ePass Book' app along with getting the online notice on his registered email. With this app, VAT-related promises will be heard online.
The traders will be able to download this app only through a number available in the data of their registered number in GSTN data. The app will be able to download after the verification of data.
In this app, links of videos sent from the tax assessment office will also be found under the menu of 'e-Hearing'. By which the trader will get the date, time, and link of his case.
After downloading the app, the trader will get the complete details of the proceedings related to his case on the GST portal by the GSTIN number linked to his mobile number.
If a trader does not have an app for a video call, then he will have to download that app first. Only after that, there will be online hearing from the video call.
If the trader is unable to hold the due date because of any difficulty, then he will be able to get another date through the app itself.
For uploading evidence related to the hearing online, the trader will get the URL, login ID, and password related to uploading the form via email. From which the forms will be uploaded.
The command center commercial tax headquarters can be contacted on facing any practical problem.
