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Sabka Vishwas - (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019

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Assessee cannot be denied relief under SVLDR Scheme for non-payment due to legal impediment

Service Tax : SC held that assessee cannot be denied relief under SVLDR Scheme for not making payment of dues in prescribed time limit due to in...

January 10, 2023 2058 Views 0 comment Print

Completion of Investigation not a Condition Precedent for Eligibility under SVLDR Scheme 2019

Excise Duty : M/s. UCN Cable Network (P) Ltd. Vs. Designated Committee under SVLDR Scheme, 2019 (Bombay High Court, Nagpur) Completion Of Invest...

February 5, 2022 2295 Views 0 comment Print

Cases involving confiscation/ redemption fine are within ambit of SVLDRS, 2019

Finance : Cases involving confiscation/ redemption fine are within the ambit of Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLD...

June 21, 2021 2328 Views 0 comment Print

Revolutionising Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes – A Striking Move Towards Good Governance

Income Tax : THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SCENARIO The fostering of the economic growth and development have been assured and accounted in the hands...

September 3, 2020 2181 Views 0 comment Print

An open letter to Union Minister of Finance for opening a window to pay under SVLDRS

Excise Duty : Memorandum seeking a special measure for the opening of Limited Time Window to process of Payment of Taxes under Sabka Vishwas - (...

August 20, 2020 10590 Views 4 comments Print


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Government Promotes Voluntary Tax Compliance Measures

Income Tax : The updated return facility encourages voluntary tax compliance, allowing taxpayers to correct income omissions. Proposal to exten...

March 26, 2025 627 Views 0 comment Print

Relaxation in SVLDRS Module- Due to emerging pandemic COVID-19

Excise Duty : As we all are aware that, SVLDRS was introduced with the twin objectives- First,  finalize the legacy disputes in Central Excise ...

April 12, 2020 5061 Views 1 comment Print

Sabka Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme- 49,534 settlements done

Excise Duty : Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme  The details of total amount of funds that are locked up in cases at various q...

February 10, 2020 1179 Views 0 comment Print

Sabka Vishwas date extended upto 15 Jan, taxpayers commit Rs 30627 Cr

Excise Duty : Keeping in view the response of the taxpayers to the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, the Central Government toda...

December 31, 2019 2259 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC reaches out to BSE members on SABKA VISHWAS Scheme

Excise Duty : Directorate General of Taxpayer Services, Mumbai Zonal Unit, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs organized a Symposium on ...

December 23, 2019 732 Views 0 comment Print


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Chhattisgarh HC remanded SVLDRS Rejection Application Due to Unequal Treatment of Co-Noticees

Excise Duty : The Court directed authorities to reconsider the petitioner’s application under the scheme. It noted that a co-noticee had alrea...

April 14, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Payment Credit under SVLDR Scheme Cannot Be Denied for Accounting Head Mismatch

Service Tax : The Court held that payments cannot be denied credit merely because they were recorded under different accounting heads. It ruled ...

April 4, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Set Aside Penalty on Co-Noticees Due to Settlement by Main Noticee Under SVLDRS

Excise Duty : The Tribunal examined whether penalties can continue after the main dispute is settled. It held that co-noticees have no independe...

March 25, 2026 2766 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise | SVLDR Scheme: Procedural lapse cannot defeat substantive benefit

Excise Duty : The issue was whether procedural delays and challan errors could deny SVLDR benefits. The Court held that substantive compliance p...

March 24, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand Cannot Continue as SVLDRS Discharge Certificate Conclusively Settled Liability

Service Tax : The High Court held that once a discharge certificate under the SVLDRS scheme is issued after payment of the determined amount, th...

March 18, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print


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CBIC issues instruction to look into CAG report on SVLDRS 2019

Excise Duty : CBIC-6/1 /2021 -CX-VI Section-CBEC Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Tax &am...

February 6, 2023 2100 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee filed ST-3 return on or before 30.6.2019 and paid tax dues in full before filing application – SVLDR benefit eligible

Excise Duty : In cases where assessee has filed ST-3 return on or before 30.6.2019 and has paid the tax dues in full before filing application, ...

October 6, 2022 1845 Views 0 comment Print

Manual processing of declarations filed by co-noticees under SVLDR Scheme

Excise Duty : CBIC instruction on Manual processing of declarations filed by the co-noticees under Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Sch...

May 30, 2022 2028 Views 0 comment Print

Manual Processing of declaration under SVLDRS, 2019

Excise Duty : Manual processing of declaration filed under SVLDRS, 2019 in order to comply with the directions of the Hon'ble High Courts to the...

March 17, 2021 1263 Views 0 comment Print

SVLDRS Filing Date for Taxpayers In UT of J&K & UT of Ladakh extended till 31.12.2020

Excise Duty : Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (Removal of Difficulties) order 2020 dated 13th Nov.,2020- procedure for fi...

November 14, 2020 675 Views 0 comment Print


HC allows SVLDR Scheme despite delay in payment subject to payment of Interest

December 8, 2021 5583 Views 0 comment Print

We are of the view that the appellant should be permitted to remit the taxes, as quantified in the Form-3 declaration issued to the appellant, subject to of course by also paying interest @ 15% from 01.07.2020 till the date of remittance, which we shall fix as on or before 17.09.2021. If the appellants comply with the said condition, then the appropriate authority under the SVLDR Scheme shall consider the appellant’s application and proceed in accordance with the provisions of the said Scheme.

A declarant seeking remedy under SVLDR Scheme, 2019 shall be given an opportunity of being heard if their declaration is rejected

October 13, 2021 1272 Views 0 comment Print

Balaji Services Vs Union of India and others (Madhya Pradesh High Court) A declarant seeking remedy under SVLDR Scheme, 2019 shall be given an opportunity of being heard if their declaration is rejected The Hon’ble Madhya Pradesh High Court in M/s Balaji Publicity vs. Union of India and others [WP No.3133/2021 and W.P. No.3130/2021 decided […]

SVLDR application cannot be rejected for mistakes due to technical glitches & in violation of Principal of Natural justice

October 10, 2021 1641 Views 0 comment Print

Balaji Services Vs Union of India and others (Madhya Pradesh High Court) As per Section 125 of the Act R/w Rule 3(2)(b) of the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019, the petitioners filed online applications in the prescribed form of SVLDRS-1 which should have been accepted. Due to technical glitch, the petitioners could not […]

SVLDRS benefit cannot be availed if Excise Duty amount is neither quantified nor communicated

October 2, 2021 744 Views 0 comment Print

No. 1 World Wide Express Pvt Ltd. Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) In the present case there was a reference to a unilateral declaration of liability by the petitioner and not a quantification of demand by the Revenue in the letter/notice dated 20.11.2018 and therefore, the same does not make the petitioner eligible […]

Merely for numbering appeal filed with CESTAT cannot be treated under arrears category to deny SVLDRS benefit 

September 23, 2021 921 Views 0 comment Print

R.Shanmugam Pillai & Sons Vs Designated Committee (Madras High Court) No denial of SVLDRS benefit by treating assessee under arrears category on basis of numbering of appeal and pending adjudication before CESTAT Conclusion: Even though assessee filed an appeal on 10 days prior to the cut off date before the CESTAT, therefore, on 30.06.2019, in […]

SVLDRS: Word ‘quantified’ includes duty liability admitted (in writing) by a person (during an enquiry or investigation)

September 7, 2021 1011 Views 0 comment Print

Magma Industries Limited Vs Designated Committee Office of Commissioner CGST & 2 Ors. (Allahabad High Court) Clearly, a person against whom an enquiry, investigation or audit may be pending and whose ‘tax dues’ may not have been ‘quantified’, would remain ineligible to make a declaration on form SVLDRS-1. According to the revenue, for the purposes […]

SVLDRS Discharge certificate cannot be withheld for transition of disputed credits to GST

September 1, 2021 1242 Views 0 comment Print

Bharathi Cement Corporation Pvt. Ltd. Vs Additional Commissioner of Central Tax (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Once the declarant had made payment of the estimated amount as per the statement in the form of SVLDRS-3 within the stipulated time, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the respondents to proceed with adjudication of the show-cause notice issued […]

SVLDRS 2019: ‘Redemption fine’ is a kind or type of ‘penalty’

August 6, 2021 4572 Views 0 comment Print

Jay Shree Industries Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) Whether ‘redemption fine’ falls within the meaning of the word ‘penalty’ used in section 129 of the Scheme, we find neither word has been defined under the Scheme or the Rules framed thereunder or the principal Act, namely the Central Excise Act, 1944. Indisputably, the […]

SVLDRS 2019: HC directs Designated Committee to follow section 127 procedure

July 2, 2021 882 Views 0 comment Print

Akshaya Aqua Farms Vs Designated Committee (Madras High Court) The petitioner challenges order passed by the first respondent, the Designated Committee rejecting its application under the Sabka Viswas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme. The order is a one liner, which simply says ‘Dear Taxpayer, your SVLDRS Form for the ARN No LD1112190001929 has been rejected.’ No […]

Cases involving confiscation/ redemption fine are within ambit of SVLDRS, 2019

June 21, 2021 2328 Views 0 comment Print

Cases involving confiscation/ redemption fine are within the ambit of Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS, 2019) The Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat in M/S Synpol Products Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India [R/Special Civil Application No. 21744 of 2019 dated February 27, 2020] held that taxpayers whose case involves confiscation and redemption […]

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