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CAAFT supports businesses with legal-grade GST notice handling, assessment response, and appellate representation from first reply to GSTAT and beyond.
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A GST assessment is the formal process where authorities determine tax liability under CGST Act, often triggered by mismatches, non-filing, ITC issues, or scrutiny.
Deadlines are strict and wrong classification or delayed response can sharply increase penalties, trigger recovery action, and weaken appellate rights.
Legal analysis and structured response drafting.
Commissioner (Appeals) filing within statutory timeline.
Stay applications, escalation planning, and dispute pathway.
Tribunal-ready documentation and expert submissions.
Grounds to reduce tax, interest, and penalty exposure.
Businesses with SCNs, adverse assessment orders, ITC reversals, refund rejections, classification disputes, GSTIN suspensions, or pending appellate matters.
Self-assessment (59), provisional (60), scrutiny (61), best judgement (62), and summary assessment (64) each carry distinct rights and timelines.
Section-wise analysis begins immediately.
Returns, ITC records, and facts are reviewed.
Legal reply with reconciliations and precedents.
Structured representation before authorities.
Demand quantification and appellate roadmap.
Commissioner Appeals, GSTAT, and escalation handling.
GST registration, notices/orders, returns, 2A/2B reconciliations, ITC records, invoices, payment proofs, e-way bills, export documents, and prior correspondence.
Reply window: 15-30 days. First appeal: 3 months with 10% pre-deposit. Second appeal to GSTAT: 3 months with 20% of balance disputed tax.
Adjudicating authority, Commissioner (Appeals), GSTAT, High Court, and Supreme Court depending on stage and legal question involved.
Misread notices, weak replies, missed deadlines, wrong section classification, GSTIN cancellation overlap, and poor tribunal preparation.
Legally stronger replies, protected deadlines, lower demand exposure, better appellate outcomes, tribunal readiness, and business continuity safeguards.
Whether at notice stage or tribunal stage, expert representation ensures legal precision and strategic clarity through final resolution.