Excise and Service Tax audit by CERA

[Yatin Bhopi]

Dear expert

We have just received the letter from CERA audit Team for excise and service tax audit for last Three years. They have marked letter to our Excise Jurisdictional office and marked CC to us. From last 7-8 years there was no CERA audit conducted by department

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https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=107253

Please let me know whether can they do the audit legally?

AI Summary

CERA audit continues legally; cooperate with auditors and avoid contesting the notice to prevent escalation.
A departmental CERA audit letter sought excise and service tax records for the prior three years; experts state such audits continue to be legally operative even where rules are challenged. Practical advice is to cooperate, avoid contesting the audit notice, and provide documents promptly since delays can provoke auditor suspicion and escalation.