Common Portal vs State Portal

[NARENDER YARRAGORLA]

In Telangana State Tax Officers sent Section 73 notices to few dealers based on GSTR-9 information and given a separate link to give reply on the notices by the dealers,the link is not form of part GSTN common portal as specified us 146. Whether they can ask information in the link irrspective of common poral?

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

Sir, since the facility is provided to submit reply in GSTN we should request them to permit to reply in GSTN itself and not in the external link.

[KASTURI SETHI]

Agree with Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani Ji. It is my wild guess that Telangana SGST Officers may have got approval from Central Govt. If it is so, your reply may reflect in both Common Portal Systems. The matter must be discussed with GSTN Officers/Controlling Officers.

[Shilpi Jain]

These notices are unwarranted. The dept has conveniently issued notices without even looking at the allegations. Baseless notices. Someone should file a writ against this kind of bulk notices issued. Waste of time for trade industry and professionals.,

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

The notices are issued by system. The department officers are also not aware about the variance shown in the notice. The assesse is asked to give reason for the difference but assessee is unable to reconcile as only single figure difference is given.

[KASTURI SETHI]

Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani Ji,

Yes. The noticee should fight the case on merits rather than going hither and thither unnecessarily. What is worthwhile for the noticee to ensure that proceedings are not initiated by CGST Office and SGST Office both on the same issue.

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

Agreed Sir.

AI Summary

External portal requests for tax notices: taxpayers should seek to reply via the official GST portal to avoid duplicate proceedings. Tax authorities issued system generated demand notices based on variances in annual returns and required replies through an external web link rather than the official GST common portal. Taxpayers are advised to seek permission to submit responses on the GST portal, confirm any special approvals with GSTN or controlling officers, and press for reconciliation details so that meaningful replies can be made and duplicate central and state proceedings on the same variance can be avoided.