Permanent Establishment and Business Connection: foreign consultancy receipts not attributable where no fixed base or corporate veil piercing establis...
Limitation period commencement and procedural inquiry rules: identity-based limitation upheld; complaints by authorised public servants need not attra...
Tax liability of a deceased sole proprietor may be enforced against the legal representatives to the extent of the estate, and death does not extinguish liability for tax, interest or penalty. The operative safeguard is that any adverse determination must be made only after personal hearing and by a reasoned, speaking order. A demand raised in the name of the deceased without hearing the legal representatives is not sustainable. The source also notes that another challenge was not pressed and was left open.
Tax liability of a deceased sole proprietor may be enforced against the legal representatives to the extent of the estate, and death does not extinguish liability for tax, interest or penalty. The operative safeguard is that any adverse determination must be made only after personal hearing and by a reasoned, speaking order. A demand raised in the name of the deceased without hearing the legal representatives is not sustainable. The source also notes that another challenge was not pressed and was left open.
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