Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Failure to furnish verification reports and to grant an opportunity to address them breaches the principles of natural justice; where verification reports influenced an adjudicatory order, the affected party must receive copies and a fresh hearing before conclusions are drawn. The note emphasises that adjudicators must conduct complete verification of records, including invoices and transitional input tax credit entries, and that a hurried, post-facto opinion formed without providing verification material to the party is impermissible. Operative effect recommended: set aside the impugned order and remit for de novo consideration with production of verification reports and an opportunity to rectify TRAN-1/TRAN-2 entries.
Failure to furnish verification reports and to grant an opportunity to address them breaches the principles of natural justice; where verification reports influenced an adjudicatory order, the affected party must receive copies and a fresh hearing before conclusions are drawn. The note emphasises that adjudicators must conduct complete verification of records, including invoices and transitional input tax credit entries, and that a hurried, post-facto opinion formed without providing verification material to the party is impermissible. Operative effect recommended: set aside the impugned order and remit for de novo consideration with production of verification reports and an opportunity to rectify TRAN-1/TRAN-2 entries.
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