https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=163554 A writ petition challenging a tax-rate clarification was held not maintainable at that stage because the assessee had not yet filed objections before the assessing authority. The Court held that the proper forum for deciding the product classification and applicable VAT rate was the statutory assessment process under the Tamil Nadu VAT Act, and the assessee had to first pursue that remedy. The assessee was still entitled to place all relevant materials before the assessing authority, which was directed to consider the objections and complete the final assessment in accordance with law. en-us Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=163554 A writ petition challenging a tax-rate clarification was held not maintainable at that stage because the assessee had not yet filed objections before the assessing authority. The Court held that the proper forum for deciding the product classification and applicable VAT rate was the statutory assessment process under the Tamil Nadu VAT Act, and the assessee had to first pursue that remedy. The assessee was still entitled to place all relevant materials before the assessing authority, which was directed to consider the objections and complete the final assessment in accordance with law. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=163554