https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=105522 VCES eligibility is assessed as at the prescribed date; an investigation initiated later does not retrospectively disqualify a declarant. A higher tax computation based on contracts, accounts, returns and tax records does not, without identified material discrepancies, establish a substantially false declaration where receipts raise disputes over taxability, classification, valuation or taxes paid by principal contractors. The statutory deeming rule invokes recovery machinery but does not alter the return-based relevant date or restart limitation. Extended recovery requires deliberate suppression with intent to evade; reconstruction from disclosed records and legal characterisation disputes does not meet that standard. VCES payments remain non-refundable under the statutory bar. en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:33:44 +0530 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:33:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=105522 VCES eligibility is assessed as at the prescribed date; an investigation initiated later does not retrospectively disqualify a declarant. A higher tax computation based on contracts, accounts, returns and tax records does not, without identified material discrepancies, establish a substantially false declaration where receipts raise disputes over taxability, classification, valuation or taxes paid by principal contractors. The statutory deeming rule invokes recovery machinery but does not alter the return-based relevant date or restart limitation. Extended recovery requires deliberate suppression with intent to evade; reconstruction from disclosed records and legal characterisation disputes does not meet that standard. VCES payments remain non-refundable under the statutory bar. Highlights Service Tax Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:33:44 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=105522