Prosecution establishment expenses in case of compounding of offences.

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....ion establishment expenses. Only the compounding fee and the litigation expenses are paid by the assessee. It is observed that a number of man hours of the Departmental officials are spent in identifying and processing a case from prosecution angle. It is therefore necessary that while compounding the offence, some compensation in the form of additional fees are charged from the erring tax payers ....