Service of reassessment notices to inactive contact details requires renewed response opportunity before consequential proceedings can stand.

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....Service of reassessment notices under section 148A(b) must provide the petitioner a genuine opportunity to respond. Where notices and the section 148A(d) order were sent to a secondary email address and a former residential address, a further response opportunity was warranted. The reassessment notice and order, assessment, consequential demands, penalty orders and recovery notice were quashed, while reassessment proceedings were restored and the petitioner was permitted to respond within the stipulated time. Merits remained open.....