GST Notice
Reading, replying to and closing the full range of notices issued under the Goods and Services Tax, from a registration query to a show cause notice.
A Goods and Services Tax notice is any communication from the department requiring you to explain something, produce something or do something. It may be a query on a registration application in Form GST REG-03, a return default reminder in Form GST GSTR-3A, a scrutiny notice in Form GST ASMT-10, an audit notice in Form GST ADT-01, a deficiency or rejection notice on a refund claim, or a show cause notice in Form GST DRC-01. Each carries its own reply form, its own deadline, and its own consequence for staying silent.
What our notice service covers
Identifying what has arrived, and answering it in the right form, in time.
- Identifying the notice type, the provision behind it and the exact relief or explanation sought
- Calendaring the deadline and the consequence of missing it
- Drafting the reply in the correct form, from Form GST REG-04 to Form GST DRC-06
- Assembling reconciliations and documents that answer the query rather than restating it
- Representing you at hearings arising out of the notice
- Monitoring the portal, since most notices are served electronically and never arrive on paper
The notices you are most likely to receive
Four families of notice, each with a different clock.
Registration Notices
Queries on a registration application, and notices proposing cancellation of an existing registration, both requiring reply within short prescribed periods.
Return and Scrutiny Notices
Default reminders for returns not filed, and scrutiny notices setting out discrepancies in returns already filed.
Refund Notices
Deficiency memos and rejection notices on refund claims, which have to be answered before the claim itself becomes time barred.
Demand Notices
Show cause notices proposing recovery of tax, interest and penalty, which carry the most serious consequences of all.
Our process
From initial consultation to completion.
Triage
Establishing what the notice is, which provision it comes from and what the deadline actually is.
Fact Gathering
Pulling the returns, ledgers and documents needed to answer it from the record rather than from memory.
Reply Filing
Filing in the prescribed form, on the portal, within the period allowed.
Closure Tracking
Following the matter until it is formally closed, and escalating where it is not.
Why notices are missed until it is too late
What sets our approach apart.
Notices are served on the portal
Service is complete when the notice is uploaded and the alert sent, whether or not anyone in the business logged in to read it.
Every notice has a different reply form
Filing a correct explanation in the wrong form, or by email, frequently counts as no reply at all.
A weak first reply follows the case
The first answer on record shapes the show cause notice, the adjudication order and the appeal that comes after it.
GST notice questions answered
What people ask before engaging us.
Notice on the portal and no one sure what it means?
Send it to us. We will tell you what it is, what it needs and by when.
