Best judgement assessment - There appears to be divergents views ...

Court Justifies Best Judgment Assessment Due to Flawed Accounting and Electricity Use in Jelly Production Case.

February 16, 2022

Case Laws VAT and Sales Tax HC

Best judgement assessment - There appears to be divergents views insofar as the question as to whether the consumption of electricity can constitute the sole basis for making a best judgment assessment. However, in the present case, the best judgment assessment was not only necessitated by the survey report/case study on electricity consumption vis-a-vis production of jelly, but also the fact that the books of accounts maintained by the petitioner suffered from defects - Any best Judgment assessment is likely to be an over-estimate or an under-estimate, but that itself does not supply a reason or ground for interfering with the same. - HC

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Best judgement assessment - There appears to be divergents views ...

Court Justifies Best Judgment Assessment Due to Flawed Accounting and Electricity Use in Jelly Production Case.

February 16, 2022

Case Laws VAT and Sales Tax HC

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