Revision Order Proceedings are related to proceedings conducted by a Revisional Authority (RA) to revise an impugned Order, originally issued to the taxpayer by an Adjudicating Authority (A/A).
Yes. Revision proceedings are initiated, if the difference in the date of communication of Order and the date of revising it, is between 7 months and 3 years (the period of first appeal has expired) or else, Revision Proceedings won’t be initiated. In other words, following is the time limit for revision of an Order:
Revision of Order cannot be done within 6+1 (Six+ one) months from the Date of Communication of the decision or order sought to be revised.
Revision of Order cannot be done after 3 (Three) years from the Date of order sought to be revised or after the expiry of one year from the date of the order in such appeal, whichever is later.
Note: Date of Order as being sent by email and SMS will be considered as the Date of Communication of Order and if the order is sent by post/special messenger, the date as updated in the system will be considered.
1) Commissioner/STO issues the required directions on the impugned adjudication Orders to the RA.
2) Commissioner/STO (himself/herself as RA) or RA initiates the proceedings by issuing a Revision Notice to the concerned parties.
Note: With the issue of the Revision Notice, following actions take place on the GST Portal:
An Internal Reference Number (IRN) is generated with the Status as “Revision Notice Issued”.
Intimation of the issue of Notice is sent to the concerned taxpayer and the A/A on their registered email id. Taxpayers would receive an SMS notification also on their registered mobile.
Dashboard of the A/A and Taxpayer is updated with the record of the issued Notice. Taxpayer can view the issued Notice from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
Date of hearing, as specified in the Notice, is updated in the GST Portal’s Cause list.
The demand Id issued on the impugned Order by adjudication authority shall continue and status will be “stayed” until an Order is issued on the Revision Proceedings.
3) The recipients of the Revision Notice can file their replies on the Portal.
Note: With the filing of Reply, following actions also take place on the GST Portal:
IRN Status gets changed to “Reply Submitted”.
Dashboard of the RA and the concerned parties is updated with the record of the filed Reply. Taxpayer can view the filed Reply from: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
5) In case of no reply from the concerned parties, Revisional Authority can issue a Reminder to them. On the day of the hearing, parties appear before the Revisional Authority to present their case. Revisional Authority can adjourn the hearing and issue an adjournment notice with the new date/time and venue of personal hearing, if required.
Note: With the issue of the Reminder or Adjournment, following actions also take place on the GST Portal:
In case a Reminder is issued, the IRN Status gets changed to “Reminder Notice Issued” and in case of Adjournment the Status will be “Adjournment Granted”.
Intimation of the issue of Notice is sent to the concerned taxpayer and the A/A on their registered email id. Taxpayers would receive an SMS notification also on their registered mobile.
Dashboard of the A/A and Taxpayer is updated with the record of the issued Notice. Taxpayer can view the issued Notice from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
Date of hearing, as specified in the Notice, will also be updated in the GST Portal’s Cause list.
6) After hearing both the parties, Revisional Authority will issue “Drop Proceeding” Order or a “Revision Order” either confirming or modifying the demand of the original Order issued by the subordinate adjudicating officer.
Note:
1) With the issue of the “Drop Proceeding” Order, following actions take place on the GST Portal:
IRN Status gets changed to “Revision Proceedings Dropped”.
Intimation of the issue of Order is sent to the concerned taxpayer and the A/A on their registered email id. Taxpayers would receive an SMS notification also on their registered mobile.
Dashboard of the A/A and Taxpayer is updated with the record of the issued Order. Taxpayer can view the issued Order from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
The demand Id issued on the original Order will stand.
2) With the issue of the “Revision Order” Order, following actions take place on the GST Portal:
IRN Status gets changed to “Revision Order Passed”.
Intimation of the issue of Order is sent to the concerned taxpayer and the A/A on their registered email id. Taxpayers would receive an SMS notification also on their registered mobile.
Dashboard of the A/A and Taxpayer is updated with the record of the issued Order. Taxpayer can view the issued Order from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
The status of original demand Id will be “Demand Closed and Revised Demand Created” and new demand ID will be generated with the demand status as “Demand created against Revision Order” and will lie in non-stayed state till Appeal is filed and admitted by Appellate Tribunal.
There is no limit on the hearings to be conducted during Revision Order Proceedings. Thus, a taxpayer can be provided with any number of hearings during these Proceedings.
Revision Proceedings can be dropped if the order of adjudicating authority is found to be correct by the Revisional Authority.
Navigate to Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders > REPLIES to file a Reply or a Counter-Reply.
Navigate to Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders > NOTICES to file a reply or a Counter-Reply.
Once a Reply or a Counter-Reply is Filed, following actions take place on the GST Portal:
Acknowledgement message is displayed, with the generated Reply Reference Number and other Reply details.
Dashboard of the Taxpayer and the Tax Officials gets updated with the record of the filed Reply and the Status gets changed to “Reply Submitted”.
Taxpayer can view it from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
Intimation of the Filed Reply is sent to the taxpayer on his/her registered email ID and mobile.
Tax Officials and Taxpayers can submit request for rectification of a Revision Order. Navigate to Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders > ORDERS.
Rectification of Revision Order can be passed, if there is a mistake which is apparent on the records. Rectification Request can be submitted within 6 months from the date of order, sought to be rectified.
Once a Rectification Request is submitted, following actions take place on the GST Portal:
Acknowledgement message is displayed, with the generated Rectification Reference Number and other details.
Dashboard of the Taxpayer and the Tax Officials gets updated with the record of the submitted Rectification Request and the Status gets changed to “Rectification Request Submitted”.
Taxpayer can view it from the following navigation: Services > User Services > View Additional Notices/Orders.
Intimation of the submitted Rectification is sent to the taxpayer on his/her registered email ID and mobile.
Once you submit the Rectification Request, the Revisional Authority will examine and take one of the following actions:
Accept Rectification Request: In this case you can view the acceptance in the “RECTIFICATIONS” tab. However, the Rectification Order passed against your request will be available in the “ORDERS” tab.
Reject Rectification Request: In this case you can view the rejection details in the “RECTIFICATIONS” tab.
During the Revision Order Proceedings, an IRN undergoes following Status changes:
Revision Notice Issued: When Commissioner/STO or Revisional Authority issues a Revision Notice to the concerned parties
Reply Submitted: When a Reply is filed by any party
Reminder Notice Issued: When Reminder is issued to one or all parties
Adjournment Granted: When Adjournment of a hearing is issued
Revision Proceedings Dropped: When Revisional Authority issues a “Drop Proceeding” Order
Revision Order Passed: When Revisional Authority issues a “Revision” Order
Rectification Request Submitted: When A/A or the Taxpayer submits a Rectification Request
Rectification Request Rejected: When Revisional Authority rejects a Rectification Request
Rectification Order Passed: When Revisional Authority issues a Rectification Order