Maharashtra VAT Department requests professional to comply with Returns Filing

Dear Member,
 
Pune Branch is in receipt of a communication / appeal from The Office of the Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax (VAT Adm.)-PUNE.
Forwarding the same for your kind reference, record and necessary action if any.
We reproduce here-under the copy of appeal letter received from Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax (VAT Adm.)-Pune.
 
Thanking you,
Warm Regards,
 
CA. Rajeshkumar Patil
Chairman,
Pune Branch of WIRC of ICAI.
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Office of the Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax (VAT Adm.)
Vikrikar Bhawan, Air-Port Rd., Yerawada, Pune-411006
 
To,
Shri………………
Sales Tax Practioner,
Tax consultant, Chartered Accountant,
Pune.
 
No. JCST/VAT (Adm.)/2014/Return defaulter./B-Pune, dt. 30-12-2014
Sub: Follow up of Quarterly & Six monthly return Non filers.
 
Dear Sir,
 
More than 1.10 lakh dealers are registered under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act,2002 at Sales Tax Office Pune. Big Tax Payers mainly monthly returns filers are regularly paying taxes. But the dealers whose periodicity is Quarterly or Six monthly are lagging behind. Most of the returns non filers are from this category. Some of them may be your clients. No. of defaults went in lakhs i. e. more than No. of Registrations. Almost 30000 dealers have made default in filling return at one or more time. As a matter of revenue collection as well as legal compliance, it is necessary to file returns for all periods till TIN is in force. The return Non filers list may contain some of your clients. The list of return Non filers is available on website (www.mahavat.gov.in)
 
You are, therefore, requested to go through the list of your clients and get ensured that all of them have filed returns for all the period as per periodicity on Mahavikas. This legal compliance will also help you while switching over to coming G.S.T. era. Please, suggest all the return Non filer clients to file VAT and CST returns as soon as possible. This appeal is made to you in anticipation of positive response.
 
Thanking you,

D. B. Kapratwar,
Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax (VAT Adm.), Pune