Bare ActsThe West Bengal Entertainments And Luxuries (Hotels And Restaurants) Tax (Settlement Of Dispute) Act, 2024

Section 3

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(1) An applicant shall be eligible to make an application for settlement ofarrear tax, penalty or interest in dispute in respect of any period ending on or before the 30th day ofJune, 2017 wherein a notice of demand has been raised in pursuance of an assessment or an appeal or review or revision under the relevant Act, and the amount of tax, penalty or interest specified in the notice remains unpaid on the 31st day of January, 2024, partly or fully. (2) Whereany tax, penalty orinterest duefrom any proprietoris in disputein respect ofany period forwhich an assessment has been made under the relevant Act and where any application relating thereto is pending before the West Bengal Taxation Tribunal established undersection 3 oftheWest Bengal Taxation Tribunal Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal), or the High Court, or the Supreme Court, on the 31st day ofJanuary, 2024, then, notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this section,- (a) such arrear tax, penalty orinterest due shall be deemed to be "arrear tax, penalty or interest in dispute"; and [PART III West Ben. Act XXI of 1972. West Ben. Act VIII of 1987. PART III] Application by the applicant. Determination of amount payable by the applicant. THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 10, 2025 The West Bengal Entertainments and Luxuries (Hotels and Restaurants) Tax (Settlement ofDispute) Act, 2024. (Sections 4-6.) (b) such pending application shall be deemed to be a "pending revision" under this Act for the purpose of settlement of arrear tax, penalty or interest in dispute referred to in clause (a), and such proprietor shall be eligible to make an application for settlement of the arreartax, penalty orinterest in dispute, as referred to in clause (a), in accordance with the provisions of this section and the rules made thereunder: Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall apply only where, in respect ofan application under this sub-section, the applicant obtains the leave ofthe Tribunal or the High Court or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, for settlement of such dispute under this Act.