GST Appellate Tribunals must kick off smoothly

Ever since GST assessments commenced a few years back, taxpayers have been receiving aggressive assessment orders demanding GST on the interpretation of a law that everyone is still trying to come to grips with. Adding to the woes of the taxpayers was the fact that they could not appeal against the orders since the GST Tribunals were not set up. They could not knock on the doors of the High Court…