State Act

Jharkhand Entertainment Tax Act, 2012

This Act was repealed on 1 July 2017 by the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, s.174; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

14. Escaped assessment and Audit observation- (1) If upon information which has come into his possession the prescribed authority is satisfied that reasonable grounds exist to believe that any payment for admission to an assessee / proprietor in respect of any period, has, for any reason, escaped assessment or any payment for admission of any such person or assessee / proprietor assessed under sub-section (1) of section 13 has been under assessed the prescribed authority shall, after giving such an assessee / proprietor an opportunity of being heard, by an order in writing re-assess the tax payable by such assessee / proprietor within eight years of the expiry of such period; Provided that if the prescribed authority is satisfied that such assessee / proprietor has concealed, omitted or failed to disclose willfully the particulars of such payment for admission or has furnished incorrect particulars and thereby he returned figures below the real amount, the prescribed authority, without prejudice to any action which is or may be taken under section 24, shall direct that the assessee / proprietor shall, in addition to any tax re-assessed, pay by way of penalty a sum not exceeding three times but not less than an amount equal to the amount of tax which is assessed on the amount of payment for admission escaped. (2) Where an observation has been made by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, in respect of an assessment or re-assessment made, and the prescribed authority is satisfied with the said observation, he shall proceed to re-assess the assessee with respect to whose assessment or re-assessment, as the case may be, the said observations has been made. Provided that no order under this section shall be passed without giving the assessee an opportunity of being heard.