Be easy on show cause notices: Central Board of Excise and Customs

New Delhi: The Central Board of Excise and Customs has asked its officials to exercise caution while issuing show cause notices (SCNs) to assessees and ensure they are backed by “legal provisions”. In a communication, CBEC has said that “sometimes” notices have been issued that were legally unsustainable.

“Creating such avoidable SCNs not only does become burden on the government revenue, it also impacts the precious time of trade and industry as well as Appellate Authorities/Courts,” it said. In another communication, CBEC has asked commissionerates to regularly monitor the cases where the government interest had not been adequately defended and send reports to the Board.