Audit of Returns

28.    (1)     The Commissioner or the designated officer with a view to ascertain the correctness of the returns in general and admissibility of various claims, including input tax credit and refund, may audit or cause to be audited, any of the returns filed, documents or information or statutory forms submitted by a person, subject to such conditions and in such manner, as may be prescribed.

(2)     For the purpose of audit under sub–section (1), the Commissioner or any designated officer, may, after due notice to the person to be audited, proceed to examine the records, stock in trade and the related documents of the person. Such examination of records can be undertaken in any office of the Excise and Taxation Department of the State or at the business premises of the person.

(3)     The audit under sub-section (1), may be carried out within a period of six years from the date of furnishing of returns.