Under GST act various provisions has been made such as, levy and collection of tax, registration, returns, Input Tax Credit, payment of tax, refund, assessment, audits, determination of tax liability, demand and recovery, appeal etc. Accordingly, appropriate proceedings are initiated by the proper officers either on his own motion or on application of registered person, which ultimately resulted into passing and issuance of orders or decisions or certificate or notice or any other documents under relevant sections of the act and thereafter registered persons are required to take further actions. Sometime, certain errors occurred while passing or issuing of such orders or decisions or certificate or notice, which may affect tax liability. In order to correct such orders and remove errors legal remedy has been provided in section 161 of the act, for rectification of errors which are apparent on the face of record.
Source Taxguru
