GST and income-tax notices · Appeals · Litigation support
GST and income-tax notices, appeals and litigation, handled end to end
From the day a notice arrives to the first appeal, qualified professionals of our associated firm reply, attend hearings and represent you before the department, with our expert team behind every page of the file. When a matter goes to the tribunal or the High Court, we introduce an independent advocate on request and hand over a file that is ready.
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Why it helps
One team from notice to first appeal
The same people read the notice, write the reply, attend the hearing and draft the appeal, so nothing is lost between stages and you never explain your case twice.
The date fixed on day one
We read the time allowed from your notice itself, diarise it with every follow-on date, and plan the work back from it.
Replies built on your own numbers
We rebuild the department’s figure from your returns and books, so the reply answers the actual difference, point by point, with evidence.
Hearing-ready paper books
Every submission goes with an indexed paper book and a written synopsis, so the officer has the whole case in front of them.
Appeals on time, with the working
If an order goes against you, we read it against the reply filed, work out the payment and appeal route, and file within the time allowed.
Court-ready files for your advocate
For the tribunal or the High Court, the chronology, orders, replies and working are ready for the independent advocate you engage.
Who it is for
- Businesses that received a GST show cause notice, intimation, scrutiny notice, audit notice or summons
- Taxpayers with an income-tax intimation, scrutiny, reassessment, demand, penalty or TDS notice
- Businesses with an adverse order or a recovery action that want to appeal or follow it up
- MSMEs that want one team to keep track of several notices and every date that follows from them
- Businesses whose matter is heading to the GSTAT, the ITAT or the High Court and who want the file in order
What our expert team handles
GST notices and replies
Show cause notices, pre-notice intimations, return mismatches, scrutiny, audits, registration and refund notices: reconciled, answered and filed on the portal.
Income-tax notices and e-proceedings
Proposed adjustments, intimations, scrutiny and inquiry notices, reassessment, demands, penalties and TDS defaults: responses prepared and submitted in e-Proceedings.
Personal hearings
Written synopsis, paper book and representation at the hearing by qualified professionals of our associated firm.
First appeals
Grounds of appeal, statement of facts, the pre-deposit working and representation before the first appellate authority.
Orders, demands and recovery
Rectification where the error is on the face of the record, payment and instalment requests, and follow-up of recovery and refund set-off.
Tribunal and High Court support
File preparation and chronology for the GSTAT, the ITAT or the High Court, and an introduction to an independent advocate on request.
From notice to High Court, stage by stage
| Stage | What our expert team does | Who appears | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Notice received | What our expert team doesReads the notice, identifies the form or section it is issued under, fixes the date that applies, lists the documents and maps the exposure before anything is filed. | Who appearsQualified professionals of our associated firm, if the department needs a response in person | FeeFee on request — get a quote |
| 2.Reply and personal hearing | What our expert team doesReconciles the figures with your returns and books, drafts a point-wise reply with evidence, files it on the portal and prepares the synopsis and paper book for the hearing. | Who appearsQualified professionals of our associated firm, before the officer | FeeGST matterFrom ₹2,500 + GSTEach hearing: ₹7,500 + GSTIncome-tax matterFrom ₹2,000 + GSTEach hearing: ₹7,500 + GST |
| 3.Order | What our expert team doesReads the order against the reply filed, checks whether rectification is open, works out the payment or appeal route and every date that follows, and follows up demand and recovery. | Who appearsQualified professionals of our associated firm, before the department | FeeGST matterFrom ₹5,000 + GSTIncome-tax matterFrom ₹2,000 + GST |
| 4.First appeal | What our expert team doesDrafts the grounds of appeal and the statement of facts, prepares the pre-deposit working, files the appeal and prepares the hearing before the first appellate authority. | Who appearsQualified professionals of our associated firm, before the first appellate authority | FeeGST matterFrom ₹12,500 + GSTEach hearing: ₹7,500 + GSTIncome-tax matterFrom ₹10,000 + GSTEach hearing: ₹7,500 + GST |
| 5.Tribunal (GSTAT / ITAT) | What our expert team doesPrepares the paper book, the chronology and the working for the tribunal, and introduces you to an independent advocate on request. | Who appearsAn independent advocate, introduced on request, whom you engage and instruct directly | FeeGST matterFrom ₹5,000 + GSTIncome-tax matterFrom ₹5,000 + GST |
| 6.High Court | What our expert team doesKeeps the orders, replies and working in one ready file, and introduces you to an independent advocate on request. | Who appearsAn independent advocate, introduced on request, whom you engage and instruct directly | FeeFee on request — get a quote |
Each stage has a fixed fee, agreed in writing before the work starts. The figure shown is the starting fee for a straightforward matter, before GST; we confirm the fee for your matter after reading the notice or order. At the tribunal and High Court stages the fee is for our file preparation and support only; you agree the advocate’s fee with the advocate directly.
Book a litigation consultation
Start with the free decoder to see what your notice is and the time allowed, then book the consultation for your tax. Our expert team reads the notice with you and tells you the next step and the fee for that stage.
Find your notice
Each guide is built from the official provisions for that notice: what it means, the time allowed, what to do now and what happens if it is ignored. All notice guides
GST notices (34)
- GST DRC-01 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST DRC-01A Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST DRC-01B Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST DRC-01C Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST DRC-07 Order: Appeal and Time Limit
- GST DRC-13 Notice: What It Means, What to Do
- GST ASMT-10 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST ASMT-12 Order: What It Means, What to Do
- GST ASMT-14 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST ADT-01 Notice: Time Limit and What to Do
- GST ADT-02 Audit Report: What It Means
- GST ADT-03 Notice: What It Means, What to Do
- GSTR-3A Notice: Time Limit and What to Do
- GST REG-03 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST REG-31 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST REG-17 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST REG-19 Order: Revocation and Time Limit
- GST RFD-08 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST CMP-05 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST Section 70 Summons: What It Means
- GST INS-01 Authorisation: What It Means
- GST MOV-07 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST MOV-09 Order: Appeal and Time Limit
- GST RVN-01 Notice: Reply Format, Time Limit
- GST APL-04 Order: Appeal and Time Limit
- GSTAT Appeal: What It Means, What to Do
- GST DRC-22 Order: What It Means, What to Do
- GST ADT-04 Special Audit Report: What to Do
- GST INS-02 Order: What It Means, What to Do
- GST INS-03 Order: What It Means, What to Do
- GST INS-05 Order: What It Means, What to Do
- GST ASMT-13 Order: Time Limit and What to Do
- GST ASMT-15 Order: Appeal and Time Limit
- GST ASMT-16 Order: Time Limit and What to Do
Income-tax notices (16)
- Income Tax 143(1)(a) Intimation: How to Reply
- Income Tax 143(1) Intimation: How to Respond
- Income Tax 143(2) Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 142(1) Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 139(9) Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 148A(1) Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 148 Notice: What It Means
- Income Tax 156 Notice: Time Limit, What to Do
- Income Tax 245 Intimation: How to Reply
- Income Tax Penalty Order: Appeal Time Limit
- Income Tax 274 r/w 270A Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 274 r/w 271AAC: How to Reply
- Income Tax 274 r/w 272A Notice: How to Reply
- Income Tax 274 Notice: Reply and Time Limit
- Income Tax 200A: Time Limit and What to Do
- Income Tax 201 Notice: Reply and Time Limit
How it works
Step 1: Share the notice
Decode it free on our notice decoder, or send it on WhatsApp. We read the date it was served on you first.
Step 2: Review call and fee for the stage
We explain what the notice asks, the time allowed and the options, and agree the fixed fee for the stage before work starts.
Step 3: Reply, hearing, representation
We reconcile, draft and file, and qualified professionals of our associated firm attend the hearing for you.
Step 4: Order and next step
When the order arrives we read it with you and set out the route: comply, rectify or appeal, with the dates.
Step 5: Appeal, and beyond
We take the first appeal; for the tribunal or the High Court we introduce an independent advocate on request and keep the file ready.
Documents to keep ready
- The notice, intimation or order, with the e-mail or envelope that shows when it was served
- The returns for the period the notice covers, as filed
- Books of account, ledgers and the trial balance for that period
- Earlier replies, submissions and orders in the same matter
- Invoices, contracts, e-way bills and payment proofs the notice relies on
- The income-tax statements on the portal (Form 26AS, AIS) for an income-tax matter
- Proof of any payment already made against the demand
- A signed authorisation for the professional who will represent you
The exact list depends on your case; we confirm it with you on the first call.
Good to know
- We do not promise an outcome. The officer, the appellate authority, the tribunal or the court decides the case, and how long it takes depends on your case.
- Representation before a tribunal or a court is only by an independent advocate whom you engage and instruct directly.
- Some matters need an advocate. If yours does, we will tell you and, if you ask, share the contact details of more than one independent advocate you can approach directly, or you can go to your own advocate.
- The advocates are independent. They are not our employees or partners, and we do not rank or recommend one over another.
- You choose whom to contact, or none of them. You agree the scope and fees with the advocate directly.
- We take no fee from the advocate, and we charge you no fee for the introduction. No referral payment is made in either direction.
- We share details of your matter with an advocate only if you separately agree to it.
- Subsidy Setu is not a law firm and does not appear before any court or tribunal.
- The date stated on your notice always wins. Time limits for your case are confirmed from the notice or order itself.
Frequently asked questions
Who represents me before the GST or income-tax department?
Qualified professionals of our associated firm, at the reply, personal hearing and first appeal stages. Our expert team prepares the reconciliations, the reply and the paper book behind them.
Who appears for me before the GSTAT, the ITAT or the High Court?
An independent advocate. If you ask, we share the contact details of more than one independent advocate you can approach directly, or you can use your own. You engage and instruct the advocate and agree the fees with them directly; we take no fee from the advocate and charge you none for the introduction. We keep your file ready for them.
How are your fees worked out?
Each stage, from the reply to the first appeal and the file support for a tribunal or court, has a fixed fee agreed in writing before the work starts. Where the table shows “Fee on request”, send us the notice and we will quote the fee for that stage.
Can you tell me how my case will end?
No one can promise that, and we do not. We explain what the notice or order says, the options open to you, the risks of each and the dates that apply, so you can decide with the full picture.
The date on my notice has passed. Is it too late?
Talk to our expert team the same day. Depending on the notice, a route may still be open, such as asking for more time, rectification or a late appeal with the reason for the delay; whether one is open is confirmed only after reading your notice and order.
Is the notice decoder really free?
Yes. Paste the text of the notice or pick its form, and the decoder shows what it is, the time allowed and what to do now. The text is read on our server only to find the form or section and is not stored.
Ready to talk it through?
Tell us about your case and we will explain the next step. There is no charge for the first conversation.
Before the GST and income-tax authorities and the first appellate authorities, qualified professionals of our associated firm represent you. Before the tribunals and the courts, representation is only by an independent advocate you choose, engage and instruct directly; we introduce on request, take no fee from the advocate and charge you none for the introduction. Subsidy Setu is not a law firm.
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