Legal19 Feb 2026, 11:14 pm
Lumax Auto Technologies' Tax Demand Reduced by 70% in GST Appeal
AI Summary
Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd. has received an Order-in-Appeal dated February 18, 2026, from the Office of The Joint Commissioner of State Tax, PUN-VAT-E-623, Department of Goods and Service Tax, Government of Maharashtra. The first appeal filed by the Company has been partly allowed, reducing the demand from Rs. 3,52,19,923/- (including Interest and penalty) to Rs. 1,03,78,580/- (including Interest and penalty) for the period from April 2019 to March 2020. The Company plans to file an appeal against this Order-in-Appeal before the Hon’ble Tribunal.
Key Highlights
- Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd. received an Order-in-Appeal dated February 18, 2026, from the Office of The Joint Commissioner of State Tax.
- The demand has been reduced from Rs. 3,52,19,923/- (including Interest and penalty) to Rs. 1,03,78,580/- (including Interest and penalty).
- The first appeal was filed by the Company against the Adjudication Order dated July 19, 2024 u/s 73(9) of the Maharashtra Goods & Services Tax Act, 2017 and u/s 20 of the IGST Act.
- The demand was raised on account of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized.
- The Company plans to file an appeal against the said Order-in-Appeal before the Hon’ble Tribunal.