The types of assessment covered under the Act are:
- Self-assessment (Section 59)
- Provisional assessment (Section 60)
- Summary assessment (Section 62) including best judgement assessment The CGST Act also provides for determination of tax liability by:
- Scrutiny of returns filed by registered persons (Section 61)
- Assessment of non-filers of returns (Section 62)
- Assessment of un-registered persons (Section 63)
It may, however, be noted that there is no provision permitting a Proper Officer to re-assess the tax liability of taxable person. As such, reference to such re-assessment in the definition may have to be suitably read down.