1978 (2) TMI 191

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..... ssessee, M/s. Motor Industries Company Ltd., are manufacturers and dealers in fuel injective. For the assessment year 1972-73, it returned a total turnover of Rs. 11,58,032.51, and a taxable turnover of Rs. 9,79,154.34. It claimed exemption in respect of a turnover of Rs. 1,78,778.13. The assessing officer found that all the claims for exemption except one were in order. The one excepted item in .....

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..... General Sales Tax Act, 1963, and, in particular, the explanation (2)(ii) to the said definition which enacts that any cash or other discount on the price allowed in respect of any sale and any amount refunded in respect of articles returned by customers shall not be included in the turnover. The definition of "taxable turnover" under section 2(xxv) was also referred to. This is to be made up of .....

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..... ce whether the discount was paid at the time of the sale or only later. Neither the statutory provision nor the rule requires that the payment should be contemporaneous. 2.. The Tribunal referred to the decision of the Madras High Court in State of Madras v. Dunlop Rubber Co. (India) Ltd.[1973] 32 S.T.C. 648. and to another decision of that court in State of Madras v. Jeewanlal (1929) Ltd.[1973] .....

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