TMI Blogvat applicability on works contracts under kerala vat actX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Gentlemen our delhi client having branch in kerala prefered to pay vat under composite tax for works contract. Kindly advise with notification if he has to calculate vat on works contract amt added service tax amt or on works contract value only. rgds - Reply By RAMASWAMY KRISHNA IYER - The Reply = The issue is whether service tax has also to be included to calculate sales tax. The po ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sition in this regard is laid down in Anand Swarup Mahesh Kumar v Commissioner of Sales Tax (46 STC 477)(SC) = ( 1980 (9) TMI 238 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ). The relevant portion of the judgment is extracted below:- Where a dealer is authorised by law to pass on any tax payable by him on a transaction of sale to the purchaser, such tax does not form part of the consideration for purposes of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... levy of tax on sales or purchases but where there is no statutory provision authorising the dealer to pass on the tax to the purchaser, such tax does form part of the consideration when he includes it in the price and realises the same from the purchasers. The essential factor which distinguishes the former class of cases from the latter class is the existence of a statutory provision authorisin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g a dealer to recover the tax payable on the transaction of sale from the purchaser. In the case of service tax, the Finance Act, 1994 permits collection of service tax. Therefore service tax will not form part of sale price. However the clarification by the Authority for Clarifications, u/s. 94 (ORDER No.C3/4174/10/CT DATED 31/3/2010) of the Kerala VAT Act is on the contrary. Copy of t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he clarification is attached. According to the said clarification, VAT has to be calculated after adding service tax. We are personally of the view that the clarification does not lay the correct position of law, especially since the above decision has not been considered. - Reply By haripriya haripriya - The Reply = Respected Ramasamy Sir We thank you so much for the timely help. Kindly ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... also advise us what to do if we want to re-generate online C forms for the act.year 2011-12 as the purchase bill dates are wrongly submitted in the returns and so the c forms generated were not accepted by the supplier. Ravikumar chennai 9094043313 [email protected] - vat applicability on works contracts under kerala vat act - Query Started By: - haripriya haripriya Dated:- 1-8-2013 Value ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Added Tax - VAT-CST - Got 2 Replies - VAT and Sales Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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