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Issues: Whether the amount paid on composition of an offence under section 47(1)(a) of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 includes the tax payable on suppressed turnover and can be adjusted against the tax demand.
Analysis: Section 47(1)(a) permits composition where the offence consists of evasion of tax, by accepting, in addition to the tax so payable, a sum equal to the amount of tax payable, subject to the statutory limits. The composition is complete once the dealer and the department arrive at a bilateral arrangement and the compounding fee is paid. The amount stipulated as composition is over and above the tax payable, and the words "in addition to the tax so payable" make it clear that payment of the compounding amount does not discharge or absorb the tax evaded. The dealer therefore cannot insist that the composition amount should be treated as inclusive of, or deducted from, the assessed tax.
Conclusion: The compounding amount under section 47(1)(a) does not include the tax payable on suppressed turnover and cannot be adjusted against the tax due; the issue is decided against the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The statutory scheme treats composition for tax evasion as a payment additional to the tax itself, so the assessed tax liability remains unaffected by payment of the composition amount.
Ratio Decidendi: A compounding amount paid for composition of an offence involving tax evasion is distinct from and additional to the tax payable, and cannot be set off against the tax demand.
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