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Issues: Whether tax could be deducted at source from the gross bills of a contractor without first deciding the contractor's application for exemption or appropriate certificate under section 47(1)(b)(i) of the Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003.
Analysis: The provision governing certificates in respect of works contracts contemplates a prior determination by the prescribed authority where the contract is divisible or involves only labour and services, or where deduction is required only on part of the payable amount. The earlier interpretation of the corresponding deduction provision under the Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993 was that tax deduction at source is confined to goods actually liable to tax and must be read with the charging and exemption provisions. On that basis, deduction on the gross value of the bills without first taking a decision on the contractor's application was not in accordance with the statutory scheme.
Conclusion: The respondent-authority was required to decide the application under section 47(1)(b)(i) before making deduction from the gross bills, and the deduction already made could be regularised only after such decision and computation of tax, if any, in law.
Final Conclusion: The petition was disposed of with a direction to first determine the exemption or deduction issue under the statutory certificate provision and then assess any tax lawfully recoverable.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the statute provides for a prior certificate-based determination in respect of a works contract, tax deduction at source cannot be made on the gross amount without first deciding the contractor's entitlement to partial deduction or no deduction at all.
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