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Issues: (i) Whether the differential tax arising from non-filing of declaration forms could be adjusted against the interest-free sales tax deferral amount; (ii) Whether levy of penal interest under Section 24(3) of the TNGST Act, 1959 required prior notice and was vitiated for breach of natural justice.
Issue (i): Whether the differential tax arising from non-filing of declaration forms could be adjusted against the interest-free sales tax deferral amount.
Analysis: The deferral arrangement applied to taxes actually collected and declared in the monthly returns. The petitioner had not filed the prescribed declaration forms for the disputed turnovers, and the resulting differential demand represented tax that was not shown as collected within the scheme. The agreement clause relied on by the petitioner did not extend the benefit to such undisclosed or uncollected turnover, and the reserved deferral amount could not be used to neutralize the demand.
Conclusion: The issue was decided against the petitioner.
Issue (ii): Whether levy of penal interest under Section 24(3) of the TNGST Act, 1959 required prior notice and was vitiated for breach of natural justice.
Analysis: Interest under Section 24(3) was treated as automatic on delayed payment, and the statute did not contemplate prior notice as a condition for levy. The petitioner was also given opportunity to object and was heard before the final proceedings. The contention based on the departmental instructions was not accepted, and the levy was upheld as lawful.
Conclusion: The issue was decided against the petitioner.
Final Conclusion: The challenge to both the denial of deferral adjustment and the levy of penal interest failed, and the impugned proceedings were sustained.
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