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Issues: Whether the excess tax and pre-deposit collected from the dealer could be adjusted against future assessments instead of being refunded, and whether refund could be denied for want of an application under the refund rule.
Analysis: The assessments showed that for some years the dealer had paid tax in excess of the liability, while in other years demand had been raised and paid. Under Section 43 of the Tripura Value Added Tax Act, 2004, excess tax, penalty or interest paid by a dealer is refundable, and Section 46 permits withholding only where the refund order is under appeal or other proceedings are pending and the Commissioner forms the required opinion that refund would adversely affect revenue. The impugned order did not identify any pending proceeding or furnish the statutory basis for retaining the amount, but instead directed a mechanical adjustment against future assessments. As the dealer had no effective occasion to file a refund application under Rule 35 of the Tripura Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 so long as that order remained in force, denial of refund on that ground was unsustainable.
Conclusion: The direction to adjust the excess tax against future assessments was illegal, and the dealer became entitled to refund of the unadjusted excess amount with statutory interest.
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