TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1974 (5) TMI 107
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....n, and was having extensive trade in cotton of inter-State character. In respect of the periods ending Deepavali 1965, Deepavali 1966 and Deepavali 1967, he was assessed to tax under the Central Sales Tax Act. While doing so the turnover in respect of cotton was exempted by the sales tax authorities from payment of sales tax having regard to section 9 of the Central Sales Tax Act as it stood then ....
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....as passed, the assessing authority commenced rectification proceedings in respect of the three assessment years ending Deepavali 1965 to 1967 and ultimately held that the petitioner was liable to pay Central sales tax in respect of its turnover in cotton. Aggrieved by the said orders the petitioner has filed the above three petitions. 2.. Sri K. Srinivasan, the learned counsel for the petitioner,....
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....transaction must show that the buyer had agreed to pay sales tax in addition to the price and the seller's account books should disclose such amounts separately. Where there is absence of such evidence, it cannot be said that amounts were collected by the dealer in the character of or as being tax. Therefore, in our judgment, a dealer can be said to have collected the amounts by way of tax under t....