TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1978 (1) TMI 148
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....ises for consideration in this petition is whether the levy of penalty under section 12-B(2) of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 (hereinafter called the "Act"), against the petitioner made by the Commercial Tax Officer is in order. At the conclusion of the assessment in respect of the turnover of the assessee for the assessment year 1972-73, it was noticed by the Commercial Tax Officer that the p....
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....llapsed" during the relevant period and its customers had not paid the amounts due from them in time. The Commercial Tax Officer was not satisfied with the explanation given by the petitioner. He, therefore, levied a penalty of Rs. 1,500 under section 12-B(2) of the Act as against the maximum penalty of about Rs. 20,000 which could have been levied under section 12-B(2) of the Act. Aggrieved by th....
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....an assessee files a return under section 12-B(1), but does not pay any amount by way of advance tax along with it, even though as per law lie had to pay the advance tax. It is argued on behalf of the petitioner that, when no amount is paid by way of tax along with the return as required by section 12-B(1), no penalty is payable under section 12-B(2) of the Act, as it would not be a case of short p....
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....n the tax payable for that month by more than fifteen per cent, the assessing authority may direct such dealer to pay, in addition to the tax, by way of penalty, a sum not exceeding one and a half times the amount of tax so paid falls short of the tax payable for the month. It is not disputed in this case that the petitioner had not paid the advance tax in time on any occasion as required under se....