1977 (12) TMI 124

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....ue to revise the order dated 28th January, 1974, of the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal (Second Additional Bench), Madras, permitting the assessee to pay the tax under section 7 of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959, at compounded rates. The respondent-assessee, running a sweetmeat stall, returned a total and taxable turnover of Rs. 94,139.45 in form A-1 submitted on 5th January, 1973, for....

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.... matter in appeal before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner who agreed with the assessing officer and dismissed the appeal, holding that no interference was called for, as the assessing officer had added only a nominal ten per cent to the turnover returned by the assessee after rejecting the assessee's accounts as unreliable. In the assessee's further appeal to the Tribunal, it has been found by....

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....of the Tribunal permitting the assessee to pay the tax at the compounded rate under section 7 of the Act is erroneous. Under section 7(1) of the Act, the rate of tax is Rs. 3,000 per annum where the total turnover is not less than Rs. 95,000 but not more than a lakh of rupees. The Tribunal has fixed the turnover in this case at Rs. 98,846.42, as mentioned above. But section 7(2) lays down that ....