1979 (7) TMI 213

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.... by GOPALAN NAMBIYAR, C.J.-The revision is by the revenue against the order of the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Additional Bench, Kozhikode. The assessment year is 1971-72. The assessee is a dealer in rubber seals. The question that has been agitated is whether rubber seals are liable to be taxed at the rate of 7 per cent under item 5 of the First Schedule to the Sales Tax Act, or alternativel....

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....indicated in the pre-assessment notice that the purchase turnover under section 5A proposed to be taxed was Rs. 8,000. The assessee replied that his purchases are supported by bills and produced the bills for scrutiny. It was after scrutiny and consideration that the Sales Tax Officer gave effect to his proposed assessment and assessed the rubber seals at 7 per cent and also added an estimated tur....

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.... to make an estimate and to add Rs. 4,000 to the turnover as sustained by the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. 3.. Aggrieved by this order of the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, the revenue has filed this tax revision. 4.. We will first deal with the question of the addition of an estimated turnover with respect to section 5A purchases. As stated, the reassessment had been preceded by a pre-a....

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....rder. 5.. On the other question as to whether the item was assessable under item 5 of the First Schedule at 7 per cent or at the lower rate of 3 per cent under section 5, or is not assessable at all as a contract for work and labour, we are afraid the Tribunal has not approached the consideration of the question from the correct standpoint. The question for consideration would really be whether....