TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2005 (4) TMI 560
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....g, the quality of yarn had only been increased, but nylon yarn remains the same and was used for sewing and knitting. It had also been explained that shoemakers normally use such yarns for sewing of shoes, though these yarn can be used for any other purposes also. The claim of the dealer was that it was yarn and liable to tax at two per cent under the entry of "all kinds of yarn" under Notification No. ST-2-5785/ x--10(1)-80-U. P. Act. 15/48--Order-81 dated September 7, 1981. The assessing authority had accepted the claim of the dealer and taxed the turnover of the said nylon yarn at two per cent. The Deputy Commissioner (Executive), however, passed an order under section 10-B of the Act on June 13, 1995 and levied tax on the turn....
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.... T.C. Traders reported in [1992] UPTC 1148, dispute was whether the untwisted synthetic yarn sold after twisting remains the same. This court held as follows: "No material has been placed before this court by the State to show that the twisted yarn was commercially a different commodity or that the twisted yarn did not serve the same purpose which the untwisted yarn did serve. There was no change of nomenclature of yarn and even if it was twisted it remained yarn alright. The State has also not suggested that the untwisted yarn cannot be used for any purpose for which, a twisted yarn can be put. No physical or chemical change is brought out by twisting the yarn, the yarn remains the yarn and in entry 55, yarns of all kinds have been i....