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Sale of used cars is not subject to VAT under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004

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....ale of used cars is not subject to VAT under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004<br>By: - Bimal jain<br>Value Added Tax - VAT and CST<br>Dated:- 7-1-2015<br><br>Dear Professional Colleague, "Sale of used cars is not subject to VAT under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004" We are sharing with you an important judgment of Hon'ble High Court, Delhi, in the case of Anand Decors and Others vs. Commi....

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....ssioner of Trade and Taxes, New Delhi [2014 (12) TMI 1024 - DELHI HIGH COURT] on following issue: Issue: Whether the sale of used cars is subjected to VAT under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004? Facts and background: Anand Decors and Others ("the Appellants") were manufacturing certain commodities and were registered dealers under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 ("DVAT Act"). The Appell....

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....ants purchased motor vehicles/ cars, paid Sales tax/ VAT but did not avail input tax credit thereon under DVAT Act. The Appellants were not dealers or traders in motor vehicles. The Department alleged that the resale of the used motor vehicle to third parties should be added or included in the taxable turnover and thus exigible to VAT. The Appellate Tribunal, Value Added Tax, Delhi upheld the con....

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....tentions of the Department and held that the sale of motor cars or other capital assets are not exempt under Section 6(3) of the DVAT Act, and should be included in the taxable or business turnover of the Appellants. Being aggrieved, the Appellants preferred an appeal before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi. Held: The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi held as under: * Capital goods and Capital assets....

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.... are distinguishable; * Motor Vehicles would be a capital good as defined in Section 2(f) of the DVAT Act wherein the expression used is &quot;directly or indirectly, in the process of trade or manufacturing......&quot; and purchase thereof would form part of the business. But input tax credit of VAT paid would not be available by virtue of Section 9(2)(b) of the DVAT Act as the motor cars purch....

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....ased and sold are non-creditable goods and they are included in the seventh Schedule of the DVAT Act. * The following four conditions stipulated in Section 6(3) of the DVAT Act for availing exemption under DVAT are duly met in the instant case: * There should be a sale of Capital goods; * The said Capital goods should have been used by the dealer from the time of purchase till sale; * The ....

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....purpose for which the Capital goods were used should be for making sale of taxable goods or taxable goods and non-taxable goods. The Capital goods should not be exclusively used for making sale of non-taxable goods; * The dealer should not have taken tax credit in respect of such capital goods under Section 9 of DVAT Act. Hence, the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi allowed the appeal in favour of th....

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....e Appellants and held that sale of used cars is not subject to VAT provided that four conditions stipulated in Section 6(3) of the DVAT Act for availing exemption under DVAT are duly met. Hope the information will assist you in your Professional endeavors. In case of any query/ information, please do not hesitate to write back to us. Thanks and Best Regards, Bimal Jain FCA, FCS, LLB, B.Com (Ho....

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....ns) Delhi: Flat No. 34B, Ground Floor, Pocket - 1, Mayur Vihar, Phase - I, Delhi - 110091, India Desktel: +91-11-22757595/ 42427056 Mobile: +91 9810604563 Chandigarh: H.No. 908, Sector 12-A, Panchkula, Haryana - 134115 Kolkata: Ist Floor, 10 R G Kar Road Shyambazar, Kolkata - 700 004 Email: [email protected] Web: www.a2ztaxcorp.com Disclaimer: The contents of this document are s....

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....olely for informational purpose. It does not constitute professional advice or recommendation of firm. Neither the authors nor firm and its affiliates accepts any liabilities for any loss or damage of any kind arising out of any information in this document nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Readers are advised to consult the professional for understanding applicability of this newsl....

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....etter in the respective scenarios. While due care has been taken in preparing this document, the existence of mistakes and omissions herein is not ruled out. No part of this document should be distributed or copied (except for personal, non-commercial use) without our written permission. Reply By Prateek Aggarwal as = Hi, I have a practical situation here! A manufacturing company having busin....

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....ess in Maharashtra and MVAT registration buys a car for his director in Delhi and pays Delhi VAT and takes the assets in its books and claim depreciation as asset is used for business purpose. Now the company has sold after using it in Delhi itself. Query is ..Is the transaction liable for Tax under MVAT or DVAT or interstate sale. As business location is Maharashtra but capital goods in Delhi. ....

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....Please also quote reference sections for justification. Dated: 5-7-2015<br> Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing by authors, experts, professionals ....