Electricity Tax Levied on Captive Units' Consumption as Per Amendment Act 2013; Generator Responsible for Payment.

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....Levy of tax on consumption of electricity by captive generative units - if the levy of electricity tax in terms of Sections 3[1] [2] and 4[3] of the Amendment Act, 2013 is examined, the taxable event attracting the levy is consumption, the person on whom the levy is imposed may be the generator also who is obliged to pay the tax. That itself would not be construed as the taxable event to find the levy fatal to its validity.....