Tamil Nadu VAT Act 2006: Dealers Must Pay Purchase Tax on Turmeric u/s 12(1) with Input Tax Credit Benefits.

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....Levy of purchase tax payable - purchase of turmeric - Section 12 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax, 2006 - There was a paradigms shift from TNGST Act, 1959 when Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006 was enacted. The tax regime was altered to levy tax on value addition at every point of sale with a within the State with a corresponding provision for input tax credit for being set off. It not only rationalised the rate of tax but also rendered tax paid at every point of sale within the State to be set off as input tax credit - thus, under Section 12(1) of the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006, petitioner who is also a dealer is liable to pay purchase tax at the rate specified in the Schedules.....