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Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....Commissioner of Commercial Taxes] under section 3;] 9 [(f-1a) "body corporate" means a corporation, a company as defined under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) and a Company incorporated outside India but does not include,-- (i) a corporation sole; (ii) a co-operative society registered under any law relating to cooperative societies; and (iii) any other body corporate, not being a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, which the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.] 10 [(f-1b) "Brand name" means a name or trade mark registered under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (Central Act 43 of 1958);] 11 [12 [(f-2) 'business' includes,-- (i) any trade, commerce or manufacture or any adventure or concern in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture, whether or not such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern is carried on with a motive to make gain or profit and whether or not any profit accrues from such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern; and (ii) any transaction in connection with, or incidental or ancillary to such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure.....

Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 Chapter IV

Title: Registration and Grant of Licenses

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....anything contained in sub-section (1),-- (i) every casual trader 6 [x x x]; (ii) every dealer registered under the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (Central Act 74 of 1956); (iii) every dealer residing outside the State but carrying on business in the State; 7 [(iii-a) every dealer in liquor and/or beer and every dealer in jewellery;] (iv) every manager or agent of a non-resident dealer; and (v) every commission agent, broker, del credere agent, auctioneer or any other mercantile agent, by whatever name called, who carries on the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing goods on behalf of any principal, shall get himself registered under this Act, irrespective of the quantum of his total turnover in such goods. 8 [(3) Every miller whether he is a dealer or not shall get himself registered under this Act.] 9 [(4) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any State Government or the Central Government] 3 [or a statutory body or a local authority except when they buy, sell, supply or distribute goods directly or otherwise for cash or deferred payment or for commission or remuneration or other valuable consideration in the course of.....

Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 Chapter VII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....sales or deliveries of goods in such form and in such manner as may be specified by him. _______________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 9 of 1964 w.e.f. 1.4.1964. 2. Omitted by Act 7 of 1966 w.e.f. 1.4.1966. Section 26 - Accounts to be maintained by dealers (1) 1 [Every person registered or licensed under this Act and every dealer or other person liable to get himself registered under this Act shall keep and maintain true and correct accounts and such other records as may be prescribed] in Kannada or English or Hindi or Marathi or in such other language as the State Government may by notification specify, 1 [relating to his business, showing such particulars as may be prescribed, and such particulars may be different for different classes of persons or dealers;] and in case the accounts maintained in the ordinary course, do not show the same in an intelligible form, he shall maintain a true and correct account in such form as may be prescribed in this behalf: 2 [Proviso x x x] (2) The Commissioner may, subject to such conditions or restrictionsas may be prescribed in this behalf, by notice in writing direct any dealer or by notifications direct any.....

The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2003

.....for carrying out the purposes of the Act; (11) "company" and "director" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Companies Act. 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1958) (12) "contractee" means any person for whom or for whose benefit a works contract is executed; (13) "contractor" means any person who executes a works contract and includes a sub-contractor; (14) "to cultivate personally" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation on one's own account,- (i) by one's own labour, or (ii) by the labour of one's family, or (iii) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind (but not in crop share), or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanation I.- A widow or a minor, or a person who is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a serving member of the armed forces of the Union, shall be deemed to cultivate land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. Explanation II.- In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by.....

The Chhattisgarh Value Added Sales Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Chattisgarh

Year: 2003

.....into a new and different article so understood in commercial parlance having a distinct name, character use, but does not include such activity of manufacture as may be notified;. (o) "Place of business" means any place where a dealer purchases or sells any goods or stores goods or keeps documents or accounts of his purchases or sales or both and also includes- (i) the place of business of an agent where a dealer carries on business through an agent; (ii) any place or building whether any business is carried on therein or not, in which the person carrying on the business, keeps any of his books of accounts, documents, stocks or other things, relating to his business; (o) " Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (q) "Purchase price" shall comprise of - (i) the amount payable by a dealer as valuable consideration for the purchase of goods˜ simplicit or; Provided that where goods are purchased together with the packing material or container, then notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the purchase price of such goods shall be inclusive of the price or cost or value of such packing material or container, whether such.....

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....of goods on the hire-purchase or other system of payment by instruments, but does not include a mortgage or hypothecation of or a charge or pledge on goods;" 7. Inserted by the Finance Act, 2005, w.e.f. 13.05.2005. 8. Substituted by the Finance Act, 2005, w.e.f. 13.05.2005. Prior to its substitution, it read as under: " (i) "turnover" used in relation to any dealer liable to tax under this Act means the aggregate of the sale prices received and receivable by him in respect of sales of any goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce made during any prescribed period and determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder];"

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....to the place or places of business situated with in its territory; 2 [***] 3 [(aa)] "business" includes-- (i) any trade, commerce or manufacture, or any adventure or concern in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture, whether or not such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern is carried on with a motive to make gain or profit and whether or not any gain or profit accrues from such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern; and (ii) any transaction in connection with or incidental or ancillary to, such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern; (ab) "crossing the customs frontiers of India" means crossing in the limits of the area of a customs station in which imported goods or export goods are ordinarily kept before clearance by customs authorities. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, "customs station" and "customs authorities" shall have the same meanings as in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);] 4 [(b) "dealer" means any person who carries on (whether regularly or otherwise) the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing goods, directly or indirectly, for cash or for deferred payment, or for.....

Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Chapter 1

Title: Introduction

State: Karnataka

Year: 2003

.....Section 3 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1957). (9) Company shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956). (10) To cultivate with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation; (11) To cultivate personally means, to cultivate land on one's own account, - (a) by one's own labour, or (b) by the labour of one's own family, or (c) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind but not in crop share, or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanations.- (1) A person who is a widow or a minor or is subject to any physical or mental disability shall be deemed to cultivate the land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. (2) In the case of undivided family, the land shall be deemed to have been cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by any member of such family. (12) Dealer means any person who carries on the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing goods, directly or otherwise, whether for cash or for deferred payment, or for.....

Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Karnataka

Year: 2003

.....an assessment made or deemed to have been made under this Act and includes a re-assessment. (6) Business includes:- (a) any trade, commerce, manufacture or any adventure or concern in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture, whether or not such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern is carried on in furtherance of gain or profit and whether or not any gain or profit accrues therefrom; and (b) any transaction in connection with, or incidental or ancillary to, such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or concern. (7) Capital goods means plant, including cold storage and similar plant, machinery, goods vehicles, equipments, moulds, tools and jigs whose total cost is not less than an amount to be notified by the Government or the Commissioner, and used in the course of business other than for sale. (8) Commissioner means any person appointed to be a Commissioner of Commercial Taxes under Section 3 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1957). (9) Company shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956). (10) To cultivate with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry.....

Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Chapter 8

Title: Penalties, Offences and Power to Make Rules

State: Karnataka

Year: 2003

.....limitation to certain proceedings (1) No suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall lie against any officer or servant of the Government, for any act done or purported to be done under this Act without the previous sanction of the Government. (2) No officer or servant of the State Government shall be liable in respect of any such act in any civil or criminal proceeding if the act was done in good faith in the course of the execution of duties or the discharge of the functions imposed by or under this Act. (3) No suit shall be instituted against the State Government and no suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall be instituted against any officer or servant of the State Government in respect of any act done or purporting to be done under this Act, unless the suit, prosecution or other proceeding is instituted within six months from the date of the act complained of. Section 85 - Courts not to set aside or modify assessments except as provided under this Act Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no suit or other proceedings shall be entertained by any court, except as expressly provided for under this Act, to set aside or modify.....