AFFIDAVIT IN REPLY TO THE NOTICE FOR NON PRODUCTION OF ACCOUNT BOOKS TO THE SALES TAX INSPECTOR

Before the Sales-tax Officer, ...........
In the matter of M/s . ..........................
for the year ..........................
 
	Affidavit of A, aged about……………………..S/o…………….	resident of ……………. 
 
I, A, aged about ……………years, son of Shri………………..resident of .........................do hereby solemnly affirm and state as under:
 
1.	I am the proprietor of M/s …………………and thus acquainted with the facts deposed to below.
2.	That I am maintaining all the books of account of business being carried on by me under the name and style of M/s …………………..regularly, viz. cash book, ledger, stock book, purchase vouchers, cash memo, 'C' Form register.
3.	That on……………….at about………………..	a.m. I received the news of death of my relative Shri…………. 	and I went to attend the funeral 	ceremony at ………………leaving my son Shri 	……………………aged about
………….years on the shop. My son Shri……………. 	aged about ……years, is a student of …………	School and he has no knowledge of the 	books of account of the firm.
4.	That on ……………..at about………………p.m. the Sales-tax Inspector Shri…………had visited the shop and asked my son Shri ........................to produce the books of account of the firm . As my son was not aware about the books of account, he could not produce the same to the Sales Tax Inspector and he informed him that my father, who looks after the business has gone for an urgent work and he will come back by……………p. m.
5.	That when I came back and came to know about the fact of survey, I submitted an application to your office vide Receipt No ……………….is enclosed herewith and marked as Annexure 1.
6.	A copy of death certificate of Shri …………..is also enclosed and marked as Annexure 11.
 
I, A, above named deponent do hereby verify that the contents of paras 1 to 3 and 5 to 6 are true to my knowledge and that the contents of paragraph 4 are true upon information received by me from my son Shri ……….which I believe to be true.
 
		Certified at ……………this………………….the day of ………………….. 
	Date………………									Deponent