Credit Available On Advance Tax Paid For Stock-Transferred: Kerala High Court
Live LawThe Kerala High Court has held that the petitioner will be entitled to credit for the entire amount paid in terms of Circular No. 50/2006 and the definition of input tax in Section 2 of the KVAT Act indicates that the tax paid in terms of Circular No. In a notice issued to the petitioner under Section 25 of the KVAT Act, it was indicated that, in respect of the stock, which was transferred from Feroke to Pollachi, the petitioner would be entitled to credit in respect of the advance tax paid in terms of Circular No. Though the petitioner objected to the restriction of credit in the manner indicated above, by Ext.P3 order dated April 16, 2012, the assessment of the petitioner for the years 2009–2010 was completed by restricting the credit of advance tax paid in terms of the aforesaid Circular No. The petitioner challenged the order to the extent that it restricts the credit of advance tax paid under Circular No.