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TMI Blog2015 (1) TMI 854X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ral Sales Tax Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as 'CST Act') and is borne on the files of the LVO-190, Mysore. The petitioner filed returns of turnover in Form VAT-100 in respect of all the 21 tax periods commencing from July 2005 to March 2006 and April 2006 to March 2007, and has paid taxes as admitted therein. On scrutiny of the returns, the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes was of the view that the assessee manufactured/extracted sunflower oil and also obtained de-oiled sunflower oil cake. While sunflower oil was liable to tax, de-oiled sunflower oil cake was exempted from tax under Government Notification No. FD 197 CSL 2005 (1) dated 30.04.2005. The assessee was therefore eligible only for partial input tax rebate as per Section 17 r/w. Rule 131(3) of the KVAT Act and Rules. Therefore, the Assessing Authority after issue of proposition notice, considering the objections filed by the assessee, rejected the same and proceeded to pass the order dated 23.04.2009. Aggrieved by the said order, the assessee filed appeal before the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Appeals), Mysore, who dismissed the same by his order dated 12.01.2011. Aggrieved by the said orde ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... commission agent in respect of taxable sales of goods made on behalf of such dealer subject to issue of a prescribed declaration by such agent. (2) Subject to input tax restrictions specified in Sections 11, 12, 14, 17 and 18, input tax in relation to any registered dealer means, the tax collected for payable under this Act on the sale to him of any goods for use in the course of his business, and includes the tax on the sale of goods to his agent who purchases such goods on his behalf subject to the manner as may be prescribed to claim input tax in such cases. (3) Subject to input tax restrictions specified in Sections 11, 12, 14, 17, 18 and 19, the net tax payable by a registered dealer in respect of each tax period shall be the amount of output tax payable by him in that period less the input tax deductable by him as may be prescribed in that period and shall be accounted for in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (4) For the purpose of calculating the amount of net tax to be paid or refunded, no deduction for input tax shall be made unless a tax invoice, debit note or credit note, in relation to a sale, has bee ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... deductible between such sales and despatches of goods or such purpose, shall be made in accordance with Rules or by special methods to be approved by the Commissioner or ay other authorized person and any input tax deducted in excess shall become repayable forthwith. 8. Rule 131 of the KVAT Act, 2005 deals with partial exemption, capital goods and special accounting schemes. Section 131(1) & (2) reads as under:- "131. Apportionment- Apportionment of input tax in the case of a dealer falling under Section 17 shall be calculated as follows- 1) All input tax directly relating to sale of goods exempt under Section 5 other than such goods sold in the course of export out of the territory of India, is non-deductible. 2) All input tax directly relating to taxable sales may be deducted, subject to the provisions of Section - 11. xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx 9. From a reading of the aforesaid provisions, it is clear that the input tax in relation to any registered dealer means tax collected or payable u ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he rules 'directly relating' to taxable sales or to sell the goods exempted under Section 5, there should be a direct nexus between the goods purchased and the goods sold or manufactured. If there is a direct nexus, the assessee is entitled to the benefit of input tax deduction. Section-17, which deals with partial rebate, applies to the goods when the tax paid on purchases is attributable to sale or manufacture of more than one product and out of that, one product is taxable and another product/goods is non-taxable or exempt from tax. Then applying the Rule 131, proportionate input tax deduction is to be valued. But, when the assessee is in the business of sale or manufacture of only one product and that is taxable one, merely because in the process of manufacture or in the process of sale, certain ancillary or by-product arises and that is sold for a certain price, which is exempted from payment of output tax, that would not attract Section-17 of the Act. It is not the case of the court interpreting exemption notification, where it is a settled law that a strict literal interpretation is to be applied. Here, we are interpreting the statutory provision where the Legislatur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng oil from the said cake and for the sale of the deoiled cake, the assessee has not put-up a separate unit. Therefore, it is not the case that assessee has put-up a separate industry for the purpose of manufacture of de-oiled cake and merely because the de-oiled cake has some value and it is sold, that would not take away the benefit conferred on the assessee by the statute. A harmonious interpretation of Sections- 10, 11(a)(1), 17 and Rule 131 of the KVAT Act, makes it very clear that it is only when there is direct relationship to the taxable sales, the assessee is entitled to the benefit. The assessee cannot be denied the benefit, taking into consideration the sale of de-oiled cake which is an exempted goods. In that view of the matter, the authorities have not properly appreciated the said statutory provisions. The Legislative intent is defeated in denying the benefit of input tax deduction relying on Sections-11(a)(1) r/w. Section-17 of the Act. The impugned order is unsustainable. Hence, we pass the following order: 12. The Revision Petition is allowed. The impugned order is hereby set aside. It is held that the assessee is entitled to the benefit of 'Full Input Tax Ded ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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