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CHAPTER V- Returns, Assessment, Recovery and Refund of Tax 23. Assessment- Delhi Sales Tax, 1975

Delhi Sales Tax, 1975

CHAPTER V- Returns, Assessment, Recovery and Refund of Tax 23. Assessment

(1)The amount of tax due from a registered dealer shall be assessed separately for each year during which he is liable to pay the tax :

PROVIDED the when such dealer fails to furnish a return relating to any period of a year by the prescribed date, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, assess the tax due from such dealer separately for that period or any other period of such year :

PROVIDED FURTHER that the Commissioner may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and for reasons to be recorded in writing, assess the tax due from any dealer for a part of a year.

(2)If the Commissioner is satisfied that the returns furnished in respect of any period are correct and complete, he shall assess the amount of tax due from the dealer on the basis of such return.

(3)(a)If the Commissioner is not satisfied that the returns furnished in respect of any period are correct and complete and he thinks it necessary to require the presence of the dealer or the production of further evidence, he shall serve on such dealer in the prescribed manner a notice requiring him on a date and at a place specified therein either to attend and produce or cause to be produced all evidence on which such dealer relies in support of his returns, or to produce such evidence as is specified in the notice.

(b) On the date specified in the notice, or as soon as may be thereafter, the Commissioner shall, after considering all the evidence which may be produced, assess the amount of tax due from the dealer.

(4) If a dealer fails to comply with the terms of any notice issued under sub-section (3), the Commissioner shall assess to the best of his judgment the amount of tax due from him.

(5) If a dealer fails to furnish returns in respect of any period by the prescribed date, the Commissioner shall, after giving the dealer a reasonable opportunity of being heard, assess to the best of his judgment the amount of tax, if any, due from him.

(6) If, upon information which has come into his possession, the Commissioner is satisfied that any dealer who has been liable to pay tax under this Act in respect of any period, has failed to get himself registered under section 14 or section 17, as the case may be , the Commissioner shall proceed in such manner as may be prescribed to assess to the best of this judgment the amount of tax due from the dealer in respect of such period and all subsequent periods and in making such assessment shall give the dealer a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and the Commissioner may, if he is satisfied that the default was made without reasonable cause, direct that the dealer shall pay, by way of penalty, in addition to the amount of the tax so assessed, a sum not exceeding twice that amount.

(7) 1[No assessment under the provisions of sub-sections (1) to (5) shall be made after the expiry of two years, and no assessment under the provision of subsection (6) shall be made after the expiry of six years from the end of the year in respect of which or part of which the tax is assessable:

PROVIDED that for the assessments of the years 1997-98, no assessments under the provisions of sub-sections (1) to (5) shall be made after the expiry of two and a half years 2[and no assessments of the year 1999-2000 under the provisions of the said sub-sections shall be made after the expiry of one year and nine months].

PROVIDED FURTHER that where such assessment is made in consequence of, or to give effect to, any order of an appellate or revisional authority or of a court, the period of two years or six years, as the case may be, shall be reckoned from the date of such order and further that the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 24 regarding time limit for service of notice shall not apply for assessment made under this provision.

Explanation : For the assessment made in consequence of, or to give effect to , any order of an appellate or revisional authority or of a court, the revised limitation period shall be applicable for the order to the appellate or revisional limitation period shall be applicable for the order of the appellate or revisional authority or of the court, made after the commencement of the Delhi Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2000]

(8) Any assessment made under this section shall be without prejudice to any prosecution for an offense under this Act.

1. Subs. by Delhi Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2000, dt. 19.2.2001 w.e.f. 9.8.2000 earlier read as: “No assessment under the provisions of sub-section (1) to (5) shall be made after the expiry of three years [substituted by “four years” vide the Delhi Sales Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (Delhi Act No. 2 of 1999) w.e.f. 1.12.1999] and no assessment under the provisions of sub-section (6) shall be made after the expiry of six years from the end of the year in respect of which or part of which the tax is assessable”.

PROVIDED that where such assessment is made in consequence of or to give effect to, any order of an appellate or revisional authority or of a court, the period of three years, [substituted by “four years” vide the Delhi Sales Tax amendment Act, 1997 (Delhi Act No. 2 of 1999) w.e f. 1.12.1999] or six years, as the case may be, shall be reckoned from the date of such order and further that the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 24 regarding time for service of notice shall not apply for assessment made under this proviso.”

2. Inserted by The Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (Ordinance No. 2 of 2000) (published in Delhi Gazette, Extraordinary No. 140 dt. 27 th August 2001

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