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| R.6 Jurisdiction of Assessing Authority U.P. VAT RULES | |
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R.6 Jurisdiction of Assessing Authority
(1) If a dealer carries on business within the limits of jurisdiction of only one Assistant Commissioner that officer shall be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer and the place where he carries on business shall be deemed to be his principal place of business.
(2) If a dealer carries on business within the limits of jurisdiction of more than one Assistant Commissioner he shall, within thirty days of the commencement of business, declare one of the places of his business as his principal place of business in Uttar Pradesh and shall intimate all the Assistant Commissioners within whose limits of jurisdiction his places of business are situated. The Assistant Commissioner within whose limits of jurisdiction the principal place of business so declared by the dealer is situated shall be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer.
Provided that in the case of any department of the Central Government or of a State Government or of a Company, Corporation, undertaking, Board and Federation carrying on business within the limit of jurisdiction of more than one Assistant Commissioner, the Commissioner or any officer authorized by him in this behalf may order that each Assistant Commissioner within whose jurisdiction such department, Company , Corporation, undertaking, Board and Federation is carrying on business shall be the assessing authority in respect of the place or places of business within the limits of his jurisdiction ,or permit such Department, Company, Corporation , undertaking, Board and Federation to declare one place of business as the principal place of business in Uttar Pradesh ,in which case the Assistant Commissioner, within whose limits of jurisdiction such declared principal place of business is situated, shall be the assessing authority in respect of such Department, Company, Corporation undertaking, Board and Federation
(3) If the principal place of business of a dealer is situated outside Uttar Pradesh and such dealer carries on business at only one place in Uttar Pradesh the Assistant Commissioner within whose limits of jurisdiction of the place of business in Uttar Pradesh is situated shall be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer.
(4) If the principal place of business of a dealer is situated outside Uttar Pradesh and such dealer carries on business at more than one place in Uttar Pradesh, he shall declare one of his places of business in Uttar Pradesh, as the principal place of business in Uttar Pradesh, within thirty days of commencement of business and shall intimate all the Assistant Commissioners within whose limits of jurisdiction his places of business are situated. The Assistant Commissioner within whose limits of jurisdiction the principal place of business so declared by the dealer, is situated shall be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer.
(5) If no declaration as required under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (4) is made by a dealer within the time specified therein, the Commissioner or any officer not bellow the rank of joint Commissioner, authorized by him in this behalf shall determine the Assistant Commissioner who will be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer and his decision shall be final.
(6) If a dealer has no fixed place of business, the Assistant Commissioner within whose limits of jurisdiction he ordinarily resides shall be the assessing authority in respect of such dealer.
(7) In a case in which Authorization for Transit of goods under section 52 has been obtained from a check-post, the officer-in-charge of such check-post and in any other case the officer who has issued such Authorization shall be the assessing authority for all purposes under the Act.
(8) No dealer, who has once made a declaration under above sub-rules or who has failed to make such declaration within the time specified therein, shall be allowed to change the same or, as the case may be, to make a declaration except with the previous written permission of the Commissioner or any officer authorized by him in this behalf, and on such conditions as he may deem fit to impose.
(9) Whenever there is any doubt or if any of the sub-rules of this rule do not apply, the commissioner shall determine the Assistant Commissioner who will be the assessing authority in respect of a dealer, and his decision shall be final.
(10) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other sub-rule, in a case in which any dealer affects a change in his place of business on any day after the first day of an assessment year and as a result of which there are more than one assessing authorities for single assessment year, the assessing authority in respect of last segment of period of business during the assessment year shall be deemed to be the assessing authority for such whole assessment year.
(11) Except sub-rules (7) and (10), all other sub-rules shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a transporter, carrier or a forwarding agent ,railway container contractor and an owner or person in charge of warehouse, cold storage or go-down who carry on business of a transporter, carrier or forwarding agent or of storage within the State.
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