Chapter XVI: Liability to pay in certain cases

 

Case

Person liable to pay any amount due

85

Transfer of business in any manner

Transferor
& transferee jointly & severally, wholly or to the extent of such
transfer, up to time of transfer

86

Agent supplies or receives taxable goods
on behalf of principal

Agent
& principal jointly & severally

90

Firm

Firm &
its partners, jointly & severally except that retired partner shall be
liable only up to date of retirement if date is intimated to the Commissioner

91

Business
is carried on by
guardian,
trustee or agent
of a minor or
incapacitated person

Guardian,
trustee or agent

92

Estate of
person owning business is under the control of Court of Wards, the
Administrator General, the official Trustee, receiver or manager appointed
under
order of a court

The Court
of Wards, the Administrator General, the official Trustee, receiver or manager

93

 

Person who
carries on a business
dies

If
business is continued after death by any person, then such person, otherwise
legal representative

Partition of property of a HUF or AOP

Each
member jointly & severally, up to partition

Dissolution of firm

Every
partner jointly & severally up to dissolution

Termination of guardianship or trust

Ward or
the beneficiary of trust, up to termination

94

 

Discontinuation of business of firm,
AOP or HUF

Every
partner or member jointly & severally, up discontinuance

Change in the constitution of a firm
or AOP

The
partners or members jointly & severally before its reconstitution

The amount due is to be paid by above mentioned persons even
if liability is determined at a later date.

87

If on
amalgamation or merger
in pursuance of an
order, companies involved have supplied or received any supplies to or from
each other during date of effect of order to date of order, then such supply
shall be included in the turnover or receipt of the respective companies.

88 & 89

  
Liquidator of company shall give intimation of his appointment to the Commissioner
within 30 days after the appointment.

  
If any amount due from
a
private company for any period cannot be recovered, every director during
such period shall, jointly & severally, be liable for such amount (except
where the private company is later converted into a public company) unless he
proves that non-recovery cannot be attributed to any gross neglect,
misfeasance or breach of duty on his part in relation to the affairs of the
company.

Chapter XVII: Advance ruling

97

An application may be made for advance ruling, stating question on which ruling is sought, which shall be in respect of:

     
Classification of any
supplies

     
Applicability of a
notification

     
Determination of time,
value of supply & liability to pay tax

     
Admissibility of ITC

     
Whether applicant is
required to be registered

     
Whether any particular
thing done by the applicant results in supply