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Turnover Tax Act (No. 69 of 1981) - Sect 25

Liability to pay turnover tax in the case of cessation of business

25.
(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, where during the course of a quarter, a person chargeable with turnover tax ceases to carry on any business in respect of which he is chargeable with such tax, he shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to carry on such business, be liable to pay such tax for the period during which he carried on that business. in that quarter.
(2) Where any person carrying on a business transfers such business to any other person, any turnover tax payable in respect of such business for any period prior to the transfer may, if it cannot be recovered from the transferor, be recovered from the transferee notwithstanding that an assessment may not have been made on the transferee and' the provisions of this Act as to collection and recovery of turnover tax shall apply accordingly.


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