Goods may also be moved from one State to another State and may be delivered in other State without a sale. A principal may transfer his goods to his agent, head office or manufacturing unit in one State may transfer its goods to its branches or depots in other States, a purchasing agent may dispatch goods to its principal in other State. In all such cases, there is no inter-state sale. Also no sale is effected during their movement of goods from one State to another. For claiming that goods have moved from one State to another other than by reason of sale, the consignor of the goods is required to produce Form F, duly filled and signed by the consignee of the goods.
Blank Forms F are issued by the Sales Tax / VAT / Commercial Tax Department of the State, in which goods are delivered, to the consignee dealer. For this, consignee should be registered in the State in which goods are to be delivered. Recently, in case of M/s Ambika Steels, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has also upheld the liability of furnishing of Form-F in cases in which goods are sent for job work or goods returned are received back.
Form-F is issued by transferee of goods to transferor of goods and one single form may cover consignments of goods transferred during one calendar month.