Apart from raw materials, and trading stocks, only the following types of capital goods are allowed to be taken as ITC (input tax credit) in Tamilnadu VAT Act, and hence vechiles (in your case tempo) will not be covered for availing input tax.
Capital goods” means, –
a) plant, machinery, equipment, apparatus, tools, appliances or
electrical installation for producing, making, extracting or
processing of any goods or for extracting or for bringing about
any change in any substance for the manufacture of final
products;
b) Pollution control, quality control, laboratory and cold storage
equipment;
c) Components spare parts and accessories specified at (a) and (b)
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above;
d) moulds, dies, jigs and fixtures,
e) refractors and refractory materials,
f) tubes, pipes and fittings thereof; and
g) Storage tanks.
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