Section 22(10) in The Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003
(10)In determining whether a person is liable to be registered under sub-sections (1), (2) or (3), the prescribed authority may have regard to the total or taxable turnover or total receipts of any other person where both persons are associates, and, where the prescribed authority deems that any business has been deliberately broken up into smaller businesses to avoid registration, the prescribed authority may issue a notice requiring those businesses to be registered as one business entity.