WHO\nCAN CLAIM ITC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nITC can be claimed by a person registered under\nGST only if he fulfills all the conditions as prescribed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a. The dealer should be in possession of tax\ninvoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b. The said goods\/services have been received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
c. Returns have been filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
d. The tax charged has been paid to the\ngovernment by the supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
e. When goods are received in installments\nITC can be claimed only when the last lot is received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
f. No ITC will be allowed if depreciation has\nbeen claimed on tax component of a capital good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A person registered under composition scheme\nin GST cannot claim ITC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAT\nCAN BE CLAIMED AS ITC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nITC can be claimed only\nfor business purposes. <\/strong>ITC will not be available for goods or services exclusively used\nfor: <\/p>\n\n\n\na. Personal use <\/p>\n\n\n\n
b. Exempt supplies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
c. Supplies for which ITC is\nspecifically not available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAT\nIS THE TIME LIMIT TO AVAIL GST ITC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nITC\ncan be availed by a registered taxable person in a specific manner and within a\nspecified time frame. The table below shows the different situations wherein\nthe inputs can be claimed for semi-finished goods or stock or finished goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n SITUATION<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n ITC CLAIMS DAY FOR SEMI-FURNISHED GOODS\/STOCK\/FINISHED\n GOODS (HELD ON IMMEDIATE PRECEDING DAY)<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>\n If a person has applied for registration or is liable\n to register or is granted registration\n <\/td> | \n Day from when he is liable to pay taxes\n <\/td><\/tr> | \n When a person takes voluntary registration\n <\/td> | \n Registration day\n <\/td><\/tr> | \n When a taxable registered person stops paying taxes in\n composition levy scheme\n <\/td> | \n Day from when he is liable to pay tax normally u\/s 7.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Input\ntax credit for the above-mentioned situations can be claimed only if it does\nnot exceed one year from the tax invoice date of issue related to supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For\nany other cases, ITC must be claimed earlier of the following-<\/p>\n\n\n\n - Furnishing of annual return or<\/li>
- Due date of filing the monthly return\n(GSTR-3) for the next financial year\u2019s September month.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Example-<\/strong> For the\ninvoice dated 10th<\/sup> September 2018, ITC must be availed earlier of\nthe following dates \u2013 \nThe due date for September 2018 return \u2013 20th October 2018 \nAnnual return filed (assumed) \u2013 10th November 2018 \nThus till 20th October 2018, ITC must be availed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHOW TO CLAIM ITC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAll regular taxpayers must report the\namount of input tax credit (ITC) in their monthly GST returns of Form GSTR-3B.\nThe following table requires the summary figure of eligible ITC, Ineligible ITC\nand ITC reversed during the tax period. The format of the table is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nfollowing conditions have to be met to be entitled to Input Tax Credit under\nthe GST scheme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n - One\nmust be a registered taxable person.<\/li>
- One\ncan claim Input Tax Credit only if the goods and services received is used for\nbusiness purposes.<\/li>
- Input\nTax Credit can be claimed on exports\/zero-rated supplies and are taxable.<\/li>
- For a\nregistered taxable person, if the constitution changes due to merger, sale or\ntransfer of business, then the Input Tax Credit which is unused shall be\ntransferred to the merged, sold or transferred business.<\/li>
- One\ncan credit the Input Tax Credit in his Electronic Credit Ledger in a\nprovisional manner on the common portal as prescribed in GST law.<\/li>
- Supporting\ndocuments \u2013 debit note, tax invoice, supplementary invoice, are needed to claim\nthe Input Tax Credit.<\/li>
- If\nthere is an actual receipt of goods and services, an Input Tax Credit can be\nclaimed.<\/li>
- The\nInput Tax should be paid through Electronic Credit\/Cash ledger.<\/li>
- All\nGST returns such as GST-1, 2,3, 6, and 7 needs to be filed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
HOW\nINPUT TAX WORKS UNDER GST?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSuppose\nMr. A is a seller. He sells goods to Mr. B. The buyer Mr. B is now eligible to\nclaim the purchase credit using his purchase invoices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n - A uploads all his tax invoices details as issued in GSTR-1.<\/li>
- The details uploaded by Mr. A is automatically populated or reflected in GSTR-2A. This same data will get reflected when Mr. B files the GSTR-2 returns which are nothing but the details of his purchase.<\/li>
- The details of the sale are then accepted and acknowledged for by Mr. B, and subsequently, the purchase tax is credited to Mr. B\u2019s \u2018Electronic Credit\u2019. He can use this to adjust it later for future output tax liability and receive a refund.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
HOW\nTO UTILIZE THE INPUT TAX CREDIT?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn GST there are four types of taxes: CGST,\nIGST, and SGST and UTGST. \nFor the inter-state supply of goods\/ services, IGST is charged and for the\nintra-state supply of goods\/services CGST and SGST\/UTGST are charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While\nmaking payment for the above taxes, input tax credit will be allowed in the\nfollowing manner-<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Credit<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 1st to be utilized for payment of<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Balance if any<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>\n CGST\n <\/td> | \n CGST\n <\/td> | \n IGST\n <\/td><\/tr> | \n IGST\n <\/td> | \n IGST\n <\/td> | \n CGST and then SGST\/UTGST\n <\/td><\/tr> | \n SGST\/UTGST\n <\/td> | \n SGST\/UTGST\n <\/td> | \n IGST\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n REVERSAL\nOF INPUT TAX CREDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nITC can be availed only on goods and services\nfor business purposes. If they are used for non-business (personal) purposes,\nor for making exempt supplies ITC cannot be claimed. Apart from these, there\nare certain other situations where ITC will be reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ITC will be reversed in the following cases-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Non-payment of invoices in 180 days<\/strong>: ITC\nwill be reversed for invoices which were not paid within 180 days of issue.<\/li>
- Credit note issued to ISD by seller<\/strong>:\nThis is for ISD. If a credit note was issued by the seller to the HO then the\nITC subsequently reduced will be reversed.<\/li>
- Inputs partly for business purpose and partly\nfor exempted supplies or for personal use:<\/strong> This is for\nbusinesses which use inputs for both business and non-business (personal)\npurpose. ITC used in the portion of input goods\/services used for the\npersonal purpose must be reversed proportionately.<\/li>
- Capital goods partly for business and partly\nfor exempted supplies or for personal use:<\/strong> This is\nsimilar to above except that it concerns capital goods.<\/li>
- ITC reversed is less than required:<\/strong> This\nis calculated after the annual return is furnished. If total ITC on inputs of\nexempted\/non-business purpose is more than the ITC actually reversed during the\nyear then the difference amount will be added to output liability. Interest\nwill be applicable.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The details of reversal of ITC will be furnished in GSTR-3B. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nRECONCILIATION\nOF ITC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nITC claimed by the person has to match with the details specified by his supplier in his GST return. In case of any mismatch, the supplier and recipient would be communicated regarding discrepancies after the filling of GSTR-3B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n DOCUMENTS\nREQUIRED FOR CLAIMING ITC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe following documents\nare required for claiming ITC: <\/p>\n\n\n\n - Supplier\nissued invoice for supplying the services and goods or both according to GST\nlaw.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- A debit note issued by the supplier to the recipient in case of tax payable or taxable value as specified in the invoice is less than the tax payable or taxable value on such supplies.<\/li>
- Bill of entry.<\/li>
- A credit note or invoice which is to be issued by the ISD (Input Service Distributor) according to the GST invoice rules.<\/li>
- An invoice issued like the bill of supply under certain situations instead of the tax invoice. If the amount is lesser than INR 200 or in conditions where the reverse charges are applicable according to the GST law.<\/li>
- A supplier issued a bill of supply for goods and services or both as per the GST invoice rules.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The above documents prepared as per the GST invoice rules\nshould be furnished while filing the GSTR-2 form. Failure to present these\nforms can lead to either rejection or resubmission of the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For taxes paid on goods and services or both due to any\nfraud or due to order for the demand raised, suppression of facts or willful\nmisstatement, Input Tax Credit cannot be claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since input credit will be available to the seller at\neach stage, the input tax credit is expected to bring down the overall taxes\ncharged on the product at present. So, if input credit mechanism works\nefficiently, final consumers may see the cost reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SPECIAL CASES OF ITC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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