Cenvat credit of capital goods purchased before excise registration

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..... Cenvat credit of capital goods purchased before excise registration
Query (Issue) Started By: - Mehul Pandya Dated:- 13-6-2014 Last Reply Date:- 19-6-2014 Central Excise
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Sir, SSI unit have purchased capital goods before 2 years. After that they have taken excise registration as and when they have crossed 1cr. and filling their return time to time. Now in .....

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..... this case unit is eligible to take credit on such capital goods. Thanking you Reply By Pradeep Khatri: The Reply: Dear Mehul, You may avail the CENVAT credit on capital goods provided you had not capitalized such capital goods with gross amount as you can avail either CENVAT credit on the Capital goods or Depreciation on the gross amount of capital goods but not the both. Regards Team YAGAY .....

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..... & SUN (Management & Indirect Tax Consultants) Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, Rile 6 (4) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 stipulates that- " No CENVAT credit shall be allowed on capital goods which are used exclusively in the manufacture of exempted goods or in providing exempted services, other than the final products which are exempt from the whole of the duty of excise .....

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..... leviable thereon under any notification where exemption is granted based upon the value or quantity of clearances made in a financial year." The implication of this rule is that cenvat credit of duty paid on the capital goods can be taken while the assessee is availing the SSI exemption, that is, up to Rs. 150 lakhs but the same cannot be utilized. After crossing this limit and when assess .....

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..... ee starts paying the duty he can utilize the credit for payment of duty. Rule 6 (4) do not lay down any restriction regarding time limit to avail the credit. Therefore, in my opinion, though you had purchased the capital goods 2 years before taking the registration you can take the credit provided the capital goods are still in use in your factory. But you have to give reasonable explanation why y .....

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..... ou have purchased the capital goods 2 years before you contemplate taking registration. However, I would like to caution you that the department will not allow the credit on the ground that the credit was not taken within reasonable time. Normally taking credit within 1 year from the date receipt of the capital goods into the factory is presumed that the credit is taken within reasonable period. .....

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..... It is an arguable point. Reply By Mehul Pandya: The Reply: Sir, Thanks for your such valuable reply. Regards, Mehul Pandya Reply By Arun Kumar Singh: The Reply: You can avail the cenvat credit on capital goods purchase before registration.
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