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Analysis of New Rule 88A –“order of Utilization of input tax credit” along with numeric illustrative comparison pre and post amendments.

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..... Analysis of New Rule 88A –“order of Utilization of input tax credit” along with numeric illustrative comparison pre and post amendments.
By: - Ramandeep Bhatia
Goods and Services Tax - GST
Dated:- 3-4-2019

The new order of ITC utilization rule 88A is brought vide Notification no 16/2019 dated 29-03-2019. This may bring some relief to the business community, which has sensed an incr .....

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..... ease in there working capital requirement due to blockage of credit by the amendment made in section 49 vide first amendment act made effective from 1st FEB 2019. Let us analyze the changes that are being brought by the new order of utilization vide rule 88A by the power conferred to the government vide section 49B. * "Rule 88A." Order of utilization of input tax credit.- Input tax credit .....

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..... on account of integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, in any order: Liability IGST CGST SGST/UGST Remarks ITC-IGST 1st 2nd / 3rd 2nd / 3rd IGST liability will be settled off first compulsory and then free to .....

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..... use IGST Input in either of the payment CGST or SGST/UGST liability in any order. Comments: As per amendment act the order of utilization after the setoff of IGST liability was compulsory CGST and then SGST/UGST. Now the order has been relaxed wherein either of CGST or SGST/UGST liability can be set off. * "Proviso to Rule 88A" Provided that the input tax credit on account of cent .....

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..... ral tax, State tax or Union territory tax shall be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, central tax, State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, only after the input tax credit available on account of integrated tax has first been utilized fully." Liability IGST CGST SGST/UGST Remarks ITC -IGST 1st 2nd / 3rd 2nd / 3rd ITC of IGST to be exhausted first than the only I .....

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..... TC of CGST or SGST/UGST can be utilized for respective payments. ITC- CGST 2nd 1st X ITC- SGST 2nd X 1st The credit of SGST/UGST will be utilized for the payment IGST only when there is no other ITC available. * Let's understand the changes by the illustrative numeric example below: Old set-off rules-prior to the amendment in section 49 New set-off rules (After First Amendme .....

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..... nt Act) Latest set-off (After insertion of Rule 88A) Old set-off rules IGST CGST SGST New set-off rules (After First Amendment Act) IGST CGST SGST Latest set-off (After insertion of Rule 88A) IGST CGST SGST Output liability 500 500 500 Output liability 500 500 500 Output liability 500 500 500 Input credit (including opening) 750 350 350 Input credit (including openi .....

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..... ng) 750 350 350 Input credit (including opening) 750 350 350 Priority of utilisation : Priority of utilisation : Priority of utilisation : Intra head credit utilisation -500 -350 -350 Inter head credit utilisation -500 -250 0 Inter head credit utilisation -500 -150 -100 Inter head credit utilisation -150 -100 - Utilised from IGST - Utilised from IGST - Utilised from .....

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..... IGST IGST Intra head credit utilisation -250 -350 Intra head credit utilisation -350 -350 Balance Input credit 0 0 0 Balance Input credit 0 100 0 Balance Input credit 0 0 0 Payable 0 0 50 Payable 0 0 150 Payable 0 0 50 Comments: By looking at the above comparison under a different set of provision, we can clearly point out that the earlier position of setoff under .....

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..... earlier sec.49 (before amendment act) has been restored by the insertion of new rule 88A.
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