Clarification in respect of utilization of input tax credit under GST

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..... of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 was amended and Section 49A and Section 49B were inserted vide section 3 of the West Bengal Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2018 [hereinafter referred to as the West Bengal Act XXIV of 2018]. The amended provisions came into effect from 1st February 2019. 2. Various representations have been received from the trade and industry regarding challen .....

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..... n the implementation of the provisions of the law, the Commissioner, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 (1) of the WBGST Act, hereby clarifies the issues raised as below. 3. The newly inserted Section 49A of the WBGST Act provides that the input tax credit of Integrated tax has to be utilized completely before input tax credit of Central tax / State tax can be utilized for dischar .....

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..... dit on account of Integrated tax is completely exhausted first before the input tax credit on account of Central tax or State / Union territory tax can be utilized. It is clarified that after the insertion of the said rule, the order of utilization of input tax credit will be as per the order (of numerals) given below: Input tax Credit on account of Output liability on account of Integrated tax .....

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..... ity on account of Integrated tax Discharge of output liability on account of Central tax Discharge of output liability on account of State tax / Union Territory tax Balance of Input Tax Credit Integrated tax 1000 200 100 0 Input tax Credit on account of Integrated tax has been completely exhausted Central tax 0 100 - 100 State tax / Union territory tax 0 - 200 0 Total 1000 30 .....

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..... r of utilization as per newly inserted Rule 88A of the WBGST Rules is implemented on the common portal, taxpayers may continue to utilize their input tax credit as per the functionality available on the common portal. 8. Difficulty, if any, in the implementation of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the Commissioner. 9. This circular shall be deemed to have come into force with effect .....

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