TMI Blog2020 (6) TMI 541X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eligible to take the entire input cenvat credit @ 18% on purchases of LPG Gas in bulk through Tanker subject to the fulfilment of the conditions/provisions (wherever applicable) for taking input tax credit as envisaged in Sections-16, 17 and 18 of the CGST Act, 2017 and Rules-36, 37, 40, 41 and 42 of the CGST Rules, 2017. - GUJ/GAAR/R/2020/15 (In Application No. Advance Ruling/SGST&CGST/2018/AR/53) - - - Dated:- 19-5-2020 - SANJAY SAXENA AND MOHIT AGRAWAL MEMBER Present for the applicant : Shri Surendra D.Modi BRIEF FACTS The applicant vide their application for Advance Ruling has submitted that they are engaged in the business of purchasing LPG Gas (Bulk) through Tanker and thereafter, refilling the same in two types of bottles- 17 kgs. and 21 kgs. and sell it to Commercial Customer on Rate of GST Applicable @ 18%. Secondly, they are refilling the gas in bottles of 12 kgs. and 15 kgs. also and selling it to Domestic Customers, on which GST rate applicable is @5%. 2. The applicant have further stated that in the above circumstances, by considering Section-97 (2), they have made the following question on which Advance Ruling is required: (1) Determination o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... NMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification No.1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) New Delhi, the 28th June, 2017. G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies the rate of the central tax of- (i) 2.5 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule I, (ii) 6 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule II, (iii) 9 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule III, (iv) 14 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule IV, (v) 1.5 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule V, and (vi) 0.125 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule VI appended to this notification (hereinafter referred to as the said Schedules), that shall be levied on intra-State supplies of goods, the description of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Schedules, falling under the tariff item, subheading, heading or Chapter, as the case may be, as specified in the corresponding en ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed above and supplied to Commercial/Domestic customers in cylinders of 21 kgs., 17 kgs., 15 kgs. and 12 kgs. would not be covered under the above Schedule-I but will be covered under Sr.No.453 of Schedule-III of Notification No.1/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated 28.06.2017 (which reads as under) and would attract GST of 18% (9% SGST + 9% CGST): S. No. Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item Description of Goods 453 Any Chapter Goods which are not specified in Schedule I, II, IV, V or VI. 7. Further, Notification No.01/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 was amended by Notification No:06/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018 wherein in Sr. No. 165, in column (3), the words, to household domestic consumers or , was omitted and a new Serial number 165A was inserted after Sr.No.165 in Schedule-I of the said notification as under: S.No. Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item Description of Goods 165A 2711 12 00 2711 13 00, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f such registered person. (c) subject to the provisions of section 41 or section 43A, the tax charged in respect of such supply has been actually paid to the Government, either in cash or through utilisation of input tax credit admissible in respect of the said supply; and (d) he has furnished the return under section 39: Provided that where the goods against an invoice are received in lots or instalments, the registered person shall be entitled to take credit upon receipt of the last lot or instalment: Provided further that where a recipient fails to pay to the supplier of goods or services or both, other than the supplies on which tax is payable on reverse charge basis, the amount towards the value of supply along with tax payable thereon within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date of issue of invoice by the supplier, an amount equal to the input tax credit availed by the recipient shall be added to his output tax liability, along with interest thereon, in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided also that the recipient shall be entitled to avail of the credit of input tax on payment made by him of the amount towards the value of supply ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is sub-section, the expression value of exempt supply shall not include the value of activities or transactions specified in Schedule III, except those specified in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule. (4) A banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking financial company, engaged in supplying services by way of accepting deposits, extending loans or advances shall have the option to either comply with the provisions of sub-section (2), or avail of, every month, an amount equal to fifty per cent. of the eligible input tax credit on inputs, capital goods and input services in that month and the rest shall lapse: Provided that the option once exercised shall not be withdrawn during the remaining part of the financial year: Provided further that the restriction of fifty per cent. shall not apply to the tax paid on supplies made by one registered person to another registered person having the same Permanent Account Number. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 16 and subsection (1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely:- (a) motor vehicles for transportation ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... me to its employees under any law for the time being in force. (c) works contract services when supplied for construction of an immovable property (other than plant and machinery) except where it is an input service for further supply of works contract service; (d) goods or services or both received by a taxable person for construction of an immovable property (other than plant or machinery) on his own account including when such goods or services or both are used in the course or furtherance of business. Explanation . For the purposes of clauses (c) and (d), the expression construction includes reconstruction, renovation, additions or alterations or repairs, to the extent of capitalisation, to the said immovable property; (e) goods or services or both on which tax has been paid under section 10; (f) goods or services or both received by a non-resident taxable person except on goods imported by him; (g) goods or services or both used for personal consumption; (h) goods lost, stolen, destroyed, written off or disposed of by way of gift or free samples; and (i) any tax paid in accordance with the provisions of sections 74, 129 and 130. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... all be reduced by such percentage points as may be prescribed. (2) A registered person shall not be entitled to take input tax credit under sub-section (1) in respect of any supply of goods or services or both to him after the expiry of one year from the date of issue of tax invoice relating to such supply. (3) Where there is a change in the constitution of a registered person on account of sale, merger, demerger, amalgamation, lease or transfer of the business with the specific provisions for transfer of liabilities, the said registered person shall be allowed to transfer the input tax credit which remains unutilised in his electronic credit ledger to such sold, merged, demerged, amalgamated, leased or transferred business in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) Where any registered person who has availed of input tax credit opts to pay tax under section 10 or, where the goods or services or both supplied by him become wholly exempt, he shall pay an amount, by way of debit in the electronic credit ledger or electronic cash ledger, equivalent to the credit of input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ent, and the relevant information, as contained in the said document, is furnished in FORM GSTR-2 by such person. Provided that if the said document does not contain all the specified particulars but contains the details of the amount of tax charged, description of goods or services, total value of supply of goods or services or both, GSTIN of the supplier and recipient and place of supply in case of inter-State supply, input tax credit may be availed by such registered person. (3) No input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person in respect of any tax that has been paid in pursuance of any order where any demand has been confirmed on account of any fraud, willful misstatement or suppression of facts. (4) Input tax credit to be availed by a registered person in respect of invoices or debit notes, the details of which have not been uploaded by the suppliers under sub-section (1) of section 37, shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the eligible credit available in respect of invoices or debit notes the details of which have been uploaded by the suppliers under sub-section (1) of section 37. Provided that the said condition shall apply cumulatively for the p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... shed or finished goods held in stock, or the credit claimed on capital goods in accordance with the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of the said sub-section, shall be subject to the following conditions, namely,- (a) the input tax credit on capital goods, in terms of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 18, shall be claimed after reducing the tax paid on such capital goods by five percentage points per quarter of a year or part thereof from the date of the invoice or such other documents on which the capital goods were received by the taxable person. (b) the registered person shall within a period of thirty days from the date of becoming eligible to avail the input tax credit under sub-section (1) of section 18, or within such further period as may be extended by the Commissioner by a notification in this behalf, shall make a declaration, electronically, on the common portal in FORM GST ITC-01 to the effect that he is eligible to avail the input tax credit as aforesaid: Provided that any extension of the time limit notified by the Commissioner of State tax or the Commissioner of Union territory tax shall be deemed to be notified by the Commissioner. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Provided that in the case of demerger, the input tax credit shall be apportioned in the ratio of the value of assets of the new units as specified in the demerger scheme. Explanation : - For the purpose of this sub-rule, it is hereby clarified that the value of assets means the value of the entire assets of the business, whether or not input tax credit has been availed thereon. (2) The transferor shall also submit a copy of a certificate issued by a practicing chartered accountant or cost accountant certifying that the sale, merger, de-merger, amalgamation, lease or transfer of business has been done with a specific provision for the transfer of liabilities. (3) The transferee shall, on the common portal, accept the details so furnished by the transferor and, upon such acceptance, the un-utilized credit specified in FORM GST ITC-02 shall be credited to his electronic credit ledger. (4) The inputs and capital goods so transferred shall be duly accounted for by the transferee in his books of account. Rule-42. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services and reversal thereof.-( 1) The input tax credit in resp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... is the aggregate value of exempt supplies during the tax period, and F is the total turnover in the State of the registered person during the tax period: Provided that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the Act, the value of E/F for a tax period shall be calculated for each project separately, taking value of E and F as under:- E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from tax, but are identified by the promoter to be sold after issue of completion certificate or first occupation, whichever is earlier; F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project; Explanation 1: In the tax period in which the issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project takes place, value of E shall also include aggregate carpet area of the apartments, which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier; Explanation 2: Carpet area of apartments, tax on construction of which is paid or payable at ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tax relating to inputs or input services used partly for the purposes other than business and partly for effecting exempt supplies has been identified and segregated at the invoice level by the registered person, the same shall be included in T1 and T2 respectively, and the remaining amount of credit on such inputs or input services shall be included in T4 . (2) except in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the Act, the input tax credit determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally for the financial year before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of the financial year to which such credit relates, in the manner specified in the said sub-rule and- (a) where the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of D1 and D2 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of D1 and D2 , such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year to which such credit relates and the said pers ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation of the project takes place and the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; or (b) where the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of D1 and D2 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of D1 and D2 , such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project. (4) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the Act, the input tax determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally, for commercial portion in each project, other than residential real estate project (RREP), which underwent transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project. (5) Input tax determined under sub- rule (1) shall not be required to be calculated finally on completion or first occupation of an RREP which underwent transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended. (6) Where any input or input service are used for more than one project, input tax credit with respect to such input or input service shall be assigned to each project on a reasonable basis and credit reversal pertaining to each project shall be carried out as per sub-rule (3) The procedure to be followed and the conditions/provisions for taking cenvat credit have been discussed in great detail in Sections-16, 17 and 18 of the CGST Act, 2017 and Rules-36, 37, 40, 41 and 42 of the CGST Rules, 2017. We conclude that the applicant is eligible to take the entire input cenvat credit @ 18% on purchases of LPG Gas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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