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Whether maintenance charge upto 7500 per month per unit are exempt from ITC reversal

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..... Whether maintenance charge upto 7500 per month per unit are exempt from ITC reversal - By: - navnath padwal - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 5-8-2021 - - Services provided by a RWA to its members for use of common facilities are exempt under GST where the member contributions are up to ₹ 7,500/- per month ( threshold limit ). In the initial period, CBIC had issued a flyer in case o .....

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..... f co-operative housing societies wherein it was clarified that in case where contributions exceeded the threshold limit, only the differential amounts would be taxable under GST and not the entire amount collected. However, a CBIC Circular issued in 2019 states that exemption shall not be available if the contribution collected exceeds the threshold limit and GST shall be applicable on the e .....

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..... ntire amount collected by the RWA. Now, this controversy has been settle by The Hon ble High Court by stating that monthly contribution upto 7500 is exempt and only differential amount is taxable. now question is whether we need to reverse the ITC related to amount upto 7500/- as per section 17*2) of CGST act, 2017 . for the same we check the definition of exempt supply as given under .....

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..... section 2(47) of CGST act 2017. (47) exempt supply means supply of any goods or services or both which attracts nil rate of tax or which may be wholly exempt from tax under section 11, or under section 6 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and includes non-taxable supply; we will see the govt has defined that exempt supply mean supply which nil rated or tax on the same .....

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..... is wholly exempt. therefore one can persume that maint charge are not wholly exempt , these are partially exempt upto 7500/- per unit per month. Therefore my view that we need not require to reverse the proportionately ITC . by CA Navnath Padwal Navi Mumbai - Reply By DayaShankar Agarwala as = Maintenance charges upto 7500 per month is an exempt supply as per section 11 of .....

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..... the Act . The provisions of section 11 are as follows: Power to grant exemption from tax. 11. (1) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, exempt generally, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, goods or services or both of any specified d .....

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..... escription from the whole or any part of the tax leviable thereon with effect from such date as may be specified in such notification. On perusal of the above section, it clearly mentions that the government can exempt any goods or service subject to such conditions as may be specified. As such, maintenance charge has been exempt subject to the condition that the amount received does not exceed .....

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..... 7500/- per annum. Being an exempt supply, ITC has to be reversed as per rule 42 and rule 43 Dated: 6-8-2021 Reply By navnath padwal as = my point is as per section 17 , ITC related to exempt service require to reverse. however what is mean by exempt supply? for the same we have to definition section 2(47) , there govt has used word Wholly . Dated: 6-8-2021 Reply By navnath padwal as .....

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..... = monthly contribution is exempt upto 7500/- , however do we need to reverse the ITC related the same as per section 17 ? Dated: 6-8-2021 Reply By KASTURI SETHI as = I agree with Sh. Daya Shankar Agarwala Ji. Dated: 10-8-2021 - Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI .....

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