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TMI BlogClarification on various issue pertaining to GSTX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... utatis mutandis, in implementation of the MGST Act, 2017. Copy of the referred CBIC circular is attached herewith. This Trade Circular is clarificatory in nature. Difficulty if any, in the implementation of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra. Yours faithfully, (RAJEEV KUMAR MITAL) Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai Circular No. 172/04/2022-GST F. No. CBIC-20001/2/2022-GST Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs GST Policy Wing New Delhi, Dated the 6th July, 2022 To, The Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners/ Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Central Tax (A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tax paid due to requirement of the portal to debit the amount so claimed from their electronic credit ledger. Considering this difficulty, the tax paid on such supplies, has been made available as ITC to the recipients vide Circular No. 147/03/2021-GST dated 12.03.2021 only for enabling them to claim such refunds on the portal. The ITC of tax paid on deemed export supplies, allowed to the recipients for claiming refund of such tax paid, is not ITC in terms of the provisions of Chapter V of the CGST Act, 2017. Therefore, the ITC so availed by the recipient of deemed export supplies would not be subjected to provisions of Section 17 of the CGST Act, 2017. 2. Whether the ITC availed by the recipient of deemed export supply for claiming re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ts employees under any law for the time being in force." 2. The said amendment in sub-section (5) of section 17 of the CGST Act was made based on the recommendations of GST Council in its 28th meeting. The intent of the said amendment in sub- section (5) of section 17, as recommended by the GST Council in its 28th meeting, was made known to the trade and industry through the Press Note on Recommendations made during the 28th meeting of the GST Council, dated 21.07.2018. It had been clarified "that scope of input tax credit is being widened, and it would now be made available in respect of Goods or services which are obligatory for an employer to provide to its employees, under any law for the time being in force." 3. Accordingly, it is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s only and not to leasing of any other items. Accordingly, availment of ITC is not barred under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (5) of section 17 of the CGST Act in case of leasing, other than leasing of motor vehicles, vessels and aircrafts. Perquisites provided by employer to the employees as per contractual agreement 5. Whether various perquisites provided by the employer to its employees in terms of contractual agreement entered into between the employer and the employee are liable for GST? 1. Schedule III to the CGST Act provides that "services by employee to the employer in the course of or in relation to his employment" will not be considered as supply of goods or services and hence GST is not applicable on service ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... with the provisions of section 49 or section 49A or section 49B of the CGST Act. 3. Further, output tax in relation to a taxable person (i.e. a person who is registered or liable to be registered under section 22 or section 24 of the CGST Act) is defined in clause (82) of section 2 of the CGST Act as the tax chargeable on taxable supply of goods or services or both but excludes tax payable on reverse charge mechanism. 4. Accordingly, it is clarified that any payment towards output tax, whether self-assessed in the return or payable as a consequence of any proceeding instituted under the provisions of GST Laws, can be made by utilization of the amount available in the electronic credit ledger of a registered person. 5. It is further r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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