Input Tax Credit under GST

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Input Tax Credit under GST

The Input Tax Credit is a key concept of GST as it eliminates the declining effect of tax. A registered person is entitled to GST credit payable on imported goods or services and capital goods under certain exceptions and conditions. The input tax credit may be used by the registrant to pay taxes on goods or services provided by him or her. This article provides an insight into the input tax credit under GST.

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What is Input Tax Credit (ITC)?

Input Tax Credit (ITC) refers to an already paid tax when the goods and services are purchased that is available as a tax deduction.

To make an example- A trader buys a good value of 100 rs and pays 10% tax on it. And now this merchant has sold such goods for Rs. 150 and collected a tax of Rs. 15 from the buyer. Now the trader is payable Rs. 15 to the government. Since he already paid Rs. 10, this Rs. 10 is the ITC of the trader and will be approved as a tax payer and must pay a total of Rs. 5 as tax.

Input Tax Credit under GST

The Input Credit Mechanism is available to you if you are covered under the GST Act. This means that if you are a manufacturer, supplier, agent, e-commerce operator, aggregator, or any other person listed here, registered under GST, You are eligible to receive input credit for your taxes on your buy.

How to claim input credit?

For claiming credit for inclusion under GST –

  • You must have a tax (purchase) invoice or debit note issued by a registered dealer
  • You should have received goods/services

Note: When goods are acquired in lots/installments, a credit will be available based on the tax invoice upon receipt of the final share or installment. If the recipient does not pay the service amount or tax within 3 months of the invoice issue and has already received the input credit based on the invoice, the stated credit will be added to his/her output tax and interest liability.

  • Tax on your purchase is paid to the government by the supplier in cash or by claiming credit input
  • Provider or supplier has completed GST returns
  • The provider has uploaded the invoice to their GSTR-1 and it comes from the GSTR-2B recipient or buyer.

A change that violates the GST method may be that credit input is only allowed if your supplier has not collected tax for you. So all the input credit you want will be matched and verified before you claim it. Therefore, to allow you to claim Input credit all your suppliers must comply with GST. There is a lot you need to know about input credit –

  • You may have unclaimed input credit. Because the purchase tax is higher than the sales tax. In that case, you are allowed to continue or seek a refund.
  • The Input tax credit cannot be deducted from purchase invoices for more than one year only in exceptional circumstances under Section 18 (1). Time is calculated from the date of the tax invoice.
  • As GST charges for both goods and services, the credit for installing can be obtained for both goods and services (except those listed in the exempt list).
  • The Input tax credit is allowed on larger assets/capital assets.
  • Input tax is not permitted on goods and services used for personal use.
  • No entry tax credit will be accepted after GST refund filing in September after the end of the financial year when that receipt relates to the appropriate annual rebate filing, whichever is earlier.

ITC blocking

Generally, a registered person is entitled to a tax credit that he or she pays for the internal resources he or she receives. However, certain goods and services are not eligible for the inclusion tax credit, i.e., personal use, club membership, health services, and eligibility, etc.

Reversal of ITC to certain circumstances

The recipient will be liable for the cancellation of the input tax credit, which he or she already receives if he or she does not make payment to the supplier for the number of goods or services and tax payable within 180 days. On repayment of the input tax credit, the recipient will also be liable to pay interest on the amount of the deducted credit amount. The recipient may be able to recover the entry tax credit by paying the value of the goods or services and the tax payable.

Also, there are certain cases where a registered person is obliged to change the ITC he or she wants, among other things, the supplier chooses the design process, large assets are sold, registration is canceled, etc. In these cases, the credit provider goes to the extent to defer the debt within the stipulated timeframe. If he fails to repay that debt, he will be liable to pay interest and penalties in addition to the ITC amount that will be deducted.

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Final words

Input Tax Credit means seeking GST credit paid for the purchase of Goods and Services used to further the business. The Input Tax Credit mechanism is one of the most important reasons for the introduction of GST and is considered the backbone of GST. Hope you got an overview of the input tax credit under GST.

CS Urvashi Jain is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Her expertise, inter-alia, is in regulatory approvals, licenses, registrations for any organization set up in India. She posse’s good exposure to compliance management system, legal due diligence, drafting and vetting of various legal agreements. She has good command in drafting manuals, blogs, guides, interpretations and providing opinions on the different core areas of companies act, intellectual properties and taxation.

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