Treading GST Path - XXI - Rule 7 of ITC Rules
JUNE 06, 2017
By G Natarajan, Advocate, Swamy Associates
PRESENT Rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 deals with a situation where a manufacturer is manufacturing both dutiable and exempted goods or a service provider providing both taxable and exempted service and hence it becomes necessary to determine the proportion of eligible cenvat credit admissible out of the common credits. Similar provisions are incorporated in Rule 7 of the GST ITC Rules (Draft), which appear to be more cumbersome than the present Rule 6 of the CCR, 2004. But one solace is that in GST era, the instances of exemptions would be highly limited and hence the application of this Rule 7 also would be limited. Further, the operation of this rule would mostly be automated though the requirement of human intervention in identifying the nature of various credits is not ruled out.
The basic facts and principles behind Rule 7 may be noted to understand it better.
It may be noted that when all suppliers correctly upload the details of their outward supplies, the Electronic Credit Ledger (ECL) of the recipient would exhibit all his inward supplies and corresponding Input Tax Credit (T).
But at this stage, the eligibility or otherwise of the credit has not been determined.
At the first level, the following invoices have to be identified and credit pertaining to such invoices should be eliminated from the ECL.
i) Goods and services, exclusively used for non business purposes (T1).
ii) Goods and services, exclusively used for making exempted supplies (T2).
iii) Goods and services, for which credit is not allowed under Section 17 (5) (T3).
The balance credit would represent the total eligible credit (C1), from which the ineligible portion pertaining to exempted supplies has to be identified.
Next step would be identifying those invoices, where the goods and services are used exclusively for making taxable supplies and zero rated supplies. This credit is fully entitled (T4).
(C1) – (T4) would be the common credit and denoted as C2
The proportion of value of exempted supplies to total turnover in every month, shall be applied to the common credit and this would represent the ineligible credit for that month. This should be added to the output tax liability of the month. In any month, if there is either no exempted supplies or no turnover, the previous month figures can be taken.
Credit attributable to exempt supplies D1 = C2 * E/F.
C2 = Common Credit.
E = Value of exempt supplies in the tax period.
F – Total turnover for the tax period.
D1 should be added to the output tax liability of the tax period.
Credit pertaining to goods and services used for non business purposes is to be taken as 5 % of the total common credit and the same shall also be added to the output tax liability (D2).
Once the financial year is over, the same exercise has to be done with reference to the value of exempted supplies and total turnover pertaining to the whole financial year. If the ineligible credit thus calculated at the year end is more than the amount already added to output tax liability every month, the differential amount has to be paid, before September. Interest has to be paid from 1 st April of succeeding year till the date of payment. For example, for the year 2017-18, the final calculation has to be made and the shortage, if any, has to be paid before September 2018 and interest on the shortage has to be paid from 01.04.2018 to the date of payment of the shortage.
If the amount added to output tax liability every month exceeds the amount calculated for the whole year, the additional amount paid has to be claimed back as credit not later than September in the next financial year.
The below sample calculation would further explain the application of Rule 7.
Operation of Rule 7 of the GST ITC Rules
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S.No.
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Details
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Code
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Amount
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Remarks
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1
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Total Credit credited in the Electronic Credit Ledger on all inward supplies of goods and services.
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T
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1500000
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Based on all details as uploaded by the suppliers.
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2
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Credit attributable to inputs and input services, used exclusively for non business purposes
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T1
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15000
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Totally ineligible
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T1, T2 and T3 are fully in-eligible credits. This should be identified invoice wise and declared in GSTR 2
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3
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Credit attributable to inputs and input services, used exclusively for making exempted supplies
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T2
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25000
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Totally ineligible
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4
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Ineligible credit as per Section 17 (5)
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T3
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40000
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Totally ineligible
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5
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Total amount of credit to be credited to the Electronic Credit Ledger
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C1 = T-(T1+T2+T3)
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1420000
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Total eligible credit, subject to proportionate reversal. This amount is already being reflected in the Electronic Credit Ledger
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6
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Out of C1 above, credit attributable to inputs and input services, which are exclusively used for making taxable supplies and zero rated supplies.
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T4
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22000
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This credit is fully entitled and is already reflecting in Electronic Credit Ledger
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7
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Common Credit (5) - (6)
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C2 = C1 - T 4
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1398000
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This should be subjected to proportionate entitlement and is already reflecting in Electronic Credit Ledger
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Out of the above common credit, credit attributable to exempt supplies - D1 shall be determined, by using the formula C2 * E/F. E = Valule of exempted supplies in the tax period. F = Total turnover in the tax period.
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8
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Let us assume, value of exempted supply in the tax period as
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1,20,00,000
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|
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9
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Let us assume, Total turnover in the tax period as
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5,00,00,000
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10
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Common credit attributable to exempt supplies.
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D1
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335520
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1398000 * (1.2 Cr / 5.0 Cr)
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11
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Common credit attributable to non business purposes
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D2
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69900
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As per Rule this would be 5 % of C2
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12
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Eligible Common Credit
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C3 = C2 - (D1+D2)
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992580
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|
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13
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D1 and D2 is liable to be reversed and hence added to the output tax liability
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405420
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|
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14
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Net Credit availed.
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T 4 + C 3
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1014580
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Cross Check
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|
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15
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Total amount originally reflecting in Electronic Credit Ledger
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1500000
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|
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16
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T1, T2, T3 removed
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80000
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|
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17
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Balance amount reflecting in Electronic Credit Ledger now
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1420000
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|
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18
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Credit attributable to exempt supplies (D1) and Non business purpose (D2), which is added to the output tax liability
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405420
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|
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19
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Net credit availed (17) - (18)
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1014580
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