Credit of service tax through TRAN-1, Goods and Services Tax - GST

[Madhavan iyengar]

A Company has received service tax invoices dated June 17 and the same have been accounted in books of account in July 17 and the credit of the service tax has been availed through TRAN-1 7(1)(b) column. these service tax credit has not been routed thru TRAN-1 i

Now department is disputing the above credit

Company has paid RCM liability of service tax in July 17 of services received in April 17 and June 17 and the credit of RCM has been taken through column 7(1)(b) of TRAN-1 and same is not reflected in the service tax return

kindly advise whether this is correct

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[KASTURI SETHI]

The department's objection is correct.The amount of Service Tax paid in July, 17 cannot be availed through TRANS-1 as this very amount was not the part of closing balance of ST-3 return filed as on 30.6.17. The company should have applied for refund instead of claiming the credit through TRANS-1.