TMI BlogChanges in Cenvat Credit Rules-Finance Act 2014X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Changes in Cenvat Credit Rules-Finance Act 2014 X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rvice recipient has the responsibility to pay the entire tax under Reverse Charge mechanism such as legal consultancy services the Service Recipient can avail cenvat credit of the tax paid after the payment of tax is effected though the Service Recipient has not paid the Service Provider for the value of the service received. The only condition here, is the appropriate tax should have been paid un ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... like Partial Reverse Charge Mechanism where in not only the tax but also the value of the Service received should have been paid .My query is ; does this 'Six Months "time limit applies to Service Recipient. What will be the implication under "Reverse Charge Mechanism if the Service Recipient pays only the tax in time and not the value of the Service received even after "six mo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nths" of the Bill.If the Service Recipient under "Partial Reverse Charge Mechanism" pays only the Tax first but pay the Service Provider only after six months for the value of the service received,can he still avail the Cenvat Credit after six months .Will he be penalized if he takes the Cenvat Credit. Secondly is this change effective from 11/07/2014 or from 01/09/2014?Kindly clar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ify. Thanks and With Regards, K.Srivatsan Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: If you pay the service tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism wholly to the credit of the Central Government you are liberty to avail credit for the same. In the Rule there is no condition, to my view, the credit can be availed only after the payment to the service provider. The six months limitation to avail cr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... edit is effective from 01.09.2014. Reply By Bhuwan Joshi: The Reply: As per 2nd proviso to Rule 4 (7) Credit in case of partial reverse charge can be taken only after the payment of tax is made as well as the value of input service is paid. In the present case though tax has been paid but service value not paid to service provider, therefore you can not take credit of the same. If you pay to se ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rvice provider after 6 months then also you can not claim the credit because 6 months time from invoice date has completed.
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