TMI BlogClarification on charging of interest under section 50(3) of the MGST Act, 2017, in cases of wrong availment of IGST credit and reversal thereof.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o. 192/04/2023-GST dt 17th July, 2023 issued by the CBIC Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the above referred circular. For the uniformity, it has been decided that the said circular issued by the CBIC is being made applicable, mutatis 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 be brought to the notice of the office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra. (Rajeev Kumar Mital) Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra Circular No. 192/04/2023-GST File No. CBIC-20001/5/2023-GST Government o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CGST and SGST taken together remains more than such wrongly availed IGST credit, at all times, till the time of reversal of the said wrongly availed IGST credit. 2. Issue has been examined and to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the provisions of law across the field formations, the Board, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 (1) of the CGST Act, hereby clarifies the issues as under: S.No. Issue Clarification 1. In the cases of wrong availment of IGST credit by a registered person and reversal thereof, for the calculation of interest under rule 88B of CGST Rules, whether the balance of input tax credit available in ele ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ver, when the balance of ITC, under the heads of IGST, CGST and SGST of electronic credit ledger taken together, falls below such wrongly availed amount of IGST credit, then it will amount to the utilization of such wrongly availed IGST credit and the extent of utilization will be the extent to which the total balance in electronic credit ledger under heads of IGST, CGST and SGST taken together falls below such amount of wrongly availed IGST credit, and will attract interest as per sub-section (3) of section 50 of CGST Act, read with section 20 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and sub-rule (3) of rule 88B of CGST Rules. 2. Whether the credit of compensation cess available in electronic cre ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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