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INVERTED DUTY STRUCTURE

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..... INVERTED DUTY STRUCTURE
Query (Issue) Started By: - BARUN MUKHERJEE Dated:- 16-11-2023 Last Reply Date:- 27-3-2024 Goods and Services Tax - GST
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Respected sir, One of my clients manufacturing e-rickshaws where the rate of tax on inputs purchased is more than the rate of tax on outward supplies so the said taxpayer is eligible to get refund under inverted duty structu .....

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..... re. And the taxpayer is also engaged to resale of batteries on which tax rate is 28% and also sale the same at the rate of 28%. Now my question is that when we calculate maximum refund amount as per rule 89(5) which figure will be considered as net input tax credit. Is there shown total input as raw materials purchased for manufacturing of e- rickshaws and batteries purchased for trading purpose o .....

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..... r only considered raw materials purchased for manufacturing purpose….? Reply By Padmanathan Kollengode: The Reply: It seems the Department has started taking up this issue nation-wide. So far there is no clarification on this and the matter has to be litigated. A. Dept view seems to be there there is no inverted rate when traded and hence it should be excluded. While on first blush it ap .....

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..... pears corrent, it might not be so: B. The "Net ITC" and "Turnover of inverted rated supply of goods and services" does not exclude traded goods per se. If traded goods turnover is excluded from "net ITC" and "Turnover of inverted rated supply of goods and services", the results would be skewed as "adjusted turnover" includes traded goods. Thus, i .....

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..... f refund is calculated in this manner then there will still be some accumulation of inverted ITC. This interpretation seems to be against provisions of section 54(3). Reply By BARUN MUKHERJEE: The Reply: Thank you sir.. Reply By Shilpi Jain: The Reply: There is some high court decision in this regard. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd - 2023 (12) TMI 361 - DELHI HIGH COURT Delhi High Court - W.P.(C) .....

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..... 10222/2023 & CM No. 39561/2023 decided on 05.12.2023 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Inverted tax structure refund cannot be denied just because the main input and output have the same tax rate. Where the rate of tax chargeable on inputs other than LPG, are admittedly higher than the rate of GST chargeable on the bottled LPG, the same cannot be ignored for refund on account of inverted tax structure .....

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..... even though the rate of tax for bulk LPG and bottled LPG may be the same. Circular No.135/05/2020 has no application where ITC, refund of which is sought, has accumulated on account of rate of taxes on certain inputs being higher than tax chargeable on the output supply, notwithstanding that the one of the main input and output is chargeable at the same rate of tax. Circular No. 135/05/2020 "canno .....

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..... t supplant or implant any provision which is not available in the Act". Reply By Ehjaz CA: The Reply: Sir I have same query but in my case my client is purchasing e bike (2 wheeler) at 5 % gst without battery, than purchasing batteries at 18% gst and installing the same in two wheeler, the installtion is done by certified mechanic which takes 30 mins for each installation. after that he sales th .....

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..... e vehicle at 5% to customer , so he also has accumulated gst due to this inverted duty structure so can he claim refund on only the batteries cost gst part under inverter duty structure?
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