Clarification on charging of interest under section 50(3) of the CGST Act, 2017, in cases of wrong availment of IGST credit and reversal thereof

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..... Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the CGST Act ) in the cases where IGST credit has been wrongly availed by a registered person. Clarification is being sought as to whether such wrongly availed IGST credit would be considered to have been utilized for the purpose of charging of interest under sub-section (3) of section 50 of the CGST Act, read with rule 88B of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the CGST Rules ), in cases where though the available balance of IGST credit in the electronic credit ledger of the said registered person falls below the amount of such wrongly availed IGST credit, the total balance of input-tax credit in the electronic credit ledger of the registered person under the he .....

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..... en below the amount of wrongly availed input-tax credit of IGST, and to what extent the balance in electronic credit ledger has fallen below the said amount of wrongly availed credit. Thus, in the cases where IGST credit has been wrongly availed and subsequently reversed on a certain date, there will not be any interest liability under sub-section (3) of section 50 of the CGST Act if, during the time period starting from such availment and up to such reversal, the balance of input-tax credit (ITC) in the electronic credit ledger, under the heads of IGST, CGST and GGST taken together, has never fallen below the amount of such wrongly availed ITC, even if available balance of IGST credit in electronic credit ledger in .....

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..... f any tax under CGST or SGST or IGST heads and/or reversals of credit under the said heads. Accordingly, credit of compensation cess available in electronic credit ledger cannot be taken into account while considering the balance of electronic credit ledger for the purpose of calculation of interest under sub-rule (3) of rule 88B of the CGST Rules in respect of wrongly availed and utilized IGST, CGST or GGST credit. 3. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of this circular may please be brought to the notice of the Chief Commissioner of State tax. Chief Commissioner of State Tax, Gujarat. - Circular - Trade Notice - Public Notice - Instructions - Office orders Tax Management India - taxm .....

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