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Analysis of 55th GST Council’s decision To Clarification regarding requirement of reversal of Input Tax Credit by electronic commerce operators in respect of supplies made under section 9(5) of CGST Act, 2017

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..... Analysis of 55th GST Council’s decision To Clarification regarding requirement of reversal of Input Tax Credit by electronic commerce operators in respect of supplies made under section 9(5) of CGST Act, 2017 - By: - Vivek Jalan - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 4-1-2025 - Clarification regarding requirement of reversal of Input Tax Credit by electronic commerce operators in respect of sup .....

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..... plies made under section 9 (5) of CGST Act, 2017 : The GST Council recommended that no proportional reversal of ITC under section 17 (1) or section 17 (2) of CGST Act, 2017 is required to be made by the ECO in respect of supplies for which they are required to pay tax under section 9 (5) of CGST Act, 2017 . Our Comments: Circular No. 167/23/2021 GST has already clarified for restaurant ECO as foll .....

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..... ows - 6. Would ECOs be liable to reverse proportional input tax credit on his input goods and services for the reason that input tax credit is not admissible on 'restaurant service'? ECOs provide their own services as an electronic platform and an intermediary for which it would acquire inputs/input service on which ECOs avail input tax credit (ITC). The ECO charges commission/fee etc. for .....

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..... the services it provides. The ITC is utilised by ECO for payment of GST on services provided by ECO on its own account (say, to a restaurant). The situation in this regard remains unchanged even after ECO is made liable to pay tax on restaurant service. ECO would be eligible to ITC as before. Accordingly, it is clarified that ECO shall not be required to reverse ITC on account of restaurant servi .....

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..... ces on which it pays GST in terms of section 9 (5) of the Act. It may also be noted that on restaurant service, ECO shall pay the entire GST liability in cash (No ITC could be utilised for payment of GST on restaurant service supplied through ECO) 7. Can ECO utilize its Input Tax Credit to pay tax w.r.t 'restaurant service' supplied through the ECO? No. As stated above, the liability of pa .....

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..... yment of tax by ECO as per section 9(5) shall be discharged in cash. It seems that the same clarification may be issued for other ECO also. - Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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