CHAPTER V

INPUT TAX CREDIT

36. Documentary requirements and conditions for claiming input tax credit.-
(1)The input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person, including the Input Service
Distributor, on the basis of any of the following documents, namely,-

(a) an invoice issued by the supplier of goods or services or both in accordance

with the provisions of section 31;
(b) an invoice issued in accordance with the provisions of clause (f) of sub-section
(3) of section 31, subject to the payment of tax;
(c) a debit note issued by a supplier in accordance with the provisions of section
34;
(d) a bill of entry or any similar document prescribed under the Customs Act,
1962 or rules made thereunder for the assessment of integrated tax on imports;
(e) an Input Service Distributor invoice or Input Service Distributor credit note or
any document issued by an Input Service Distributor in accordance with the
provisions of sub-rule (1) of rule 54.

(2) Input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person only if all the applicable
particulars as specified in the provisions of Chapter VI are contained in the said
document, and the relevant information, as contained in the said document, is furnished
in FORMGSTR-2 bysuch person:
[Provided that if the said document does not contain all the specified particulars but
contains the details of the amount of tax charged, description of goods or services, total
value of supply of goods or services or both, GSTIN of the supplier and recipient and
place of supply in case of inter-State supply, input tax credit may be availed by such
registered person.]44

(3) No input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person in respect of any tax that
has been paid in pursuance of any order where any demand has been confirmed on
account of any fraud, willful misstatement or suppression of facts.

[(4) Input tax credit to be availed by a registered person in respect of invoices or debit
notes, the details of which have not been uploaded by the suppliers under sub-section (1)
of section 37, shall not exceed [10 per cent]45of the eligible credit available in respect of
invoices or debit notes the details of which have been uploaded by the suppliers under
sub-section (1) of section 37.]46

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Inserted vide Notf no. 39/2018-CT dt. 04.09.2018
45
Substituted for the figures and words [20 per cent. ] with effect from 01.01.2020vide Notf no. 75/2019 – CT
dt. 26.12.2019
46
Inserted vide Notf no. 49/2019-CT dt. 09.10.2019
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 [Provided that the said condition shall apply cumulatively for the period February,
March, April, May, June, July and August, 2020 and the return in FORM GSTR-3B for
the tax period September, 2020 shall be furnished with the cumulative adjustment of
input tax credit for the said months in accordance with the condition above.]47

37. Reversal of input tax credit in the case of non-payment of consideration.-(1)A

registered person, who has availed of input tax credit on any inward supply of goods or
services or both, but fails to pay to the supplier thereof, the value of such supply along
with the tax payable thereon, within the time limit specified in the second proviso to sub-
section(2) of section 16, shall furnish the details of such supply, the amount of value not
paid and the amount of input tax credit availed of proportionate to such amount not paid
to the supplier in FORM GSTR-2 for the month immediately following the period of one
hundred and eighty days from the date of the issue of the invoice:
Provided that the value of supplies made without consideration as specified in
Schedule I of the said Act shall be deemed to have been paid for the purposes of the
second proviso to sub-section (2) of section 16:
[Provided further that the value of supplies on account of any amount added in
accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 15 shall be
deemed to have been paid for the purposes of the second proviso to sub-section (2) of
section 16.]48

(2) The amountof input tax credit referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be added to the output
tax liability of the registered person for the month in which the details are furnished.

(3) The registered person shall be liable to pay interest at the rate notified under sub-
section (1) of section 50 for the period startingfrom the date of availing credit on such
supplies tillthe date when the amount added to the output tax liability, as mentioned in
sub-rule (2), is paid.

(4) The time limit specified in sub-section (4) of section 16 shall not apply to a claim for
re-availing of any credit, in accordance with the provisions of the Act or the provisions of
this Chapter,that had been reversed earlier.

38. Claim of credit by a banking company or a financial institution.-A banking

company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, engaged
in the supply of services by way of accepting deposits or extending loans or advances that
chooses not to comply with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 17, in accordance
with the option permitted under sub-section (4) of thatsection, shall follow the following
procedure, namely,-

(a) the said company or institution shall not avail the credit of,-

47
Inserted vide Notf no. 30/2020-CT dt. 03.04.2020
48
Inserted vide Notf no. 26/2018-CT dt. 13.06.2018
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 (i) the tax paid on inputs and input services that are used for non-business
purposes; and
(ii)the credit attributable to the supplies specified in sub-section (5) of section 17,
in FORM GSTR-2;

(b) the said company or institution shall avail the credit of tax paid on inputs and input
services referred to in the second proviso to sub-section (4) of section 17 and not
covered under clause (a);

(c) fifty per cent. of the remaining amount of input tax shall be the input tax credit
admissible to the company or the institution and shall be furnished in FORM
GSTR-2;

(d) the amount referred to in clauses (b) and (c) shall, subject to the provisions of
sections 41, 42 and 43, be credited to the electronic credit ledger of the saidcompany
or the institution.

39. Procedure for distribution of input tax credit by Input Service Distributor.-(1)An
Input Service Distributor shall distribute input tax credit in the manner and subject to the
following conditions, namely,-
(a) the input tax credit available for distribution in a month shall be distributed
in the same month and the details thereof shall be furnishedin FORM
GSTR-6in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VIII of these rules;

(b) the Input Service Distributor shall, in accordance with the provisions of
clause (d), separately distribute the amount of ineligible input tax credit
(ineligible under the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 17 or otherwise)
and the amount of eligible input tax credit;

(c) the input tax credit on account of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax
and integrated tax shall be distributed separately in accordance with the
provisions of clause (d);

(d) the input tax credit that is required to be distributed in accordance with the
provisions of clause (d) and (e) of sub-section (2) of section 20 to one of the
recipients ‗R1‘, whether registered or not, from amongst the total of all the
recipients to whom input tax credit is attributable, including the recipient(s)
who are engaged in making exempt supply, or are otherwise not registered
for any reason, shall be the amount, ―C1‖, to be calculated by applying the
following formula -

C1 = (t1÷T) × C

where,
“C” is the amount of credit to be distributed,
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 “t1” is the turnover, as referred to in section 20, of person R1 during the relevant
period, and
“T” is the aggregate of the turnover, during the relevant period, of all recipients to whom
the input service is attributable in accordance with the provisions of section 20;

(e) the input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall be distributed as input tax
credit of integrated tax to every recipient;

(f) the input tax credit on account of central tax and State tax or Union territory
tax shall-
(i) in respect of a recipient located in the same State or Union territory in
which the Input Service Distributor is located, be distributed as input tax
credit of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax respectively;

(ii) in respect of a recipient located in a State or Union territory other than

that of the Input Service Distributor, be distributed as integrated tax and the
amount to be so distributed shall be equal to the aggregate of the amount of
input tax credit of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax that
qualifies for distribution to such recipient in accordance with clause (d);

(g) the Input Service Distributor shall issue an Input Service Distributor invoice, as
prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 54, clearly indicating in such invoice that it is
issued only for distribution of input tax credit;

(h) the Input Service Distributor shall issue an Input Service Distributor credit note,
as prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 54, for reduction of credit in case the input tax
credit already distributed gets reduced for any reason;

(i)any additional amount of input tax credit on account of issuance of a debit note to
an Input Service Distributor by the supplier shall be distributed in the manner and
subject to the conditions specified in clauses (a) to (f) and the amount attributable to
any recipient shall be calculated in the manner provided in clause (d) and such
credit shall be distributed in the month in which the debit note isincluded in the
return in FORM GSTR-6;

(j) any input tax credit required to be reduced on account of issuance of a credit note
to the Input Service Distributor by the supplier shall be apportioned to each recipient
in the same ratio in which the input tax credit contained in the original invoice was
distributed in terms of clause (d), and the amount so apportioned shall be-

(i) reduced from the amount to be distributed in the month in which the credit
note is included in the return in FORM GSTR-6; or

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 (ii) added to the output tax liability of the recipient where the amount so
apportioned is in the negative by virtue of the amount of credit under
distribution being less than the amount to be adjusted.

(2) If the amount of input tax credit distributed by an Input Service Distributor is reduced
later on for any other reason for any of the recipients, including that it was distributed to a
wrong recipient by the Input Service Distributor, the process specified in clause (j) of sub-
rule (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, for reduction of credit.

(3) Subject to sub-rule (2), the Input Service Distributor shall, on the basis of the Input
Service Distributor credit note specified in clause (h) of sub-rule (1), issue an Input Service
Distributor invoice to the recipient entitled to such credit and include the Input Service
Distributor credit note and the Input Service Distributor invoice in the return in FORM
GSTR-6 for the month in which such credit note and invoice was issued.

40. Manner of claiming credit in special circumstances.-(1) The input tax credit
claimed in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 18 on the inputs
held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock, or the
credit claimed on capital goods in accordance with the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of
the said sub-section, shall be subject to the following conditions, namely,-

(a) the input tax credit on capital goods, in terms of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-
section (1) of section 18, shall be claimed after reducing the tax paid on such
capital goods by five percentage points per quarter of a year or part thereof from
the date of the invoice or such other documents on which the capital goods were
received by the taxable person.

[(b) the registered person shall within a period of thirty days from the date of
becoming eligible to avail the input tax credit under sub-section (1) of section 18,
or within such further period as may be extended by the Commissioner by a
notification in this behalf, shall make a declaration, electronically, on the common
portal in FORM GST ITC-01 to the effect that he is eligible to avail the input tax
credit as aforesaid:
Provided that any extension of the time limit notified by the Commissioner of
State tax or the Commissioner of Union territory tax shall be deemed to be
notified by the Commissioner.]49

(c) the declaration under clause (b) shall clearly specify the details relating to the
inputs held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in
stock, or as the case may be, capital goods–

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 (i) on the day immediately preceding the date from which he becomes
liable to pay tax under the provisions of the Act, in the case of a claim
under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 18;
(ii) on the day immediately preceding the date of the grant of
registration, in the case of a claim under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of
section 18;
(iii) on the day immediately preceding the date from which he becomes
liable to pay tax under section 9, in the case of a claim under clause (c) of
sub-section (1) of section 18;
(iv) on the day immediately preceding the date from which the supplies
made by the registered person becomes taxable, in the case of a claim under
clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 18;

(d) the details furnished in the declarationunder clause (b) shall be duly certified by
a practicing chartered accountantor a cost accountant if the aggregate value of the
claim on account of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax
exceeds two lakh rupees;

(e) theinput tax credit claimed in accordance with the provisions of clauses (c) and
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 18 shall be verified with the corresponding details
furnished by the corresponding supplier in FORM GSTR-1 or as the case may
be, in FORM GSTR- 4, onthe common portal.

(2) The amount of credit in the case of supply of capital goods or plant and machinery, for
the purposes of sub-section (6) of section 18, shall be calculated by reducing the input tax
on the said goods at the rate of five percentage points for every quarter or part thereof
from the date of the issue of the invoice for such goods.

41. Transfer of credit on sale, merger, amalgamation, lease or transfer of a

business.-(1) A registered person shall, in the event of sale, merger, de-merger,
amalgamation, lease or transfer or change in the ownership of business for any reason,
furnish the details of sale, merger, de-merger, amalgamation, lease or transfer of business,
in FORM GST ITC-02, electronically on the common portal along with a request for
transfer of unutilized input tax credit lying in his electronic credit ledger to the transferee:

Provided that in the case of demerger, the input tax credit shall be apportioned in
the ratio of the value of assets of the new units as specified in the demerger scheme.

[Explanation:- For the purpose of this sub-rule, it is hereby clarified that the ―value of
assets‖ means the value of the entire assets of the business, whether or not input tax credit
has been availed thereon.]50

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(2) The transferor shall also submit a copy of a certificate issued by a practicing chartered
accountant or cost accountant certifying that the sale, merger, de-merger, amalgamation,
lease or transfer of business has been done with a specific provision for the transfer of
liabilities.

(3) The transferee shall, on the common portal, accept the details so furnished by the
transferor and, upon such acceptance, the un-utilized credit specified in FORM GST
ITC-02 shall be credited to his electronic credit ledger.

(4) The inputs and capital goods so transferred shall be duly accounted for by the
transferee in his books of account.

[Rule 41A. Transfer of credit on obtaining separate registration for multiple places of
business within a State or Union territory.- (1) A registered person who has obtained
separate registration for multiple places of business in accordance with the provisions of
rule 11 and who intends to transfer, either wholly or partly, the unutilised input tax credit
lying in his electronic credit ledger to any or all of the newly registered place of business,
shall furnish within a period of thirty days from obtaining such separate registrations, the
details in FORM GST ITC-02A electronically on the common portal, either directly or
through a Facilitation Centre notified in this behalf by the Commissioner:

Provided that the input tax credit shall be transferred to the newly registered
entities in the ratio of the value of assets held by them at the time of registration.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-rule, it is hereby clarified that the ‗value of
assets‘ means the value of the entire assets of the business whether or not input tax credit
has been availed thereon.

(2) The newly registered person (transferee) shall, on the common portal, accept the
details so furnished by the registered person (transferor) and, upon such acceptance, the
unutilised input tax credit specified in FORM GST ITC-02A shall be credited to his
electronic credit ledger.]51

42. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services
and reversal thereof.-(1) The input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services, which
attract the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 17, being partly used
for the purposes of business and partly for other purposes, or partly used for effecting
taxable supplies including zero rated supplies and partly for effecting exempt supplies,
shall be attributed to the purposes of business or for effecting taxable supplies in the
following manner, namely,-

(a) the total input tax involved on inputs and input services in a tax period, be
denoted as ‗T‘;

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 (b) the amount of input tax, out of ‗T‘, attributable to inputs and input services
intended to be used exclusively for the purposes other than business, be denoted as
‗T1‘;

(c) the amount of input tax, out of ‗T‘, attributable to inputs and input services
intended to be used exclusively for effecting exempt supplies, be denoted as ‗T2‘;

(d) the amount of input tax, out of ‗T‘, in respect of inputs and input services on
which credit is not available under sub-section (5) of section 17, be denoted as ‗T3‘;

(e) the amount ofinput tax credit credited to the electronic credit ledger of
registered person, be denoted as ‗C1‘ and calculated as-
C1 = T- (T1+T2+T3);

(f) the amount of input tax credit attributable to inputs and input services intended
to be used exclusively for effecting supplies other than exempted but including
zero rated supplies, be denoted as ‗T4‘;

[Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, it is hereby clarified that in case of
supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the said
Act, value of T4 shall be zero during the construction phase because inputs and
input services will be commonly used for construction of apartments booked on or
before the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the
project, whichever is earlier, and those which are not booked by the said date.]52

(g) ‗T1‘, ‗T2‘, ‗T3‘ and ‗T4‘ shall be determined and declared by the registered
person at the invoice level in FORM GSTR-2[and at summary level in FORM
GSTR-3B]53;

(h) input tax credit left after attribution of input tax credit under clause [(f)]54 shall
be called common credit, be denoted as ‗C2‘ and calculated as-
C2 = C1- T4;

(i) the amount of input tax credit attributable towards exempt supplies, be denoted
as ‗D1‘ and calculated as-
D1= (E÷F) × C2
where,

‗E‘ is the aggregate value of exempt supplies during the tax period, and

52
Inserted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019
53
Inserted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019
54
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―(g)‖
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 ‗F‘ is the total turnover in the State of the registered person during the tax period:

[Provided that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of

paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the Act, the value of ‗E/F‘ for a tax period shall be
calculated for each project separately, taking value of E and F as under:-

E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is

exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of
which is not exempt from tax, but are identified by the promoter to be sold after
issue of completion certificate or first occupation, whichever is earlier;

F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;

Explanation 1: In the tax period in which the issuance of completion certificate or

first occupation of the project takes place, value of E shall also include aggregate
carpet area of the apartments, which have not been booked till the date of issuance
of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier;

Explanation 2: Carpet area of apartments, tax on construction of which is paid or

payable at the rates specified for items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic) or (id), against serial
number 3 of the Table in the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate),
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
dated 28th June, 2017 vide GSR number 690(E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended,
shall be taken into account for calculation of value of ‗E‘ in view of Explanation
(iv) in paragraph 4 of the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated 28th
June, 2017 vide GSR number 690(E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended.]55

[Provided further]56 that where the registered person does not have any
turnover during the said tax period or the aforesaid information is not available,
the value of ‗E/F‘ shall be calculated by taking values of ‗E‘ and ‗F‘ of the last tax
period for which the details of such turnover are available, previous to the month
during which the said value of ‗E/F‘ is to be calculated;

Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, it is hereby clarified that the aggregate
value of exempt supplies and the total turnover shall exclude the amount of any
duty or tax levied under entry 84 [and entry 92A]57of List I of the Seventh
Schedule to the Constitution and entry 51 and 54 of List II of the said Schedule;

55
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56
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―Provided‖
57
Inserted vide Notf no. 03/2019-CT dt. 29.01.2019 wef 01.02.2019
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 (j) the amount of credit attributable to non-business purposes if common inputs
and input services are used partly for business and partly for non-business
purposes, be denoted as ‗D2‘, and shall be equal to five per cent. of C2; and

(k) the remainder of the common credit shall be the eligible input tax credit
attributed to the purposes of business and for effecting supplies other than
exempted supplies but including zero rated supplies and shallbe denoted as ‗C3‘,
where,-
C3 = C2 - (D1+D2);

[(l) the amount ‗C3‗, ‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘ shall be computed separately for input tax
credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax and declared
in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03;]58

(m) the amount equal to aggregate of ‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘ shall be [reversed by the
registered person in FORM GSTR-3Bor through FORM GST DRC-03:]59

Provided that where the amount of input taxrelating to inputs or input

services used partly for the purposes other than business and partly for effecting
exempt supplies has been identified and segregated at the invoice level by the
registered person, the same shall be included in ‗T1‘ and ‗T2‘ respectively, and
theremaining amountofcredit on such inputs or input services shall be included in
‗T4‘.

(2)[Except in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the

Schedule II of the Act, the input tax credit]60determined under sub-rule (1) shall be
calculated finally for the financial year before the due date for furnishing of the return for
the month of September following the end of the financial year to which such credit
relates, in the manner specified in the said sub-rule and-

(a) where the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of ‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘
exceeds the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of
‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘, such excess shall be [reversed by the registered person in FORM
GSTR-3Bor through FORM GST DRC-03]61in the month not later than the
month of September following the end of the financial year to which such credit
relates and the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount
at the rate specified in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the
first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; or

58
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―(l) the amount ‗C3‘ shall be
computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax;‖
59
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―added to the output tax liability of
the registered person:‖
60
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―The input tax credit‖
61
Substituted vide Notf no. 16/2019-CT dt. 29.03.2019 wef 01.04.2019 for ―added to the output tax liability of
the registered person‖
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 (c) where the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of
‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘ exceeds the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of
‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered
person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following
the end of the financial year to which such credit relates.
[(3) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of
the Act, the input tax determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally, for each
ongoing project or project which commences on or after 1st April, 2019, which did not
undergo or did not require transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of
tax on 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate),
dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as
amended for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1stJuly, 2017,
whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is
earlier, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September
following the end of financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first
occupation takes place of the project, in the manner prescribed in the said sub-rule, with
the modification that value of E/F shall be calculated taking value of E and F as under:

E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax
plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from
tax, but which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or
first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier:

F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;

and,-

(a) where the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of ‗D1‘ and
‗D2‘ exceeds the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect
of ‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘, such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM
GSTR-3Bor through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month
of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion
certificate is issued or first occupation of the project takes place and the said
person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified
in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of April of
the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; or

(b) where the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of
‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘ exceeds the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of
‗D1‘ and ‗D2‘, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered
person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following
the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first
occupation takes place of the project.

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(4) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of
the Act, the input tax determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally, for
commercial portion in each project, other than residential real estate project (RREP),
which underwent transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of tax on
the 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate),
dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as
amended for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1st July, 2017,
whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is
earlier, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September
following the end of financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first
occupation takes place of the project, in the following manner.
(a) The aggregate amount of common credit on commercial portion in the project
(C3aggregate_comm) shall be calculated as under,

C3aggregate_comm =[aggregate of amounts of C3 determined under sub- rule (1) for the tax
periods starting from 1st July, 2017 to 31st March, 2019, x (AC / AT)] + [ aggregate of
amounts of C3 determined under sub- rule (1)for the tax periods starting from 1st
April, 2019 to the date of completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is
earlier]

Where, -
AC = total carpet area of the commercial apartments in the project
AT = total carpet area of all apartments in the project

(b) The amount of final eligible common credit on commercial portion in the project
(C3final_comm) shall be calculated as under

C3final_comm =C3aggregate_comm x (E/ F)

Where, -
E = total carpet area of commercial apartments which have not been booked till the
date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever
is earlier.
F = AC = total carpet area of the commercial apartments in the project

(c) where, C3aggregate_comm exceeds C3final_comm, such excess shall be reversed by the
registered person in FORM GSTR-3Bor through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month
not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which
the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project and
the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate
specified in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of
April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment;

(d) where, C3final_comm exceeds C3aggregate_comm, such excess amount shall be claimed as
credit by the registered person in his return for a month not later than the month of

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 September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate
is issued or first occupation takes place of the project.

(5) Input tax determined under sub- rule (1) shall not be required to be calculated finally
on completion or first occupation of an RREP which underwent transition of input tax
credit consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019 in accordance with
notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide
GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended.

(6) Where any input or input service are used for more than one project, input tax credit
with respect to such input or input service shall be assigned to each project on a
reasonable basis and credit reversal pertaining to each project shall be carried out as per
sub-rule (3).]62

43. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of capital goods and reversal
thereof in certain cases.- (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 16, the
input tax credit in respect of capital goods, which attract the provisions of sub-sections (1)
and (2) of section 17, being partly used for the purposes of business and partly for other
purposes, or partly used for effecting taxable supplies including zero rated supplies and
partly for effecting exempt supplies, shall be attributed to the purposes of business or for
effecting taxable supplies in the following manner, namely,-

(a) the amount of input tax in respect of capital goods used or intended to be used
exclusively for non-business purposes or used or intended to be used exclusively for
effecting exempt supplies shall be indicated in FORM GSTR-2[and FORM GSTR-
3B]63and shall not be credited to his electronic credit ledger;

(b) the amount of input tax in respect of capital goods used or intended to be used
exclusively for effecting supplies other than exempted supplies but including zero-
rated supplies shall be indicated in FORM GSTR-2[and FORM GSTR-3B]64and
shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger;

[Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, it is hereby clarified that in case of
supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the
said Act, the amount of input tax in respect of capital goods used or intended to be
used exclusively for effecting supplies other than exempted supplies but including
zero rated supplies, shall be zero during the construction phase because capital
goods will be commonly used for construction of apartments booked on or before
the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project,
whichever is earlier, and those which are not booked by the said date.]65

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 [(c) the amount of input tax in respect of capital goods not covered under clauses (a)
and (b), denoted as ‗A, being the amount of tax as reflected on the invoice, shall
credit directly to the electronic credit ledger and the validity of the useful life of such
goods shall extend upto five years from the date of the invoice for such goods:
Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (a) is
subsequently covered under this clause, input tax in respect of such capital goods
denoted as ‗A‘ shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger subject to the
condition that the ineligible credit attributable to the period during which such
capital goods were covered by clause (a),denoted as ‗Tie‘, shall be calculated at the
rate of five percentage points for every quarter or part thereof and added to the
output tax liability of the tax period in which such credit is claimed:
Provided further that the amount ‗Tie‘ shall be computed separately for
input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax and
declared in FORM GSTR-3B.
Explanation.- An item of capital goods declared under clause (a) on its receipt shall not attract
the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 18, if it is subsequently covered under this clause.]66
[(d) the aggregate of the amounts of ‗A‘ credited to the electronic credit ledger under
clause (c) in respect of common capital goods whose useful life remains during the tax
period, to be denoted as ‗Tc‘, shall be the common credit in respect of such capital
goods:

Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (b) are subsequently
covered under clause (c), the input tax credit claimed in respect of such capital good(s)
shall be added to arrive at the aggregate value ‗Tc‘;]67

(e) the amount of input tax credit attributable to a tax period on common capital
goods during their useful life, be denoted as ‗Tm‘ and calculated as-

Tm= Tc÷60

[Explanation.- For the removal of doubt, it is clarified that useful life of any capital
goods shall be considered as five years from the date of invoice and the said formula
shall be applicable during the useful life of the said capital goods.]68

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of capital goods not covered under clauses (a) and (b), denoted as ‗A‘, shall be credited to the electronic credit
ledger and the useful life of such goods shall be taken as five years from the date of the invoice for such goods:
Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (a) is subsequently covered under this clause,
the value of ‗A‘ shall be arrived at by reducing the input tax at the rate of five percentage points for every quarter
or part thereof and the amount ‗A‘ shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger;
Explanation.- An item of capital goods declared under clause (a) on its receipt shall not attract the provisions of
sub-section (4) of section 18, if it is subsequently covered under this clause.‖
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‗A‘ credited to the electronic credit ledger under clause (c), to be denoted as ‗Tc‘, shall be the common credit in
respect of capital goods for a tax period:
Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (b) is subsequently covered under clause (c),
the value of ‗A‘ arrived at by reducing the input tax at the rate of five percentage points for every quarter or part
thereof shall be added to the aggregate value ‗Tc‘;‖
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 [(f) the amount of input tax credit, at the beginning of a tax period, on all common
capital goods whose useful life remains during the tax period, be denoted as ‗Tr‘ and
shall be the aggregate of ‗Tm‘ for all such capital goods;]69

(g) the amount of common credit attributable towards exempted supplies, be

denoted as ‗Te‘, and calculated as-
Te= (E÷ F) x Tr
where,

‗E‘ is the aggregate valueofexempt supplies, made, during the tax period, and

‗F‘ is the total turnover [in the State]70of the registered person during the tax
period:

[Provided that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of

paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the Act, the value of ‗E/F‘ for a tax period shall
be calculated for each project separately, taking value of E and F as under:

E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is

exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of
which is not exempt from tax, but are identified by the promoter to be sold after
issue of completion certificate or first occupation, whichever is earlier;

F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;

Explanation1: In the tax period in which the issuance of completion certificate or

first occupation of the project takes place, value of E shall also include aggregate
carpet area of the apartments, which have not been booked till the date of issuance
of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier.

Explanation 2: Carpet area of apartments, tax on construction of which is paid or

payable at the rates specified for items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic) or (id), against serial
number 3 of the Table in notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated 28th
June, 2017 vide GSR No. 690 (E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended, shall be
taken into account for calculation of value of ‗E‘ in view of Explanation (iv) in
paragraph 4 of the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated the 28th
June, 2017 vide GSR No. 690 (E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended.]71

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 [Provided further]72 that where the registered person does not have any
turnover during the said tax period or the aforesaid information is not available,
the value of ‗E/F‘ shall be calculated by taking values of ‗E‘ and ‗F‘ of the last tax
period for which the details of such turnover are available, previous to the month
during which the said value of ‗E/F‘ is to be calculated;

Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, it is hereby clarified that the aggregate
value of exempt supplies and the total turnover shall exclude the amount of any
duty or tax levied under entry 84 [and entry 92A]73of List I of the Seventh Schedule
to the Constitution and entry 51 and 54 of List II of the said Schedule;

(h) the amount Te along with the applicable interest shall, during every tax period of
the useful life of the concerned capital goods, be added to the output tax liability of
the person making such claim of credit.

[(i) The amount Te shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax,
State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax and declared in FORM GSTR-
3B.]74

[(2) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of schedule II of the
Act, the amount of common credit attributable towards exempted supplies (Tefinal) shall be
calculated finally for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1 st July,
2017, whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is
earlier, for each project separately, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the
month of September following the end of financial year in which the completion
certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project, as under:
Tefinal= [(E1 + E2 + E3) /F] x Tcfinal,

Where,-
E1= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax
E2= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, supply of which is partly exempt and partly
taxable, consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019, which shall be calculated
as under, -

E2= [Carpet area of such apartments] x [V1/ (V1+V2)],-

Where,-
V1 is the total value of supply of such apartments which was exempt from tax; and
V2 is the total value of supply of such apartments which was taxable

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E3 = aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from
tax, but have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first
occupation of the project, whichever is earlier:

F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;

Tcfinal= aggregate of Afinalin respect of all capital goods used in the project and Afinalfor
each capital goods shall be calculated as under,
Afinal= A x (number of months for which capital goods is used for the project/ 60)and,-

(a) where value of Tefinalexceeds the aggregate of amounts of Te determined for each tax
period under sub-rule (1), such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM
GSTR-3Bor through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month of
September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is
issued or first occupation takes place of the project and the said person shall be liable to
pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified in sub-section (1) of section 50
for the period starting from the first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the
date of payment; or

(b) where aggregate of amounts of Te determined for each tax period under sub-rule (1)
exceeds Tefinal, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered person in
his return for a month not later than the month of September following the end of the
financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place
of the project.

Explanation.- For the purpose of calculation of Tcfinal, part of the month shall be treated as
one complete month.

(3) The amount Tefinaland Tcfinal shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central
tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax.

(4) Where any capital goods are used for more than one project, input tax credit with
respect to such capital goods shall be assigned to each project on a reasonable basis and
credit reversal pertaining to each project shall be carried out as per sub-rule (2).

(5) Where any capital goods used for the project have their useful life remaining on the
completion of the project, input tax credit attributable to the remaining life shall be
availed in the project in which the capital goods is further used;]75

[Explanation 1: -For the purposes of rule 42 and this rule, it is hereby clarified that the
aggregate value of exempt supplies shall exclude: -

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 (a) [the value of supply of services specified in the notification of the Government
of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 42/2017-
Integrated Tax (Rate), dated the 27th October, 2017 published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number GSR 1338(E)
dated the 27th October, 2017;]76

(b) the value of services by way of accepting deposits, extending loans or advances
in so far as the consideration is represented by way of interest or discount, except
in case of a banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking
financial company, engaged in supplying services by way of accepting deposits,
extending loans or advances; and

(c) the value of supply of services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel

from the customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India.]7778

[Explanation 2: For the purposes of rule 42 and this rule,-

(i) the term ―apartment‖ shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e)
of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of
2016);

(ii) the term ―project‖ shall mean a real estate project or a residential real estate
project;

(iii) the term ―Real Estate Project (REP)‖ shall have the same meaning as assigned
to it in in clause (zn) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development)
Act, 2016 (16 of 2016);

(iv) the term ―Residential Real Estate Project (RREP)‖ shall mean a REP in which
the carpet area of the commercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the
total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP;

(v) the term ―promoter‖ shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in in clause
(zk) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of
2016);

(vi) ―Residential apartment‖ shall mean an apartment intended for residential use
as declared to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority or to competent authority;

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Explanation substituted vide Notf no. 03/2018 – CT dt. 23.01.2018. Till then it read as follows: -
Explanation - For the purposes of rule 42 and this rule, it is hereby clarified that the aggregate value of exempt
supplies shall exclude the value of supply of services specified in the notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 42/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated the 27th October, 2017
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number GSR 1338(E)
dated the 27th October, 2017.
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 (vii) ―Commercial apartment‖ shall mean an apartment other than a residential
apartment;

(viii) the term "competent authority‖ as mentioned in definition of ―residential

apartment‖, means the local authority or any authority created or established
under any law for the time being in force by the Central Government or State
Government or Union Territory Government, which exercises authority over land
under its jurisdiction, and has powers to give permission for development of such
immovable property;

(ix) the term ―Real Estate Regulatory Authority‖ shall mean the Authority
established under sub- section (1) of section 20 (1) of the Real Estate (Regulation
and Development) Act, 2016 (No. 16 of 2016) by the Central Government or State
Government;

(x) the term ―carpet area‖ shall have the same meaning assigned to it in in clause
(k) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of
2016);

(xi) ―an apartment booked on or before the date of issuance of completion

certificate or first occupation of the project‖ shall mean an apartment which meets
all the following three conditions, namely-
(a) part of supply of construction of the apartment service has time of
supply on or before the said date; and
(b) consideration equal to at least one installment has been credited to the
bank account of the registered person on or before the said date; and
(c) an allotment letter or sale agreement or any other similar document
evidencing booking of the apartment has been issued on or before the said
date.
(xii) The term ―ongoing project‖ shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in
notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published
vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended;

(xiii) The term ―project which commences on or after 1st April, 2019‖ shall have
the same meaning as assigned to it in notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax

(Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th
June, 2017, as amended;]79

44. Manner of reversal of credit under special circumstances.-(1) The amount of input
tax credit relating toinputs held in stock, inputs contained in semi-finished and finished
goods held in stock, and capital goods held in stock shall, for the purposes of sub-section
(4) of section 18 or sub-section (5) of section 29, be determined in the following manner,
namely,-

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 (a) for inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished and finished goods
held in stock, the input tax credit shall be calculated proportionately on the basis
of the corresponding invoices on which credit had been availed by the registered
taxable person on such inputs;

(b) for capital goods held in stock, the input tax credit involved in the remaining
useful life in months shall be computed on pro-rata basis, taking the useful life as
five years.

Illustration:
Capital goods have been in use for 4 years, 6 month and 15 days.
The useful remaining life in months= 5 months ignoring a part of the month
Input tax credit taken on such capital goods= C
Input tax credit attributable to remaining useful life= C multiplied by 5/60

(2) The amount, as specified in sub-rule (1) shall be determined separately for input tax
credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax.

(3) Where the tax invoices related to the inputs held in stock are not available, the
registered person shall estimate the amount under sub-rule (1) based on the prevailing
market price of the goods on the effective date of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in sub-section (4) of section 18 or, as the case may be, sub-section (5) of section
29.

(4) The amount determined under sub-rule (1) shall form part of the output tax liability of
the registered person and the details of the amount shall be furnished in FORM GST
ITC-03, where such amount relates to any event specified in sub-section (4) of section 18
and in FORM GSTR-10, where such amount relates to the cancellation of registration.

(5) The details furnished in accordance with sub-rule (3) shall be duly certified by a
practicing chartered accountantor cost accountant.

(6) The amount of input tax credit for the purposes of sub-section (6) of section 18 relating
to capital goods shall be determined in the same manner as specified in clause (b) of sub-
rule (1) and the amount shall be determined separately for input tax credit ofcentral tax,
State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax:

Provided that where the amount so determined is more than the tax determined on
the transaction value of the capital goods, the amount determined shall form part of the
output tax liability and the same shall be furnished in FORM GSTR-1.

[44A. Manner of reversal of credit of Additional duty of Customs in respect of Gold

dore bar.- The credit of Central tax in the electronic credit ledger taken in terms of the
provisions of section 140 relating to the CENVAT Credit carried forward which had
accrued on account of payment of the additional duty of customs levied under sub-section
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(1) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), paid at the time of
importation of gold dore bar, on the stock of gold dore bar held on the 1st day of July,
2017 or contained in gold or gold jewellery held in stock on the 1stday of July, 2017 made
out of such imported gold dore bar, shall be restricted to one-sixth of such credit and five-
sixth of such credit shall be debited from the electronic credit ledger at the time of supply
of such gold dore bar or the gold or the gold jewellery made therefrom and where such
supply has already been made, such debit shall be within one week from the date of
commencement of these Rules.]80

45. Conditions and restrictions in respect of inputs and capital goods sent to the job
worker.-(1)The inputs, semi-finished goods or capital goods shall be sent to the job
worker under the cover of a challan issued by the principal, including where such goods
are sent directly to a job-worker, [and where the goods are sent from one job worker to
another job worker, the challan may be issued either by the principal or the job worker
sending the goods to another job worker:
Provided that the challan issued by the principal may be endorsed by the job worker,
indicating therein the quantity and description of goods where the goods are sent by one
job worker to another or are returned to the principal:
Provided further that the challan endorsed by the job worker may be further endorsed by
another job worker, indicating therein the quantity and description of goods where the
goods are sent by one job worker to another or are returned to the principal.]81

(2) The challan issued by the principal to the job worker shall contain the details specified
in rule 55.

(3) The details of challans in respect of goods dispatched to a job worker or received from
a job worker [or sent from one job worker to another]82 during a quarter shall be included
in FORM GST ITC-04furnished for that period on or before the twenty-fifth day of the
month succeeding the said quarter[or within such further period as may be extended by
the Commissioner by a notification in this behalf:
Provided that any extension of the time limit notified by the Commissioner of
State tax or the Commissioner of Union territory tax shall be deemed to be notified by the
Commissioner.]83

(4) Where the inputs or capital goods are not returned to theprincipal within the time
stipulated in section 143,it shall be deemed that such inputs or capital goods had been
supplied by the principal to the job worker on the day when the said inputs or capital
goods were sent out and the said supply shall be declared in FORM GSTR-1 and the
principal shall be liable to pay the tax along with applicable interest.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this Chapter,-

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(1) the expressions ―capital goods‖ shall include ―plant and machinery‖ as defined
in the Explanation to section 17;
(2) for determining the value of an exempt supplyas referred to in sub-section (3) of
section 17-
(a) the value of land and building shall be taken as the same as adopted for the
purpose of paying stamp duty; and
(b)the value of security shall be taken as one per cent. of the sale value of such
security.

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