Notification No. 49/2019 – Central Tax dated 9 October 2019 has announced a major change in availment of Input Tax Credit (‘ITC’) while filing monthly GST returns. Section 43(A) of CGST Act, 2017 (‘the Act’) and the recent amendment in rule 36 of the CGST Rules, 2017 provides that an assesse can claim twenty percent […]
In case of M/S Polycab Wires Private Limited, it was held that ITC would not be available for the goods distributed free of cost under CSR activities. In case of M/s Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, it was held that the amount paid by the companies to external agencies for CSR activities to undertake specified projects would be considered as ‘Consideration’. Thus, executing CSR activities as per companies’ direction would be interpreted as Supply, and GST would be applicable on the same.
The model GST law has been released on 14th June, 2016. It outlays the basic structure of the CGST act; SGST acts to be based on the structure laid out. The draft of the IGST act has been also released as a part of the Model GST law. The key features of the Model are summarised as under:
