Instructions regarding procedure for recovery of arrears under the existing law and reversal of inadmissible input tax credit

Recovery of arrears under GST: inadmissible transitional and pre GST tax credits must be recovered through electronic credit or cash ledgers.

Recoverable amounts of wrongly availed or carried forward VAT credit, entry tax and other pre GST state levies determined through assessment, appeal, review, reference or return revision shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax under the KGST Act. Such recoveries, including associated interest and penalties, are to be paid through utilization of electronic credit or cash ledgers and recorded in Part II of the Electronic Liability Register (FORM GST PMT-01); unregistered persons' arrears are to be recovered in cash under the existing law.