Treatment of Import of Goods in transit

[ravichandran maraiyan]

One of my clients import materials, say the import takes place during the month of March and my client receive materials during April-May. It is under Ex-works basis. When they get title of ownership? In which month sales tax return the transaction will be included? What are accounting entries? Please clarify.

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

Hope your query is resolved. If not, this is the answer. When the material is received at your factory gate and the date when the same is accounted in Goods Receipt Note (GRN) that date will be date when you got the title of ownership. Thus the month in which it is accounted in your books of account the return corresponding month return will be required to include such transaction.

AI Summary

Transfer of title on goods receipt determines VAT reporting month; include imports in return for month of GRN. For imports under Ex works, title passes and tax recognition occurs when goods are received at the factory gate and recorded in the Goods Receipt Note (GRN); the transaction must be included in the VAT/sales tax return for the month in which it is accounted in the books via the GRN.