2019 (2) TMI 1604

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.... under Section 99 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Act, 2017, within a period of thirty days from the date of communication of this Ruling, or within such further time as mentioned in the proviso to Section 100 (2) of the GST Act. Every such Appeal shall be filed in accordance with Section 100 (3) of the GST Act and the Rules prescribed there under, and the Regulations prescribed by the West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling Regulations, 2018. 1. Admissibility of the Application 1.1 The Applicant, stated to be a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, seeks a Ruling on whether input tax credit is admissible on ambulances purchased for the benefit of the employees under legal requirement of the Factories Act, 1948. 1.2 Adv....

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....espective of when the claim is made. Second proviso to section 17(5)(b) of the GST Act, as it stands post amendment effective from 01/02/2019, is not applicable to a transaction made in November 2018. Section 17(5) of the GST Act, as it stood prior to the amendment, provides: "Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 16 and sub-section (1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely:- (a) motor vehicles and other conveyances except when they are used- (i) for making the following taxable supplies, namely:- (A) further supply of such vehicles or conveyances; or (B) transportation of passengers; or (C) imparting training o....