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GST on Post Sales Discount
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....ST on Post Sales Discount<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - NISHANT SHAH Dated:- 5-4-2021 Last Reply Date:- 7-4-2021 Goods and Services Tax - GST<br>Got 8 Replies<br>GST<br>Dear All Experts, One of my client want to give turnover discount for financial year 2020-21. As such, there was not any pre-contract for giving such discount before any sales made. Whether GST is leviable on such discount by g....
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....iving credit note? Note: Turnover Discount is given against each invoices raised to customer/recipient in 2020-21. Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, According to Section 15 (3) (b)- "the value of the supply shall not include any discount which is given after the supply has been effected, if- (i) such discount is established in terms of an agreement entered into at or b....
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....efore the time of such supply and specifically linked to relevant invoices; and (ii) input tax credit as is attributable to the discount on the basis of document issued by the supplier has been reversed by the recipient of the supply." You have stated that there was not any pre-contract for giving such discount before any sales made. Therefore condition No. 3 (b) (i) is not satisfied in yo....
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....ur case. Therefore the discount given by you after supply of goods was completed cannot be claimed as deduction from the transaction value. Reply By GB Rao: The Reply: Dear querist, Section 15(3) of the CGST Act, 2017 allows deduction of discount from the value of supply. The exclusion mainly depends on the timing of the discount i.e., the time at which the discount is given by the supplier. In....
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.... other words, if the discount given before or at the time of supply, the supplier would be entitled to claim the benefit of discount if the same is disclosed in the invoice. In case where the discount is given after the supply is effected, the supplier would be eligible for the deduction of the same, if the following conditions are satisfied: (a) Discount given must be established in terms of ag....
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....reement entered into at or before the time of such supply; (b) It must be linked to the relevant invoices; and (c) Input tax credit pertaining to same is reversed by recipient. In the light of the above, the discount you are mentioning is liable for GST, assuming that the conditions (a) to (c) not satisfied. Reply By NISHANT SHAH: The Reply: Dear Sir, As I said, Discount given is linked to ....
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....all invoices raised to party pertaining to Year 2020-21. Reply By NISHANT SHAH: The Reply: Dear Sir, Party is insisting not to levy GST because he is not interested to reverse ITC that he claimed in the year 2020-21. Now, in this scenario, can we treat this transaction as financial credit note by not levying GST on same?? Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: SH.NISHANT SHAH Ji, The following ....
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....circular will answer to your query:- (see para no.D) Sales Promotion Schemes under GST - Clarification on various doubts C.B.I. & C. Circular No. 92/11/2019-GST, dated 7-3-2019 Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: If discount is not known prior to supply, financial credit note can be issued without GST. Also go through the decision of AAR-Karnataka in the case of Kwality Mobikes Pvt. Ltd. = 2019....
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.... (10) TMI 792 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, KARNATAKA decided in 2019. Reply By NISHANT SHAH: The Reply: Thanks Shethi Sir and all experts.. Reply By ABHISHEK TRIPATHI: The Reply: Dear All, Can anyone explain the treatment of such incentive/discount under the Income Tax Act?<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....