Clarification on availability of ITC in respect of warranty replacement of parts and repair services during warranty period

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....sued the above referred circular. For the uniformity, it has been decided that the said circular issued by the CBIC is being made applicable, mutatis mutandis, in implementation of the MGST Act, 2017. Copy of the referred CBIC circular is attached herewith. This Trade Circular is clarificatory in nature. Difficulty if any, in the implementation of this Circular be brought to the notice of the office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra. (Rajeev Kumar Mital) Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra Circular No. 195/07/2023-GST F. No. CBIC-20001/5/2023-GST Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs GST Policy Wing **** New Delhi, Dated the 17th July, 2023 To, ....

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....re the original equipment manufacturer offers warranty for the goods supplied by him to the customer and provides replacement of parts and/ or repair services to the customer during the warranty period, without separately charging any consideration at the time of such replacement/ repair services. Whether GST would be payable on such replacement of parts or supply of repair services, without any consideration from the customer, as part of warranty? The value of original supply of goods (provided along with warranty) by the manufacturer to the customer includes the likely cost of replacement of parts and / or repair services to be incurred during the warranty period, on which tax would have already been paid at the time of original suppl....

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....istributor without any consideration from the customer, as part of warranty on behalf of the manufacturer? There may be instances where a distributor of a company provides replacement of parts and/ or repair services to the customer as part of warranty on behalf of the manufacturer and no separate consideration is charged by such distributor in respect of the said replacement and/ or repair services from the customer. In such cases, as no consideration is being charged by the distributor from the customer, no GST would be payable by the distributor on the said activity of providing replacement of parts and/ or repair services to the customer. However, if any additional consideration is charged by the distributor from the customer, e....

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....utor for replacement to the customer during the warranty period, without separately charging any consideration at the time of such replacement, no GST is payable on such replacement of parts by the manufacturer. Further, no reversal of ITC is required to be made by the manufacturer in respect of the parts so replaced by the distributor under warranty. (c) There may be cases where the distributor replaces the part(s) to the customer under warranty out of the supply already received by him from the manufacturer and the manufacturer issues a credit note in respect of the parts so replaced subject to provisions of sub-section (2) of section 34 of the CGST Act. Accordingly, the tax liability may be adjusted by the manufacturer, subject to the ....