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ITC Eligibility on GST Charged Over TCS – Clarification Needed
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....TC Eligibility on GST Charged Over TCS – Clarification Needed<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - Ramanathan Seshan Dated:- 21-7-2025 Last Reply Date:- 26-7-2025 Goods and Services Tax - GST<br>Got 6 Replies<br>GST<br>Dear Experts, Weve procured manufacturing scrap from Company A, and noticed that GST has been charged on the TCS amount as well as per section 15(2) of CGST Act For example: * Scra....
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....p value: ?100 * TCS: ?1 * Taxable value considered: ?101 * GST @18%: ?18.18 In this case, can we claim ITC on the full GST amount, including the portion calculated on the TCS? Regards, S Ram Reply By Sadanand Bulbule: The Reply: Dear Sir TCS is not a part of consideration for the supply pf goods. There is no provision to charge GST on TCS amount collected under the Income Tax Act. So o....
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....nly 18% ITC is to be claimed Refer Sl No.5 of CBIC Circular No. 76/50/2018-GST dated 31/12/2018 which reads as under: "For the purpose of determination of value of supply under GST, Tax collected at source (TCS) under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 would not be includible as it is an interim levy not having the character of tax". Reply By Ramanathan Seshan: The Reply: Dea....
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....r sir, As per Sl.no 5: 1. Section 15(2) of CGST Act specifies that the value of supply shall include "any taxes, duties cesses, fees and charges levied under any law for the time being in force other than this Act, the SGST Act, the UTGST Act and the GST (Compensation to States) Act, if charged separately by the supplier." 2. It is clarified that as per the above provisions, taxable value for t....
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....he purposes of GST shall include the TCS amount collected under the provisions of the Income Tax Act since the value to be paid to the supplier by the buyer is inclusive of the said TCS. Regards, S Ram Reply By Sadanand Bulbule: The Reply: Dear Sir TCS is not a "levy" of tax. It is a statutory mechanism to track the transactions just like pulling an elephant from its tail. Hence it cannot be ....
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....included in the value of taxable transactions under Section 15 of the CGST Act. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Sh.Sadanand Bulbule, Sir is perfectly correct. Go through the corrigendum to Circular No. 76/50/2019-GST issued on 7.3.19. Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: TCS is to be calculated on Total value inclusive of GST. Accordingly, a seller has to charge GST first and then on....
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.... that sum TCS to be levied. e.g. 100+ 18% GST = 118 x TCS %. Reply By Shilpi Jain: The Reply: Under GST input tax credit is the tax charged on the supply. In the present case whatever the supplier has charged (right or wrong), he will pay to the exchequer. So you should be eligible to take this credit subject to satisfying the other conditions for availng ITC in the law<br> Discussion Forum ....
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