Goods and Service Tax – GST – By: – CA Akash Phophalia – Dated:- 9-9-2015 – Introduction Prior to 01.04.2011 service tax was deposited to the credit of Government in the month following the month in which payment was received. In other words service tax was payable on receipt basis. Thereafter, in 2011 in order to achieve a closer fit between the present service tax regime and its predecessor GST regime a need of shift from cash basis to accrual basis was felt and the same was implemented. Existing Provision under Service Tax In the present law the point of taxation depends upon the three factors viz. date of completion of service, date of payment of service tax and the date of issue of invoice. General Rule including continuous supply of services Situation Point of Taxation Advances received Date of receipt of such advance Invoice issued within stipulated period, and – No payment is received before issue of invoice Payment is received before the time of issue of invoice Payment is re
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the said period of three months. Point of taxation for Associated Enterprises – In case of associated enterprises where the person providing the service is located outside India, the point of taxation shall be the date of debit in the books of accounts of the service receiver or the date of payment, whichever is earlier. Special provision for Individuals/partnership firms/LLP – Where aggregate value of taxable service provided by the individuals and partnership firms from one or more premises is ₹ 50 lakhs or less in the previous financial year, the service provider has the option to pay service tax on cash basis on the taxable services upto the total of ₹ 50 lakhs in the current financial year Point of taxation in case of change in effective rate of tax – Date of completion of service Date of issue of Invoice Date of Payment Point of taxation Before Before After Date of issue of Invoice Before After Before Date of Payment Before After After Date of issue of invoice or paym
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basis of supply of goods and supply of services. However, this article is emphasizing the point of taxation on the overlapping transactions to provide harmony in pre-GST and post-GST regime. Overlapping transactions It is proposed to consider only two factors for identifying the point of taxation in post-GST regime – Completion of service, and Issue of Invoice. The taxability will be expected to be determined as under (service is taxable in both pre-GST and post-GST regime):- Completion of Service Raising of Invoice Point of Taxation Pre-GST Pre-GST Pre-GST Post-GST Pre-GST Post-GST Pre-GST Post-GST Post-GST In case the service is not taxable in pre-GST regime and taxable in Post-GST regime or vice-versa, the possible point of taxation event is the completion of provision of service irrespective of the date of issue of invoice or date of payment. In case of continuing services, the point of taxation in post-GST is expected to be on similar lines as in the current regime. However, these
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