Revised Model GST Law ( Nov 2016)
Section 167 Revised Model GST Law ( Nov 2016)
- Amount of CENVAT credit carried forward in a return to be allowed as input tax credit
A registered taxable person, other than a person opting to pay tax under section 9 , shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, the amount of cenvat credit carried forward in the return relating to the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day, furnished, by him under the earlier law in such manner as may be prescribed:
PROVIDED that the registered taxable person shall not be allowed to take credit unless the said amount is admissible as input tax credit under this Act.
(CGST Law)
(1) A registered taxable person, other than a person opting to pay tax under section 9, shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of the amount of Value Added Tax [and Entry Tax] carried forward in the a return relating to the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day, furnished, by him under the earlier law, not later than ninety days after the said day, in such manner as may be prescribed:
PROVIDED that the registered taxable person shall not be allowed to take credit unless the said amount is admissible as input tax credit under this Act:
PROVIDED FURTHER that so much of the said credit as is attributable to any claim
related to section 3, sub-section (3) of section 5, section 6 or section 6A of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956) that is not substantiated in the manner, and within the period, prescribed in rule 12 of the Central Sales Tax (Registration and Turnover) Rules, 1957 shall not be eligible to be credited to the electronic credit ledger:
PROVIDED ALSO that an amount equivalent to the credit specified in the second proviso shall be refunded under the earlier law when the said claims are substantiated in the manner prescribed in rule 12 of the Central Sales Tax (Registration and Turnover) Rules, 1957.
(2) The amount of credit under the second proviso to sub-section (1) shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed
(SGST Law)