Complications of works contract resolved under GST?



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Works contracts, a blend of goods and services for immovable property, were a complex area before GST due to multiple taxes. While GST aimed to simplify this by treating them as 'services' and a composite supply, intricacies remain, particularly concerning input tax credit (ITC). Section 17(5) of the CGST Act restricts ITC for constructing immovable property, though exceptions exist for input services used in further works contracts.

Is complications in the Works Contract resolved yet? One of the most disputed or major areas of concern for both taxpayers and authorities in the earlier regime was works contract. In simple terms, it means a contract that has both the elements of good as well as service and which is undertaken for the construction, etc of immovable property. Earlier this was the tricky area because it was taxed under both VAT and service tax as a good and service respectively and also a works contract
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