This discussion clarifies the accounting treatment for a company car purchase. It covers how to capitalise the vehicle cost, including GST and incidental expenses like RTO registration and handling charges. The correct journal entries are provided, and it's confirmed that one-time expenses directly related to registration should be capitalised along with the car's cost for depreciation purposes.
in last FY-2019-20 our company has bought the car. we have received the invoice for Rs.62,00,000 with below details 1 assessable value 41,33,333, IGST-11,57,334, CESS - 909333 again we received one debit note for Rs.71,100 (RTO registration, Handling charges-60,254/- with IGST-10,848/- Reimbursement for TCS - 62,000/-