Practicing Company Secretary
326 Points
Joined April 2011
Anti-profiteering clause under GST means any reduction in rate of tax on any supply of goods or services or benefit of input tax credit (ITC) shall be passed on to recipient by way of proportionate reduction in Final Price of the goods or services.
e.g.: Gujarat Pipe Dealer is selling pipes in Gujarat, he is registered under Gujarat VAT laws. He has purchased these pipes from manufacturer where on pipes Excise Duty was levied. In existing laws, Excise duty levied by manufacturer to dealer is the cost while selling the pipes. But under GST transitional provisions, the dealer can avail ITC benefits on those excise duty levied pipes and the reduction in such cost need to be passed on to customer.
| In Rs |
| Purchased Pipe from manufacturer |
100,000 |
| Excise duty levied @ 12.5% |
12,500 |
| Total |
112,500 |
| VAT levied @ 5% |
5,625 |
| Total Cost to Dealer |
118,125 |
| |
| When dealer is selling this pipes to its customer ( under existing laws) |
| Cost of pipe( VAT ITC will be available to him) |
112,500 |
| Profit of approx. 7% |
7,875 |
| Final Cost |
120,375 |
| Vat @ 5% |
6,019 |
| Final Cost to Customer |
126,394 |
| |
| When dealer is selling this pipes to its customer ( under GST ) |
| Cost of pipe( VAT & Excise ITC will be available to him) |
100,000 |
| Profit of approx. 7% |
7,000 |
| Final Cost |
107,000 |
| GST @ 18 % |
19,260 |
| Final Cost to Customer |
126,260 |
| |
There has been reduction in cost of pipe due to ITC.