Credit & Debit Notes - GST or Financial ?

Please clarify what you mean by "internal document". I had asked a clarification on "GST Credit / Debit Notes" vs  "Financial Credit / Debit Notes".

A financial/commercial credit or debit note can suffice where it records only a settlement between the parties and does not reduce or increase the GST value or tax on a supply. The document’s title is not decisive; its substance and the underlying transaction are.

• If the waste is sold by you to the identified buyer, the GST treatment of that sale must be reported by the person making the supply. A credit note to the manufacturer for the sale proceeds does not by itself determine that treatment. Clarify whether the manufacturer is merely arranging the sale as your agent or is selling the waste to the buyer in its own name.
• For the manufacturer’s transportation or consumable charges, if it supplies these to you for consideration, it should issue the appropriate GST document where GST is applicable. A financial debit note alone does not replace a tax invoice or GST debit note for a taxable supply.
• GST credit notes under section 34 are relevant where the supplier needs to reduce the taxable value or tax charged on an earlier supply; reducing output tax is subject to the statutory conditions and timelines. A purely commercial adjustment that leaves GST unchanged can be documented financially.

So, the manufacturer’s auditor is not automatically right that every adjustment requires a GST credit/debit note—but a financial note is not a substitute where the transaction itself is a taxable supply or a GST value/tax adjustment. The parties should map who supplies the waste and who supplies the services, then align invoices, returns and accounting entries accordingly.

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