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RCM doubt please clarify

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Anish Eben Paul

3 Points Posted on 20 November 2025

I am a metal scrap trader i have a doubt that if i purchase metals from local scrap supplier at 30.5 without gst (consider the market price is 28 plus gst ) and i sale it with gst at The price of 26.5 plus gst can i consider the payment i had given to the local seller as 25.85 plus gst by considering in rcm method and pay the excess rs 0.12 to gst portal offseting it or i need to pay rs 4.65 to gst portal to claim itc and reverse it

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This discussion clarifies a metal scrap trader's query regarding Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) GST. The advice confirms that RCM GST must be paid on the actual purchase price of the scrap metal, not a reduced or restructured value. The RCM tax paid can be fully claimed as Input Tax Credit (ITC), which will offset the output GST liability.

Aashok Kumar Sharma

Finance/Compliance Consultant

69626 Points Posted on 20 November 2025

You must pay RCM GST on the actual purchase price (₹30.50), not on a recalculated value.
RCM tax = ₹5.49, which you can fully claim as ITC.
Your output GST is ₹4.77, which is covered by the ITC.
You neither owe extra GST nor can you restructure the purchase value.