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Service tax - cenvat credit - expiry period

M.Shanmugasundaram (Accounts) (234 Points)

17 October 2016

Dear Sir,

What is the time limit for take cenvat input credit ?

In my compnay we have balance in Cenvat Credit Rs.5,00,000 from last 4 years. Can we adjust the input credit for current month service tax payment ?

Can we adjust the SBC/KKC payment in Cenvat Input Credit Balance..?

Regards,

M.Shanmugasundaram

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Mahendra (Chartered Accountant) (154 Points)
Replied 17 October 2016

HI, there is a time limit for availing the CENVAT credit which is 1 year from the date of invoice (prior to this there was a limit of 6 month). However once it is availed and showed in the service tax return, then there is no limit for utilisation, it can be carried forward to any years.

SBC paid on input services will be a cost since it will be not availble for cenvat credit.

KKC paid on input services will be claimed as cenvat credit against KKC liability on output services..

Hope above clarifies.

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Karan Chandna (Self Employed) (81 Points)
Replied 17 October 2016

Service tax credit cannot be utilised against payment of SBC/KKC. Further, credit of service tax available as per return ( timely availed) can be utilised for payment of output service tax ...