CA in L & T
2843 Points
Joined February 2009
Dear Sushma, even if the capitall goods manufactures is not used for production, it's a normal good, on whose manufacture u are required to pay Excise duty as a normal product and you can utilise the CENVAT input utilised for manufacture of such capital good.
moreover, the concerned person who put the querry says that although capital goods is manufactured, but the use of same capital good for production has not been started. in the same case although the Cenvat input can be taken, but cannot be utilized for payment of excise duty till it contributes to manufacture and in jeevesh question since there is no prodution therefore no question of Excise liability arises and therefore no question of input availment arises.
i had conducted audits of many, and if the inputs are purchased itself for manufacture of capital goods, since they are considered as Inputs & on inputs, the excise duty is available when they r received in the factory
So, final conclusion is that you can take 100% of the Cenvat input on such goods which are used for the manufacture of capital goods can be taken in the first year itself.