Lawgist9Payment of tax
The amount of input tax credit available in the electronic credit ledger of the registered person on account of,--
(a) integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax, or as the case may be, Union territory tax, in that order;
(b) the Union territory tax shall first be utilised towards payment of Union territory tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards payment of integrated tax;
1 [Provided that the input tax credit on account of Union territory tax shall be utilised towards payment of integrated tax only where the balance of the input tax credit on account of central tax is not available for payment of integrated tax.];
(c) the Union territory tax shall not be utilised towards payment of central tax.
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1. The proviso ins. by Act 33 of 2018, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-2-2019).
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Officers under this Act
- 4 Authorisation of officers
- 5 Powers of officers
- 6 Authorisation of officers of central tax as proper officer in certain circumstances
- 7 Levy and collection
- 8 Power to grant exemption from tax
- 9 Payment of tax
- 9A Utilisation of input tax credit
- 9B Order of utilisation of input tax credit
- 10 Transfer of input tax credit
- 11 Officers required to assist proper officers
- 12 Tax wrongfully collected and paid to Central Government or Union territory Government
- 13 Recovery of tax
- 14 Definitions
- 15 Constitution of Authority for Advance Ruling
- 16 Constitution of Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling
- 17 Migration of existing tax payers
- 18 Transitional arrangements for input tax credit
- 19 Transitional provisions relating to job work
- 20 Miscellaneous transitional provisions
- 21 Application of provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax Act
- 22 Power to make rules
- 23 General power to make regulations
- 24 Laying of rules, regulations and notifications
- 25 Power to issue instructions or directions
- 26 Removal of difficulties
