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GST law, provision by provision, with its source.

For CAs and their teams: the text as CBIC serves it, a plain explanation, the amendment history, the questions to answer on an engagement file, and the circulars and notifications that cite it.

The library today

  • 20 acts and rule sets
  • 552 provisions, text as CBIC serves it
  • 11 explained pages so far

Section 16 of the CGST Act, 2017

  • 16(2)(aa): Supplier furnished the details, and they were communicated to the recipient (from 1 January 2022).
  • 16(2), second proviso: Supplier not paid value and tax within one hundred and eighty days of the invoice: an amount equal to the credit availed is paid with interest; credit again on payment.
  • 16(4): No credit after 30 November following the financial year, or the annual return if earlier.

How to find a provision

  • Pick the act or rules: Start from the GST library: the CGST Act, the CGST Rules and the other GST acts and rules.
  • Find the section: Each act lists every section by chapter, with its title, so you can scan Chapter V for input tax credit.
  • Read and check the file: An explained page opens with "At a glance", then the text, the questions to answer and the circulars.

Acts

  • Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (193 provisions · 9 explained pages)
  • Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (29 provisions)
  • Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (29 provisions)
  • Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 (20 provisions)
  • GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 (16 provisions)
  • CGST and IGST amendment and extension acts (5 acts · 18 provisions)

Rules

  • Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (213 provisions · 2 explained pages)
  • GST Settlement of Funds Rules, 2017 (11 provisions)
  • Integrated Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (9 provisions)
  • Compensation Cess rules (2 rule sets · 4 provisions)
  • UTGST rules for five union territories (5 rule sets · 10 provisions)

Source

  • Law text as served by CBIC; the Gazette is the legal source. Not legal advice.

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