Rule 118 of the CGST Rules, 2017

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Bars, duties and time limits

  • 118A person covered by section 142(11)(c) must declare the proportion of post-appointed-day supply on which Value Added Tax or service tax was paid earlier, together with the admissible input tax credit.
  • 118The electronic declaration in FORM GST TRAN-1 follows the period specified in rule 117 or a further period extended by the Commissioner.

Rule 118 requires a transitional declaration from persons covered by section 142(11)(c). The declaration concerns supplies made after the appointed day for which Value Added Tax or service tax was paid before that day. It must state the relevant proportion of supply and admissible input tax credit. Filing is electronic in FORM GST TRAN-1 within the linked or extended period.[1]

Text

The text below is the rule as served by the CBIC tax information portal on 17 September 2026, with the portal's own amendment footnote markers (shown as small numerals before a bracket) and its footnotes.[1] The Rules as published in the Gazette of India is the legal source.

Rule 118, verbatim (show)

Rule 118. Declaration to be made under clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section142.-

Every person to whom the provision of clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section 142 applies, shall within 1[the period specified in rule 117 or such further period as extended by the Commissioner], submit a declaration electronically in FORM GST TRAN-1 furnishing the proportion of supply on which Value Added Tax or service tax has been paid before the appointed day but the supply is made after the appointed day, and the Input Tax Credit admissible thereon.

1. Substituted vide Notification No. 36/2017-CT dated. 29.09.2017 for "a period of ninety days of the appointed day".

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Amendment history

The CBIC text carries 1 footnote. The table gives each in the source's own terms. Effective dates are as the footnotes state them.[1]

Amendments to Rule 118 as footnoted in the CBIC text
NoteChange
1Substituted vide Notification No. 36/2017-CT dated. 29.09.2017 for "a period of ninety days of the appointed day".[2]
Provisions connected to Rule 118
ProvisionConnectionWords that tie them
Section 142 of the CGST Act, 2017this provision requires Section 142 of the CGST Act, 2017118 "clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section 142"
Rule 117this provision requires Rule 117118 "the period specified in rule 117"

Circulars and notifications

Circulars and notifications in the CBIC repository that cite this rule, newest first, by number, date and subject. A listing here does not say what an instrument decides; read the instrument.

Circulars (1)

NumberDateSubject
Circular No. 182/14/2022-GST10 November 2022Guidelines for verifying the Transitional Credit in light of the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the Union of India vs. Filco Trade Centre Pvt. Ltd., SLP(C) No. 32709-32710/2018, order dated 22.07.2022 & 02.09.2022

Notifications (2)

NumberDateSubject
Notification No. 36/2017-Central Tax29 September 2017Eighth amendment to CGST Rules, 2017.
Notification No. 34/2017-Central Tax15 September 2017Seventh amendment to the CGST Rules, 2017.

See also

References

  1. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. "Rule 118. Declaration to be made under clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section 142". Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, CBIC tax information portal, with amendment footnotes 1 to 1. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  2. Notification No. 36/2017-Central Tax, dated 29 September 2017: Eighth amendment to CGST Rules, 2017. Cited in CBIC footnote 1.

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