{"id":10120,"date":"2018-07-27T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/?p=10120"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T05:49:31","slug":"reverse-charge-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/reverse-charge-mechanism\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be Prepared for the Reverse Charge Mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reverse Charge Mechanism?<\/h2>\n<p>Reverse charge is a mechanism whereby the recipient of the services, or goods or both is charged instead of the supplier. Except for the <strong>reverse charge mechanism<\/strong> usually, the supplier of goods or services pays the tax on supply of goods\/services\/both. In Reverse Charge, the receiver becomes liable to pay the tax, which results in reverse changeability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applicability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Case 1: Where the supply is made from unregistered dealer to a registered dealer (UR to R)<\/h3>\n<p>In the case where an unregistered dealer supply good and \/or services to a registered dealer in that case reverse charge are charged whereby the applicable GST on such goods and\/or services are required to be paid directly by the receiver to the Government instead of the supplier.<\/p>\n<p>That is in this case the registered dealer who has received the goods\/services from the unregistered dealer is required to pay GST under Reverse Charge Mechanism has to&nbsp;do self-invoicing for the purchases made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to be paid as GST tax by the registered dealer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>For Inter-state purchases:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The buyer (i.e. the registered dealer) has to pay IGST.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>For Intra-state purchased:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The buyer has to pay CGST and SGST has to be paid.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Case 2: Where the supply of Services is through an e-commerce operator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If services are supplied by an e-commerce operator, then, in that case, the <strong>Reverse Charge Mechanism<\/strong> will be applicable to the e-commerce operator. The e-operator is liable to pay GST.<\/p>\n<p>There are cases wherein the e-commerce operators do not operate on physical presence <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Basis&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;In finance, the &amp;quot;basis&amp;quot; is a term with several applications, including representing the difference between the spot price and the future contract price of an asset, which is vital in investment(...)&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/terms\/basis\/\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>basis<\/a> in the taxable territory; in such case, the person representing such e-commerce operator for it shall be liable to pay tax. In cases where there is no representative, the operator will appoint a representative who will be liable to pay GST.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Case3: When the goods have been supplied which are specified by CBEC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There is a&nbsp;list of goods and services&nbsp;on which reverse charge is applicable which has been issued by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBEC\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBEC<\/a> in that case reverse charge is applied.<\/p>\n<h2>Determination of Time of supply:<\/h2>\n<h3>Case 1: How to determine the Time of Supply in case of Goods?<\/h3>\n<p>The time of supply will be the&nbsp;<strong>earliest<\/strong>&nbsp;of the following dates:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the date of&nbsp;<strong>receipt<\/strong>&nbsp;of goods<\/li>\n<li>the date of&nbsp;<strong>payment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From the date of issue of an&nbsp;<strong>invoice<\/strong>&nbsp;by the supplier, the date immediately after&nbsp;<strong>30&nbsp;<\/strong>days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In cases, there is a situation whereby it is not possible to determine the time of supply, in that case, the time of supply shall be the&nbsp;<strong>date of entry&nbsp;<\/strong>in the books of account of the&nbsp;<strong>recipient.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Case 2: How to determine the Time of Supply in case of Services?<\/h3>\n<h3>The time of supply shall be the&nbsp;<strong>earliest<\/strong>&nbsp;of the following dates:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The date of&nbsp;<strong>payment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From the date of issue of an <strong>invoice<\/strong>&nbsp;by the supplier, the date immediately after&nbsp;<strong>60&nbsp;<\/strong>days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In cases, there is a situation whereby it is not possible to determine the time of supply, in that case, the time of supply shall be the&nbsp;<strong>date of entry&nbsp;<\/strong>in the books of account of the&nbsp;<strong>recipient.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Self Invoicing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Self-invoicing is required to be done by the registered dealer who has purchased good\/ and services from an unregistered supplier <strong>AND<\/strong> such purchase of goods or services falls under list goods\/services of reverse charge.<\/p>\n<p>The reverse charge, in this case, is required to be paid by the purchaser as the supplier of goods\/services is not a registered dealer and cannot issue a GST-compliant invoice. Hence, the self-invoicing by the purchaser of the goods\/services become necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Details required to be filled in self-invoicing are as given below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Serial number:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As it is self-invoicing and the registered dealer has not received any invoice number from the Supplier of goods\/services, in that case, enter the serial number of the bill into the field marked &lsquo;<strong>Invoice Serial Number&rsquo;<\/strong> create your own new one, add a serial number on your own. The registered dealer shall create and maintain a serial number series for reverse charge bills, for easier invoicing.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Invoice date:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enter the &lsquo;<strong>Invoice Date&rsquo;<\/strong> based on time of supply calculated in accordance with the rules and regulation made in <a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/gst-registration\">GST<\/a> and Enter any detail such as the order number etc., into the field marked &lsquo;<strong>Reference Number<\/strong>&rsquo;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Under &lsquo;<strong>Due Date&rsquo;<\/strong>, mention the date when payment is required to be made to the supplier for the purchase (Optional)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vendor Name:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enter the supplier&rsquo;s name irrespective of the fact that invoice is raised by the purchaser as this is self-invoicing under reverse charge.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>If the vendor&rsquo;s name is not set already, it can be added as a new vendor.<\/li>\n<li>Put in the details of goods\/ services purchased<\/li>\n<li>Select reverse charge from the drop-down under &lsquo;<strong>Advanced Settings<\/strong>&rsquo;.<\/li>\n<li>Now, fill in the details asked for appearing on the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Save the form and submit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Certain Rules in GST you Need to know are Given as below:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>All the taxpayers are required to pay tax under reverse charge as applicable to them and shall have to register themselves for GST and the&nbsp;threshold of Rs 20 Lakhs is not applicable to them.<\/li>\n<li>Tax paid on a reverse charge is available for the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/itc-rules-for-capital-goods-under-gst\/\"><strong>input tax credit<\/strong><\/a> in cases where such goods and\/or services are used or will be used, for business. That is the reverse charge payer can avail input tax credit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Note that:<\/strong> According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/reverse-charge-under-gst-act-2017\/\">reverse charge mechanism under GST<\/a> new list introduced the Priority Sector Lending Certificate by a GST registered person to another registered person shall now fall under Reverse charge via CGST Rate Notification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/gst-reconciliation-statement-gstr-9c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GST Reconciliation Statement Form GSTR 9C (opens in a new tab)\">GST Reconciliation Statement Form GSTR 9C<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/gstr-9-annual-return-filing-form\/\">GSTR-9 : GST Annual Return Filing Form, Eligibility and Due Date<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/types-gst-return-due-dates-filing\/\">What are the types of GST Return &amp; due dates filing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reverse Charge Mechanism? 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