Sunday 8 January 2017

Section-31. Credit and debit notes

                 Section-31.                                          Credit and debit notes


(1) Where a tax invoice has been issued for supply of any goods and/or services and
the taxable value and/or tax charged in that tax invoice is found to exceed the
taxable value and/or tax payable in respect of such supply, or where the goods
supplied are returned by the recipient, or where services supplied are found to be
deficient, the registered taxable person, who has supplied such goods and/or
services, may issue to the recipient a credit note containing such particulars as
may be prescribed.

(2) Any registered taxable person who issues a credit note in relation to a supply of
goods and/or services shall declare the details of such credit note in the return
for the month during which such credit note has been issued but not later than
September following the end of the year in which such supply was made, or the
date of filing of the relevant annual return, whichever is earlier, and the tax
liability shall be adjusted in the manner specified in this Act:

PROVIDED that no reduction in output tax liability of the supplier shall be permitted
if the incidence of tax and interest on such supply has been passed on to any other
person.

(3) Where a tax invoice has been issued for supply of any goods and/or services and
the taxable value and/or tax charged in that tax invoice is found to be less than
the taxable value and/or tax payable in respect of such supply, the taxable
person, who has supplied such goods and/or services, shall issue to the recipient
a debit note containing such particulars as may be prescribed.

Explanation: - ‘Debit Note’ shall include a supplementary invoice.

(4) Any registered taxable person who issues a debit note in relation to a supply of
goods and/or services shall declare the details of such debit note, in the return
for the month during which such debit note has been issued and the tax liability shall
Be adjusted in the manner specified in this Act.

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