Whether input tax credit is allowed to recipient if tax is charged by supplier on exempt supply ?
TRT-2026-1528

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held- As regards the question whether, the Applicant is eligible for ITC of GST paid on rental/hiring services. We see that Section 16 of the CGST Act lays down the eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit which is reproduced as under:

"Eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit.- (1) Every registered person shall, sub.....

TRT-2026-947

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - We find that the appellant is a buyer of the materials and had paid the amount as duty of excise and not as an amount under section 11D. The goods have been correctly received and accounted for. If the Revenue was of the opinion that M/s Bhushan Steels had wrongly assessed its duty liability and paid certain amount as duty of excise when in fact the activities did not amount to manufacture at all, the officers who had jurisdiction over .....