GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
                 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND TAXES
             VYAPAR BHAWAN, I.P ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002
No. F. 3(394)/Policy/VAT/2013/1097-1103                                      Dated:19/12/2013

                              CIRCULAR NO. 30 of 2013-14



Sub: Reversal of Input Tax Credit under Section 10 of the DVAT Act, 2004 in respect of
     Credit Note/ Debit Note related to discounts.

   1. Under Section 10 (1) of the DVAT Act, 2004 where any purchaser has been issued with a
      credit note or debit note in terms of section 51 of this Act or if he returns or rejects goods
      purchased, as a consequence of which the tax credit claimed by him in any tax period in
      respect of which the purchase of goods relates, becomes short or excess, he shall
      compensate such short or excess by adjusting the amount of the tax credit allowed to him
      in the tax period in which the credit note or debit note has been issued. Such adjustment
      of tax credit shall be made in the context of sale/purchase made in Delhi and not in the
      context of interstate sale/purchase.
   2. The Credit Note issued by the Selling Dealer may relate to :
      (i)   Trade Discount by any name called including quantity discounts, end of year
            discounts, close out discounts, target discounts, bonus or incentives in the form of
              general credit to the purchaser's account or supplying additional quantity of the goods
              dealt in by the selling dealer or providing/supplying perks, such as allowing package
              tours or giving gift articles, etc [Post sale perks and discounts].
      (ii)    Relating to goods returned or rejected by the purchaser.
      (iii)   Due to variation in rate or quantity in individual sale invoice;
      (iv)    Consideration for other facilities offered by the purchaser, such as, rent for window
              display, sign-boards, lease rental of premises, other establishment expenses, etc.
      (v)     Reimbursement of expenses incurred by purchaser on behalf of seller.
      (vi)    Cash Discount. (For payment made before the agreed date)

   3. Trade vs. Cash Discounts

   Trade discounts are incentives for a customer to purchase a product. They may be new
   customer discounts, quantity discounts, repeat customer discounts, end of year discounts,
   close out discounts, and many more. Whatever be the type, they are designed to entice a
   customer to purchase now, to purchase more and to purchase this. Trade discounts are
   generally reflected in the credit side of the Trading Account of the dealer.






   Cash discounts, on the other hand, are incentives for a customer to pay the bill once they
   have made that purchase. They tell the customer when the bill must be paid, and

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communicate whether there are financial benefits (discounts) for paying before that
deadline. Cash discounts are generally reflected in the credit side of the Profit & Loss
Account of the dealer.

4. Trade discounts could further be classified into two types of discounts-

(a) Discounts given at the time of sale ­ According to the trade practice, such discounts are
    offered at the time of sale and VAT is charged on the resultant cost. Suppose, the cost of
    a good is Rs. 120/-. The seller offers a discount of Rs. 20/-. The resultant cost of the
    commodity now becomes Rs. 100/- and VAT @ 12.5% (say) would be Rs. 12.50 making
    the sale price to Rs.112.50. The seller is liable to pay Rs. 12.50 as VAT to Government
    and the buyer is entitled to an ITC of Rs. 12.50 on the purchase. The tax liability of the
    buyer would depend on the sale price at which the good is sold to consumer. In this case,
    no VAT adjustment is required to be made.
(b) Post sale discounts ­ If in the above example, the original seller offers a post-sale
    discount of say Rs. 10/-. Then, the cost of the good would become Rs. 90/- and VAT
    liability would be Rs. 11.25. But, the seller has already paid Rs. 12.50 as VAT and
    accounted for the same in his books of accounts. Thus, the seller is entitled to make
    adjustment of Rs. 1.25 (12.50-11.25) in accordance with the provision of Section 8 of
    DVAT Act. The sale price would now be reduced to Rs. 101.25 (112.50 -11.25). By
    reducing the cost price by Rs. 10/-, the seller has to issue credit note of Rs. 11.25 (10 +
    1.25) to the buyer. It hardly matters whether the seller indicates the value of credit note as
    Rs. 11.25 or Rs. 10.00 plus Rs. 1.25 as VAT. Consequently, the buyer now becomes
    entitled to an ITC of Rs. 11.25 instead of Rs. 12.50 already claimed. Thus, an ITC of Rs.
    1.25 (12.50-11.25) has to be reduced by the purchaser as provided in section 10 of
    DVAT Act.

5. The reduction in ITC by buyer is independent of reduction in output tax liability by
   seller. The seller may reduce the liability by revising return or making adjustment for the
   reduction in the output tax liability of current tax period's return in terms of section 8.
   While assessing or scrutinizing the return of buyer in a particular ward, it is difficult to
   find out whether the pairing selling dealers have also reduced their output tax liability.
   The sellers may be registered in different wards. There is no system of issue of certificate
   to buyer by seller stating that the output tax corresponding to credit note has been
   adjusted or not and neither it is desirable in VAT regime.

6. Cash discount stated at 2 (vi) issued by selling dealer is not eligible for adjustment to
   Output Tax in terms of provisions of Section 8 of the DVAT Act. Therefore, the Credit
   Notes issued on this account need not be mentioned in Annexure 2C of the return.
   Similarly, the purchasing dealer need not to mention such Credit Notes in Annexure 2D
   of the return in Form DVAT-16.








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   7. Input Tax Credit has to be adjusted by the Purchasing Dealer in respect of Credit /Debit
      Notes related to items listed at 2(i) to 2(v). Credit note related to cash discount need not
      be subjected to ITC reversal. Consequently, the selling dealer will not be eligible to
      make adjustment of output tax on account of issue of Credit Note with respect to 2
      (vi) i.e. cash discount.

       This issues with the prior approval of Commissioner, Value Added Tax.


                                                                         (SANJEEV AHUJA)
                                                              SPL. COMMISSIONER (POLICY)


No.F.3 (394)/ /Policy/VAT/2013/1097-1103                                   Dated: 19/12/2013

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:

   1. All Spl./Addl./Joint Commissioners, Department of Trade and Taxes, GNCT of Delhi,
      Vyapar Bhawan I.P Estate, New Delhi-02.
   2. Registrar, Value Added Tax Appellate Tribunal, Department of Trade and Taxes, Vyapar
      Bhavan, New Delhi.
   3. System Analyst (EDP), Department of Trade and Taxes, GNCT of Delhi, Vyapar
      Bhawan I.P Estate, New Delhi-02 for uploading the circular on the website of the
      department.
   4. The President/General Secretary, Sales Tax Bar Association (Regd), Vyapar Bhawan I.P
      Estate, New Delhi .
   5. All VATOs/AVATOs Department of Trade and Taxes, GNCT of Delhi, Vyapar Bhawan
      I.P Estate, New Delhi-02
   6. PS to the Commissioner, VAT Department of Trade and Taxes, GNCT of Delhi, Vyapar
      Bhawan I.P Estate, New Delhi-02.
   7. Guard File.


                                                                   (VIJAY CHANDNA)
                                                    ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (POLICY)




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Reversal of Input Tax Credit under
Section 10 of the DVAT Act, 2004




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