GST payable on Net Quantity of Petroleum Gases retained for Manufacture of Petrochemical and Chemical Products, says CBIC [Read Circular]

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has clarified that, GST will be payable by the refinery only on the net quantity of petroleum gases retained by the recipient manufacturer for the manufacture of petrochemical and chemical products.

In the Circular issued by the department, It reiterated that clarifications on similar issues for specific products have already been issued vide circular Nos. 12/12/2017-GST dated 26th October, 2017 and 29/3/2018-GST dated 25th January, 2018. These circulars apply mutatis mutandis to other cases involving same manner of supply as mentioned in these circulars.

While clarifying the issue, whether in this transaction GST would be leviable on the whole quantity of the principal raw materials supplied by the oil refinery or on the net quantity retained by the manufacturers of petrochemical and chemical products, the CBIC said that, The GST Council in its 28th meeting held on 21.7.2018 discussed this issue and recommended for issuance of a general clarification for petroleum sector that in such transactions, GST will be payable by the refinery on the value of net quantity of petroleum gases retained for the manufacture of petrochemical and chemical products.

The CBIC also said that, “the refinery would be liable to pay GST on such returned quantity of petroleum gases, when the same is supplied by it to any other person. It is reiterated that this clarification would be applicable mutatis mutandis on other cases involving supply of goods, where feed stock is retained by the recipient and remaining residual material is returned back to the supplier. The net billing is done on the amount retained by the recipient”.

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