THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017
TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY
Section 14: Change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services.
Notwithstanding anything
contained in section 12 or
section 13, the time of supply, where there is a
change in the rate of tax in respect of goods or services or both, shall be
determined in the following manner, namely:––
(a) in case the goods or services or both have been supplied before the change
in rate of tax,––
(i) where the invoice for the same has been issued and the payment is also
received after the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date
of receipt of payment or the date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or
(ii) where the invoice has been issued prior to the change in rate of tax but
payment is received after the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall
be the date of issue of invoice; or
(iii) where the payment has been received before the change in rate of tax, but
the invoice for the same is issued after the change in rate of tax, the time of
supply shall be the date of receipt of payment;
(b) in case the goods or services or both have been supplied after the change
in rate of tax,––
(i) where the payment is received after the change in rate of tax but the
invoice has been issued prior to the change in rate of tax, the time of supply
shall be the date of receipt of payment; or
(ii) where the invoice has been issued and payment is received before the
change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of receipt of
payment or date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or
(iii) where the invoice has been issued after the change in rate of tax but the
payment is received before the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall
be the date of issue of invoice:
Provided that the date of receipt of payment shall be the date of credit in the
bank account if such credit in the bank account is after four working days from
the date of change in the rate of tax.
Explanation.––For the purposes of this section, “the date of receipt of
payment” shall be the date on which the payment is entered in the books of
account of the supplier or the date on which the payment is credited to his
bank account, whichever is earlier.