The Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 (CGST Act)

1 Section 21 – Manner of recovery of credit distributed in excess.

CGST ACT 2017

2 Where the Input Service Distributor distributes the credit in contravention of the provisions contained in section 20 resulting in excess distribution of credit to one or more recipients of credit, the excess credit so distributed shall be recovered from such recipients along with interest, and the provisions of section 73 or section 74, as the case may be, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply for determination of amount to be recovered.


  1. Enforced with effect from -01-Jul-2017. 
  2. Refer CGST Circular 71/2018 dated 26-Oct-2018.