CGST Rules – Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017

Rule 88A – Order of utilization of input tax credit

This rule was made and amended vide the following notifications • Central Tax Notification No. 16/2019 (dated 29th March 2019)

Input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, in any order:

Provided that the input tax credit on account of central tax, State tax or Union territory tax shall be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, central tax, State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, only after the input tax credit available on account of integrated tax has first been utilised fully.