Input tax credit under GST regime restricted to 20% of claims: CBIC

Businesses will have to pursue their vendors on a monthly basis to upload their invoices to enable them to take the entire input tax credit (ITC) after the indirect tax board came out with a notification to restrict these credits to 20 per cent of the claims. 

Concerned at dwindling revenues, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) put this condition on the claims where vendors have not uploaded their invoices within a month. 

Experts said it would block cash flow of businesses and increase their compliance burden. 

Though theoretically, businesses have to reconcile their ITC within 60 days, this clause