Procedure for distribution of input tax credit by Input Service Distributor :
An Input Service Distributor shall distribute input tax credit in the manner and subject to the conditions specified below [rule 4(1) of Input Tax Credit Rules]
(a) the input tax credit available for distribution in a month shall be distributed in the same month and the details thereof shall be furnished in form GSTR-6 in accordance with the provisions of Return Rules.
(b) the Input Service Distributor shall, in accordance with the provisions of clause
(d), separately distribute the amount in-eligible as input tax credit under the provisions of section 17(5) and the amount eligible as input tax credit.
(c) the input tax credit on account of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax shall be distributed separately in accordance with the provisions of clause (d).
(d) the input tax credit that is required to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of sections 20(2)(d) and 20(2)(e) to one of the recipients ‘R1’, whether registered or not, from amongst the total of all the recipients to whom input tax credit is attributable, including the recipient(s) who are engaged in making exempt supply, or are otherwise not registered for any reason, shall be the amount, “C1”, to be calculated by applying the following formula:—
C1 = (t1÷T) × C
where,
“C” is the amount of credit to be distributed,
“t1 ” is the turnover, as referred to in section 20, of person R1 during the relevant period, and
“T” is the aggregate of the turnover of all recipients during the relevant period.
(e) the input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall be distributed as input tax credit of integrated tax to every recipient.
(f) the input tax credit on account of central tax and State tax shall (i) in respect of a recipient located in the same State in which the Input Service Distributor is located, be distributed as input tax credit of
central tax and State tax respectively (ii) in respect of a recipient located in a State other than that of
the Input Service Distributor, be distributed as integrated tax and the amount to be so distributed shall be equal to the aggregate of the amount of input tax credit of central tax and State tax that qualifies for distribution to such recipient in accordance with clause (d).
(g) The Input Service Distributor shall issue an ISD invoice, as prescribed in Invoice Rules, clearly indicating in such invoice that it is issued only for distribution of input tax credit.
(h) The Input Service Distributor shall issue an ISD credit note, as prescribed in Invoice Rules, for reduction of credit in case the input tax credit already distributed gets reduced for any reason.
(i) Any additional amount of input tax credit on account of issuance of a debit note to an Input Service Distributor by the supplier shall be distributed in the manner and subject to the conditions specified inclauses (a) to (g) and the amount attributable to any recipient shall be calculated in the manner provided in clause (d) above and such credit shall be distributed in the month in which the debit note has been included in the return in form GSTR-6.
(j) Any input tax credit required to be reduced on account of issuance of a credit note to the Input Service Distributor by the supplier shall be apportioned to each recipient in the same ratio in which input tax credit contained in the original invoice was distributed in terms of clause (d) above, and the amount so apportioned shall be,-
(i) reduced from the amount to be distributed in the month in which the credit note is included in the return in form GSTR-6 and
(ii) added to the output tax liability of the recipient and where the amount so apportioned is in the negative by virtue of the amount of credit to be distributed is less than the amount to be adjusted.
Adjustment if less or more credit was distributed – If the amount of input tax credit distributed by an Input Service Distributor is reduced later on for any other reason for any of the recipients, including that it was distributed to a wrong recipient by the Input Service Distributor, the process prescribed in rule 4(1)(j) shall, mutatis mutandis apply for reduction of credit – rule 4(2) of Input Tax Credit Rules.
Distribution of credit on basis of credit note – Subject to rule 4(2), the Input Service Distributor shall, on the basis of the ISD credit note specified in rule 4(1)(h), issue an ISD Invoice to the recipient entitled to such credit and include the ISD credit note and the ISD Invoice in the return in form GSTR-6 for the month in which such credit note and invoice was issued – rule 4(3) of Input Tax Credit Rules.