TDS under GST is required to be deducted at the rate of 2% on payments made to the supplier of taxable goods and/or services by certain notified persons under GST. In this article, we discuss all about TDS under GST, including the TDS rate under GST, the deduction limit, applicability, forms to be filed, interest and penalties applicable, and more.
Latest Updates
23rd July 2024
In Union Budget 2024, the Finance Minister announced that TDS deductors are required to file a return every month u/s 39 of the CGST Act, irrespective of any deductions made during the month, and also to provide for an enabling clause prescribing the time limit for filing such returns.
It was clarified that a person registered solely to deduct TDS under section 51 of the CGST Act should be treated as a person not registered for the purpose of clause (f) of section 31(3) of the said Act. So, the deductor is not required to issue a self-invoice.
*The same is yet to be notified by the CBIC.
10th July 2024
The CBIC released CGST Notification No. 12/2024 dated 10th July 2024 amending the format of the GSTR-7 return, to allow invoice-level reporting. Taxpayers are required to report the invoice/document details, the amount paid to the deductee liable for TDS, the TDS amount, the value of the transaction, and IGST/CGST/SGST details.
Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is one of the ways to collect tax based on certain percentages on the amount payable by the receiver on goods/services. The collected tax is a revenue for the government.
The provision pertaining to TDS under GST is given under Section 51 of the CGST Act to be read with CGST Rule 66.
As per the latest Notification dated 13th September 2018, the following entities also need to deduct TDS-
TDS is to be deducted at the rate of 2% on payments made to the supplier of taxable goods and/or services, where the total value of such supply, under an individual contract, exceeds Rs.2,50,000. No deduction of Tax is required when the location of supplier and place of supply is different from the State of the registration of the recipient.
Here are the scenarios explaining TDS applicability:
Scenario | Location of supplier | place of supply | Type of GST | Place of recipient | TDS applicability | TDS % |
1 | Bangalore | Bangalore | CGST & SGST | Bangalore | Yes | 2% (1% + 1%) |
2 | Bangalore | Chennai | IGST | Bangalore | Yes | 2% |
3 | Bangalore | Chennai | IGST | Delhi | Yes | 2% |
4 | Bangalore | Bangalore | CGST & SGST | Delhi | No | – |
A person who is liable to deduct TDS has to compulsorily register and there is no threshold limit for this. The registration under GST can be obtained without a PAN and by using the existing Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN) issued under the Income Tax Act. Thus it can be said having TAN is mandatory.
TDS shall be paid within 10 days from the end of the month in which tax is deducted and filed in Form GSTR-7. The payment shall be made to the appropriate government which means:
Similar to the Income Tax Law, the person deducting tax under GST has to issue the TDS certificate in form GSTR-7A to the concerned person within 5 days of depositing the tax to the government. The GST portal will automatically make GSTR-7A available to the deductee on the basis of the GSTR-7 filed.
For the purpose of deduction of TDS, the value of supply is to be taken as the amount excluding the tax indicated on the invoice. This means TDS shall not be deducted on the CGST, SGST or IGST component of invoice.
For example, supplier A makes a supply worth Rs.5,000 to B. The rate of GST is 18%. When B pays A, he/she will pay Rs.5,000 (worth of Supply) + Rs.900 (GST) to A and Rs. 100 (RS. 5000*2%) as TDS to the government. So it can be said that TDS is not deducted on the tax element (GST) of a transaction.
The person deducting tax is required to file a TDS return in form GSTR-7 within 10 days from the end of the month in which the tax has been deducted.
As stated above, there will be an automatic reflection in the electronic ledger of the deductee (supplier) once the deductor files his/her returns. The deductee can claim credit in their electronic cash ledger of this tax deducted and use it for payments of other taxes.
The below table shows the penalties for not complying with GST TDS provisions:
Scenario No | Scenario | Penalties |
1 | TDS not deducted | Interest is to be paid @ 18% along with the TDS. Otherwise, the amount shall be determined and recovered as per the provisions of the law. |
2 | TDS certificate has not been issued or delayed beyond 5 days | A late fee of Rs.100 per day will be charged (subject to a maximum of Rs.5000) under each Act. |
3 | TDS is deducted but not paid to the government or paid after the 10th of the following month | Interest is to be paid @ 18% along with the TDS, calculated beginning from the next day of the return filing deadline until the actual date of payment. Otherwise, the amount shall be determined and recovered as per the provisions of the law. |
4 | Late filing of TDS return | A late fee of Rs.100 per each day of delay will be charged (subject to a maximum of Rs.5000) under each Act. |
If any excess amount is deducted and paid to the government, a refund can be claimed as this is not the tax amount that the government has a right on. However, if the deducted amount is already added to the electronic cash ledger of the supplier, the amount so added cannot be got back as a refund by the deductor. Deductee can claim a refund of tax subject to refund provisions of the act.
For more understanding, read a host of our articles by ClearTax:
TDS under GST is imposed at 2% on payments above Rs.2,50,000, with latest updates on monthly returns and amended GSTR-7 format. Liability includes various government entities where TDS applies, filing requirements, payment procedure, TDS certificate issuance, refund rules, and penalty provisions.