MCQs Input Tax Credit
MCQs Input Tax Credit
Q.1                                                                 Answer :- (b) not avail ITC on the said tax component
                               In which of the following situations, taxpayer needs
Chap. 8 Input Tax Credit 8.1
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                               Q.2
                                                                                                   If there is a mis match of supplier’s outward supply
                               If the goods are received in lots/installment, _____
                                                                                                   and recipient’s claim for ITC on the same transaction
                               (a) 50% ITC can be taken on receipt of 1st installment              (tax paid is claimed to be more by the recipient than
                                    and balance 50% on receipt of last installment.                the tax shown as payable in the invoice of the
                               (b) ITC can be availed upon receipt of last installment.            supplier)-
                               (c) 100% ITC can be taken on receipt of 1st installment             (a) The disputed amount shall be added as output tax
                               (d) Proportionate ITC can be availed on receipt of each                  liability in the return of the recipient
                                    lot/installment.                                               (b) The disputed amount shall be reduced from the ITC of
                               Answer :- (d) ITC can be availed upon receipt of last                    the recipient
                               installment.                                                        (c) The disputed amount shall be increased in the
                                                                                                        outward supply of the supplier
                               Q.4                                                                 (d) A demand notice will be issued on the recipient for the
                                                                                                        disputed amount
                               For banking companies using inputs and input
                               services partly for taxable supplies and partly for                 Answer :- (a) The disputed amount shall be added as
                               exempt supplies, which of the statement is true?                    output tax liability in the return of the recipient
                               (a) ITC shall be compulsorily restricted to credit
                                   attributable to taxable supplies including zero rated           Q.8
                                   supplies                                                        Which of the following statement is true for a
                               (b) 50% of eligible ITC on inputs, capital goods, and input         composition tax payer?
                                   service shall be mandatorily taken in a month and the           (a) A composition tax payer can avail only 50% of ITC on
                                   rest shall lapse.                                                   capital goods
                               (c) Banking company can choose to exercise either                   (b) A composition tax payer can avail 100% ITC on
                                   option (a) or option (b)                                            inputs.
                               (d) None of the above                                               (c) ITC is not available on inward supplies made by a
                               Answer :- (c) Banking company can choose to exercise                    composition tax payer.
                               either option (a) or option (b)                                     (d) Composition tax will be available as ITC to the
                                                                                                       recipient only if the tax is mentioned separately in the
                               Q.5                                                                     invoice raised by the composition tax payer.
                               A supplier takes deduction of depreciation on the                   Answer :- (c) ITC is not available on inward supplies
                               GST component of the cost of capital goods as per                   made by a composition tax payer.
                               income tax Act, 1961. The supplier can-
                               (a) avail only 50% of the said tax component as ITC                 Q 9. Is it mandatory to capitalize the capital goods in
                               (b) not avail ITC on the said tax component                         books of Accounts?
                               (c) avail 100% ITC of the said tax component                        (a) Yes
                               (d) avail only 25% of the said tax component as ITC                 (b) No
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    (c) Optional                                                   (d) None of the above
    (d) None of the above                                          Answer:- (c) Input tax credit is eligible if depreciation on
    Answer :- (a) Yes                                              tax component is not availed
    Q10. Under section 16(2) of CGST Act how many                  Q 16. Proportionate credit for capital goods is allowed
    conditions are to be fulfilled for the entitlement of           (a) for business and non-business purpose
    credit?                                                        (b) for business or non- business purpose
    (a) All the conditions                                         (c) both of the above
    (b) Any two conditions                                         (d) none of the above
    (c) Conditions not specified                                    Answer:- (a) for business and non-business purpose
    (d) None of the above
                                                                   Q 17. Is Input tax fully restricted in case of switchover
    Answer:- (a) All the conditions                                from taxable to exempt supplies?
                                                                   (a) Yes
    Q 11. Input tax credit on capital goods and Inputs can         (b) No
    be availed in one installment or in multiple                   (c) Proportionately restricted
    installments?                                                  (d) Not restricted
    (a) In thirty six installments                                 Answer :- (a) Yes
    (b) In twelve installments
    (c) In one installment                                         Q. 18. A supplier takes deduction of depreciation on
    (d) In six installments                                        the GST component of the cost of capital goods as
    Answer :- (c) In one installment                               per Income- tax Act, 1961. The supplier can-
                                                                        (a) avail only 50% of the said tax component as ITC
    Q12.The time limit to pay the value of supply with                  (b) not avail ITC on the said tax component
    taxes to avail the input tax credit?                                (c) avail 100% ITC of the said tax component
    (a) Three months                                                    (d) avail only 25% of the said tax component as ITC
    (b) Six Months                                                 Answer:- (b) not avail ITC on the said tax component
    (c) One hundred and eighty days
    (d) Till the date of filing of Annual Return                    Q. 19. Input tax credit shall not be available in respect
    Answer:- (c) One hundred and eighty days                       of:
                                                                   (a) Goods used for personal consumption
    Q 14. Can the recipient avail the Input tax credit for the     (b) Membership of a club
    part payment of the amount to the supplier within one          (c) Travel benefits extended to employees on vacation
    hundred and eighty days?                                       such as leave or home travel concession
    (a) Yes on full tax amount and partly value amount             (d) All of the Above
    (b) No he can't until full amount is paid to supplier          Answer:- (d) All of the Above
    (c) Yes but proportionately to the extent of value and tax
         paid
    (d) Not applicable is eligible to claim refund in respect of
         exports of goods
    Answer :- (c) Yes but proportionately to the extent of
    value and tax paid
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       Section16:-
                                                                8. Can the taxable person under Composition
      1. Whether definition of Inputs includes capital                 Scheme claim input tax credit
            goods.                                                  a. Yes
             a. Yes                                                 b. No
             b. No                                                  c. Only in some cases
             c. Certain capital goods only                          d. Can’t say
             d. None of the above                               Ans:-
      Ans:-
      2. Is it mandatory to capitalize the capital goods in     9. Mr. A, non-resident taxable person bought goods
            books of Accounts?                                        from USA for the trade fair to be organized in
                                                                      Pune. At the customs, he paid IGST. Will he get
           a. Yes
                                                                      the credit of the IGST paid?
           b. No
                                                                    a. Yes
           c. Optional
                                                                    b. No
           d. None of the above
                                                                    c. Maybe
      Ans:-
                                                                    d. Yes, with permission of Customs
                                                                Ans:-
      3. Whether credit on inputs should be availed based
            on receipt of documents or receipt of goods
         a. Receipt of goods
         b. Receipt of Documents                                10. Whether credit on capital goods can be taken
         c. Both a and b                                              immediately on receipt of the goods?
         d. Either receipt of documents or Receipt of goods         a. Yes
      Ans:-                                                         b. No
                                                                    c. After usage of such capital asset
                                                                    d. The time when asset is capitalized in books
      4. Whether the recipient can claim ITC on the basis of
            revised invoices.                                   Ans:-
          a) Yes
          b) No                                                 11. ITC avoids the ______________
      Ans:-                                                          a. Cascading effect
                                                                     b. Compliance burden
      5. Whether Input tax credit on Inputs and Capital              c. Working capital usage
            Goods is allowed in one installment?                     d. Difficulty in operating business
           a. Yes                                               Ans:-
           b. No
           c. Maybe
           d. None of the above                                 12. Which of the following are covered in the
      Ans:-                                                            definition of input tax?
                                                                i. Tax paid under RCM
      6. Input tax credit is available only when the purchase   ii. IGST on imports
            made is used in ____________                        iii. Taxes on composition levy
           a. The course or furtherance of business             iv. CGST
           b. Other than business expenses                      Mark the correct option:
           c. Both (a) and (b)                                        a. (i) & (ii)
           d. None of the above                                       b. (i), (ii) & (iv)
      Ans:-                                                           c. (i), (ii) & (iii)
                                                                      d. All of the above
      7. What are the prior conditions to claim input tax       Ans:-
            credit?
           a) Tax invoice or debit note should be available
           b) The person should have received the
             goods/services
           c) Tax charged on the purchases has been
             deposited/paid to the government by the supplier
           d) All of the above
      Ans:-
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13. If the person makes export supplies or supplies to              (d) Proportionate ITC can be availed on receipt of each
      SEZ, will he be eligible to avail the ITC?                        lot/installment.
      a. Yes, if he supplies under Bond / LUT                      Ans:-
      b. Yes, if he doesn’t supply under Bond / LUT
      c. Yes, he can avail ITC in any situation
      d. None of the above                                       19. Mr. A placed an order with Mr. B in April 2018. He
Ans:-                                                                  has received the invoice and both of them has
                                                                       duly filed the return along with the necessary tax
                                                                       payment. But the goods were received in May
14.ITC is eligible only when it is--------- ----------                 2018. When can Mr. A claim the credit?
     a) Credited to the electronic cash ledger                         a. April 2018
     b) Credited to the electronic credit ledger                       b. May 2018
     c) Booked in the books of account                                 c. September 2018
     d) All of the above                                               d. Either (a) or (b)
     Ans:-                                                       Ans:-
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33. ITC of motor vehicles used for                                 38. GST Authorities raised Mr. A’s place of business
    _________________ is allowed.                                        and found that tax has been evaded. The
      (a) Transportation of goods                                        proceedings under section 73 were started and
      (b) Transportation of passengers                                   Mr. A was made liable to pay a tax of Rs. 2 crore
      (c) Imparting training on driving                                  along with the interest and penalty. For which of
      (d) All of the above                                               the following amounts Mr. A can claim ITC?
   Ans:- [Note: Assume that it satisfies sec                              a. Rs. 2 crore
   17(5)(a)&(aa) ]                                                       b. Rs. 2 crore and interest paid separately
                                                                         c. Rs. 2 crore, interest and penalty paid separately
                                                                         d. No ITC shall be allowed
34. ITC on motor vehicles on its leasing, renting or               Ans:-
      hire is not allowed except ________________
                                                                   39. Mr. A purchased goods from Mr. B a composition
      a. When used for making outward supply of                          dealer worth Rs.2,00,000. Since Mr. B was trader
         category of goods or services as specified in                    so he was supposed to pay only 1% of his
         clause (a) or (aa) of sec 17(5).                                turnover as his tax. The item so purchased was
      b. When used for making outward supply of different                otherwise taxable at 12%. What is the amount of
         category of goods or services                                   credit which Mr. A is eligible to take?
      c. When making outward sale of such motor vehicles                 a. Rs. 2,000
      d. None of the above                                               b. Rs. 24,000
Ans:-                                                                    c. Rs. 1,000
                                                                         d. Not eligible to claim credit
35. ITC is blocked in case of construction, repairs, -----         Ans:-
      ---, ----------, ------------ except plant & machinery ---
      --                                                           40. ABC Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in making Chocolates.
     a) Renovation, alteration, re-construction of                       The company on Diwali, distributed the same
            immovable property, on own account                           chocolates to its employees. Can the company
     b) Renovation, maintenance, re-construction of                      claim ITC in respect to the inputs used in making
            immovable property, on others account                        such gifts?
     c) Renovation, alteration, re-construction of                        a. Yes
            immovable property, on his principals account                 b. No
     d) Re-construction, alteration, re-construction of                   c. Maybe
            immovable property, on his own account                        d. Company’s discretion
Ans: -                                                             Ans:-
36. Mr. A, a practicing Chartered Accountant                       41. ITC shall be allowed in which of the following
      purchased 3 laptops each having tax elements of                       options
      Rs.40,000 in his firm name. two laptops he                    I. Excavators
      utilized in his office whereas one laptop he gifted           ii. Road rollers
      to his sister. What is the amount of ineligible              iii. Tippers
      ITC?                                                         iv. Dumpers
    a. Rs.40,000                                                   Tick the correct option.
    b. Rs.50,000                                                         a. (i) & (ii)
    c. Rs.75,000                                                         b. (iii) & (iv)
    d. Rs. 80,000                                                        c. (i), (ii) & (iii)
Ans:-                                                                    d. (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv)
                                                                   Ans:-
37. In which of the following cases, input tax credit is
      not allowed?                                                 42. ITC in respect to pipelines laid outside the factory
    (a) Packing material used in a factory                               & towers fixed to earth by foundation or
    (b) Goods used for providing services during warranty                structural support including foundation &
                                                                         structural support are --------------- for the ITC.
        period
                                                                        a) Eligible
    (c) Inputs used for quality control check
                                                                        b) Not eligible
    (d) Confectionery items for consumption of
                                                                        c) Eligible, with permission of Jurisdictional officer
        employees working in the factory
                                                                        d) None of the above
Ans:-
                                                                   Ans:-
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51. Kamlesh hires a works contractor for repairing his
                                                             55 Calculate the amount of eligible ITC?
     factory building on a lumpsum payment of `
     11,80,000. He debits half of the expenditure in                    Particulars                        Amount(`)
     the profit and loss account and the remaining
                                                              Purchase of mobile phones for employees          20,000
     half in the building account. Assuming the rate           to be used for business purposes
     of GST to be 18%, Kamlesh can take input tax             Taxes paid on telephone expenses
     credit of:                                                                                                5,000
      (a) ` 90,000                                            Taxes paid on security services availed          18,000
      (b) ` 1,06,200                                           by registered person for his factory
      (c) ` 2,12,400                                          Motor vehicle purchased for                    1,50,000
      (d) Nil                                                 employees to be used for personal
      Ans:-[Hint: Credit to the extent of capitalized         as well as business purposes
            amount is disallowed as per sec 17(5)(d)]         Motor vehicle purchased for transportation
                                                               of goods within the factory of                2,00,000
                                                              registered person
52. Input tax Credit is available on all supplies which
     are used or intended to be used in the course or         Taxes paid on food expenses incurred            2,000
     furtherance of business. Input tax credit will be        by registered person for his employees
     available under which of the following                   Rent-a-cab facility given to employees
                                                              as it is obligatory for the employer to         36,000
     situations?
     (a) GST paid on motor vehicle used in the course and     provide it under an applicable law
                                                              The service has been notified by the
         furtherance of business.                             Government.
     (b) GST paid on club membership fees.
     (c) GST paid on goods or services or both used for       Taxes paid on purchase of cement and
         personnel consumption.                               other material for renovation of the            16,000
     (d) IGST @18% paid on inputs purchased from a            office room (not capitalised)
         vendor in Bangalore where the supplier is
         registered in Rajasthan.                            (a) Rs. 2,95,000
   Ans:- .                                                   (b) Rs. 4,47,000
                                                             (c) Rs. 2,43,000
                                                             (d) Rs. 2,59,000
53. For banking companies using inputs and input             Ans:-
     services partly for taxable supplies and partly for
     exempt supplies, which of the statement is true?         Section18:-
    (a) ITC shall be compulsorily restricted to credit
       attributable to taxable supplies including zero       56. True or false – “In case of switching from taxable
       rated supplies                                              to exempt transactions or from Regular to
    (b) 50% of eligible ITC on inputs, capital goods, and          composition scheme, ITC is fully restricted.”
       input service shall be mandatorily taken in a month          a. Correct
       and the rest shall lapse.                                    b. Incorrect
    (c) Banking company can choose to exercise either               c. Partially correct
       option (a) or option (b)                                     d. None of the above
    (d) None of the above                                    Ans:-
  Ans:-
                                                             57. An assessee obtains new registration. It can avail
                                                                   credit on inputs lying in stock. What is the time
54. Bank on 1st April 2018 has a credit of ` 1,50,000. It          limit for the taking said credit?
     during the month of April supplied certain                    a. 1 year from the date of invoice
     exempted services & some taxable services.                    b. 3 years from the date of registration
     What is the eligible amount of credit?                        c. 1 years from the date of registration
       a) ` 150,000                                                d. None of the above
       b) ` 75,000                                           Ans:-
       c) ` 100,000
       d) None of the above
Ans:- [Hint: Refer sec 17(4) of CGST Act]
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  (a) The son should get himself registered under the    Answer:-
       name and style M/s. Spiceton Restaurant, under
       his own PAN and file Form ITC-02.
                                                          1     b     31   d     61     b
  (b) The son can get the authorized signatory
       changed by approaching to the Proper Officer        2     a     32   d     62     c
       and can continue the same business.
  (c) The son should close the old firm and start new      3     c     33   d     63     a
       business under different name.
  (d) The son should do the business as his mother as     4     a     34   a     64     c
       the new proprietor of the M/s. Spiceton
                                                          5     a     35   a     65     c
       Restaurant, and son should act as a Manager.
Ans:-                                                     6     a     36   a     66     a
7 d 37 d
8 b 38 d
9 a 39 d
10 a 40 b
11 a 41 b
12 b 42 b
13 c 43 a
14 b 44 c
15 b 45 a
16 a 46 c
17 b 47 d
18 b 48 a
19 b 49 a
20 a 50 c
21 c 51 a
22 b 52 d
23 b 53 c
24 d 54 b
25 a 55 a
26 d 56 a
27 c 57 a
28 c 58 a
29 a 59 c
30 d 60 a