- Ministry of Finance released Circular No. 216/10/2024-GST clarifying GST liability and ITC for warranty and extended warranty cases
- Circular extends previous clarifications on part replacements under warranty to entire goods replacements
- No GST payable on replenishment of goods or parts by manufacturer to distributor under warranty
- Treat extended warranty sold at the time of original supply as separate supply, not part of composite supply
- Treat extended warranty sold after original supply as separate supply of services
- Consistency in GST treatment for entire product replacements under warranty
- Distributors replacing goods under warranty will not face additional GST or ITC reversal challenges
- Extended warranty must be treated as distinct supply of services, attracting applicable GST
- Supplier of extended warranty must fulfill GST obligations for these services
Source: linkedin.com
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