by anilyadav1911 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:00 pm
Dears
Vat is chargeable 4% round on construction material only. Vat is not applicable on labour cost.
Builders as well as flat buyers are confused over the payment of VAT charges on selling and buying property. The recent directive has been issued over the amount of Value Added Tax (VAT) that needs to be paid to the State Government against property sold or bought between June 20, 2006 and March 2010. Jagran Cityplus reports
According to the law, Value Added Tax (VAT) is applicable on mobile things. Things which are immovable are not counted under VAT. October 31, 2012 is the last date to pay for this year. Every builder is pressurising his customer to pay VAT.
When a consumer gets such threats from his builder, he has the right to know for what reason is he paying this VAT. If an apartment is an immovable property, then why are they paying VAT on it?
How to tackle the issue
Prakash Patankar, expert on VAT Rules recently addressed residents of several societies .He said, “Government is demanding VAT from builders, not from flat owners. However builders can charge VAT to flat owners / buyers with certain conditions which builders must have registered with VAT authorities. The registration date must be 15/10/2012 or before. And most importantly builders must pay the due amount of VAT to Govt. before 31/10/2012.
He further said, “If any builder does not fulfill anyone of above 2 conditions, then he cannot demand VAT amount from flat buyer with retrospective effect; i.e. from 20/6/2012. In such cases builder can demand VAT from the date of registration and onwards. Another point is that builder must give detailed break up of VAT calculations and a tax receipt as laid down in VAT rule books. This is mandatory requirement because VAT is applicable only on purchase of under construction flats. VAT is not applicable for ready possession flats.
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