GST Council gives firms more flexibility on use of input tax credit

In yet another simplification, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has added flexibility into the way a company can utilise the available input tax credit. Any company would now be eligible to use credit available against paid integrated GST (IGST) to set off tax liabilities of state GST (SGST) and central GST (CGST) in any proportion and in any order, the GST Council said in a circular sent to field formations on Tuesday.
 
Previously, the order of using the IGST credit was kept flexible — it was the company’s choice to set off CGST or SGST first —