09 October 2019
here in my company we are entring direct expindutre on goods receipt date rather as on invoice date sir is this correct way of accounting & if july invoiced goods received in august then it is entered in august and claiming gst credit in that month is this correct way of doing Read more at: https://www.caclubindia.com/experts/experts_display_list_by_category.asp?cat_id=1
09 October 2019
The accounting date for purchase should be the date of receipt of goods and acceptance. Even the bill was raised in Sep 19 say 30.09.19 and material was received on 03.10.19, the purchase date should be 03.10.19. But at the same time , actual GST Input credit should also be availed and the deadline fixed to be adhered. There will be mismatched GST credit when the invoice month and accounted month differs and it to be shown in monthly recocniliation statement as invoice rasied by the supplier in current month and company accounted in the next month. The GST credit to be taken on receipt of goods and accounting of the same.