new delhi traders and retailers can file declarations within 90 days claiming tax credit for transition stock after the gst rolls out from july 1 the draft transition rules for the goods and services tax gst regime had pegged the time at 60 daysthe transition rules approved by the gst council provides that every registered person entitled to take credit of input tax shall within 90 days of the appointed day submit a declaration electronically specifying separately the amount of input tax credit to which he is entitledit also gives commissioners the power to extend this period by further 90 days on recommendation of the gst councilthe gst council chaired by union finance minister arun jaitley and comprising state counterparts also decided to amend the transition rules allowing traders and retailers to make claim of 60 per cent against the cgst or sgst dues where the tax rate exceeds 18 per centin cases where the gst rate is below 18 per cent only 40 per cent deemed credit will be available against cgst and sgst duesfurther the government will refund 100 per cent excise duty for goods costing above rs 25000 and bearing a brand name of the manufacturer and are serially numbered like tv fridge or car chasisto avail this a manufacturer can issue a credit transfer document ctd as evidence for excise payment on goods cleared before the introduction of gst to the dealerthe dealer availing credit using ctd would also have to maintain copies of all invoices relating to buying and selling from the manufacturer to the dealer through intermediate dealersctd shall be issued within 30 days of july 1 2017 and details of the same shall be mentioned in specified forms by manufacturer and such dealerdistributor availing the creditthis provision comes as a sigh of relief for entire dealersdistributors network of motor vehicle and other conveyances as such dealersdistributors would get the entire credit of excise paid by original manufacturer nangia co directors indirect tax rajat mohan saidthe draft transition law had said that once gst is implemented a company could claim credit of up to 40 per cent of their cgst or sgst dues for excise duty paid on stock held by businesses prior to the rolloutdealers had demanded a hike in the quantum of input tax credit for transition stock and hence the gst council in its june 3 meeting amended the transition rulesbesides in cases where integrated gst igst is paid on sale of such goods deemed credit would be available at the rate of 30 per cent of igst paid if the igst rate is 18 per cent or above and 20 per cent of igst paid in other casesthe draft rules issued earlier did not mention thisfor claiming deemed credit the goods should be leviable to excise duty or additional customs duty and the goods should not be unconditionally exempt from the whole of duty of excisefor claiming credit of service tax or vat paid in the current regime