The City Sky Co is a property investment and
development company. Recently the
company purchased a vacant piece of land south of
Brisbane on which it is planning to
build 15 apartments to sell. The City Sky Co has
engaged the services of the local lawyer,
Maurice Blackburn, to provide the legal services
required for the development for $33,000.
Maurice Blackburn runs an established sole trader
business and turns over revenue of
$300,000 per year.
Advise The City Sky Co of the input tax credit
entitlements that they may be entitled to.
Assume that The City Sky Co is registered for GST
purposes.
Since City Sky Co is a registered company, it will be eligible for availing input tax credit wherever applicable.
Company has purchased a vacant piece of land south of Brisbane and it is planning to build 15 apartments to sell.
Land is an immovable property, it is neither a good nor a service, hence it does not fall under the ambit of GST. Hence, no GST is applicable on purchase of vacant land. Further if it is planning to make apartments on vacant land, it will under the provisions of black credit ( any goods or services received by a taxable person for the construction of an immovable property whether on his own account or in the course or furtherance of business are nor eligible for input tax credit). Hence no input tax credit entitlements for this are applicable.
The city sky co. has taken development services worth $33,000
from advocate.
The receiver uses such services for its business purposes then it
can claim input tax credit for the same otherwise not. Since the
company is a development company, the services of the advocate are
used for its business purposes only, hence it is eligible for the
in put tax credit of GST paid on services availed from the
advocate, Maurice Blackburn.
City sky co Can avail the input tax credit for the taxes paid on services availed from the advocate for development services .
The City Sky Co is a property investment and development company. Recently the company purchased a...