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Trading chain: Wholesaler sells to Distributor at taxable value ₹ 5000 (invoice I), Distributor to Retailer at ₹ 6000 (II), Retailer to Consumer at ₹ 6500 (III). GST 12%. Prepare tax invoices I, II, III and answer the questions.

For the given trading chain prepare the tax invoice I, II, III. GST at the rate of 12% was charged for the article supplied.

Wholesaler → (Tax invoice I, taxable value ₹ 5000) → Distributor → (Tax invoice II, taxable value ₹ 6000) → Retailer → (Tax invoice III, taxable value ₹ 6500) → Consumer (?)

(1) Prepare the statement of GST payable under each head by the wholesaler, distributor and retailer at the time of filing the return to the government.
(2) At the end what amount is paid by the consumer ?
(3) Write which of the invoices issued are B2B and B2C ?

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Answer: (1) Payable GST: wholesaler ₹ 600, distributor ₹ 120, retailer ₹ 60 (each split equally into CGST and SGST) (2) ₹ 7280 (3) I and II are B2B, III is B2C

Tax invoices (CGST 6% + SGST 6%):

InvoiceTaxable valueCGSTSGSTTotal
I (wholesaler)₹ 5000₹ 300₹ 300₹ 5600
II (distributor)₹ 6000₹ 360₹ 360₹ 6720
III (retailer)₹ 6500₹ 390₹ 390₹ 7280

(1) Statement of GST payable (output tax − ITC):

PersonPayable CGSTPayable SGSTPayable GST
Wholesaler₹ 300₹ 300₹ 600
Distributor360 − 300 = ₹ 60₹ 60₹ 120
Retailer390 − 360 = ₹ 30₹ 30₹ 60
Total₹ 390₹ 390₹ 780

(2) The consumer pays \( 6500 + 780 = ₹\,7280 \).

(3) Invoices I and II are between registered traders (B2B); invoice III is to the consumer (B2C).

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