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Journal With GST Part 1

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Educational

Main ideas / concepts taught

  • GST basics and motivation

    • GST stands for Goods and Service Tax.
    • It replaced multiple earlier taxes levied differently on:
      • Goods (products) (e.g., excise duty / sales tax)
      • Services (e.g., service tax)
      • Inter-state trade (e.g., CST)
    • The speaker explains “multiple taxes” as a major problem for businesses:
      • Different taxes by State vs Central governments
      • Complexity due to many levies and rules

  • When and why GST was introduced

    • GST introduction date mentioned: 1 July 2017
    • The talk references GST goals/slogans:
      • One Nation
      • One Market
      • One Tax
    • GST is described as reducing issues like:
      • rate differences across states
      • smuggling driven by arbitrage (example: fuel purchased in one place and sold elsewhere)

  • GST structure: taxes and councils

    • A GST Council is described as a body with:
      • Chairperson: the Finance Minister of India
      • Members: Finance Ministers from each State/UT
    • GST is implemented under a dual model, where both levels levy:
      • CGST (Central GST)
      • SGST (State GST)
    • For inter-state, IGST (Integrated GST) is used
    • Extra note for territories:
      • UTGST exists, but the speaker mostly avoids deep coverage of it

  • Meaning of input/output, accounts, and balances

    • Input (tax paid on purchases) is treated as:
      • Debit-side concept; also linked to ITC
    • Output (tax charged on sales) is treated as:
      • Credit-side concept
    • Input tax credit (ITC) mechanism:
      • Buyer pays GST on purchases, but can claim ITC to reduce tax payable on output GST
    • Matching / set-off logic:
      • Output GST may be set off against Input GST
      • If output > input → pay the difference to government
      • If input > output → payable is typically reduced / carried forward (the speaker emphasizes the “difference” idea—only the net amount is effectively paid)

  • Indirect vs direct tax

    • GST is framed as an indirect tax (tax burden shifts through transactions)
    • Direct tax is contrasted as paid directly by the taxpayer (e.g., income tax)

  • GST rates and slabs (as taught in the lecture)

    • The speaker repeatedly references 5% and 18% as main slabs
    • Mentions another slab that can be 40% for specific luxury/tobacco-type items (not deeply analyzed)
    • Notes that some items are not under GST even “today” (as claimed in the video):
      • Petroleum products/diesel/petrol-related
      • Alcohol for human consumption and alcohol used for medical preparations
    • Explains that these still involve VAT (state) and excise (central) taxes

  • Excluded/untaxed examples (brief)

    • GST is described as not levied on everything
    • Mentions examples of non-applicability (e.g., depreciation, charity, and some specific categories), though not all details are fully developed in the subtitles

Methodology / instruction-like content (journal entries practice)

A) Core bookkeeping rule taught repeatedly

  • If you purchase goods/services:

    • Record Input GST on the debit side as:
      • Input CGST A/c Dr
      • Input SGST A/c Dr

  • If you sell goods/services:

    • Record Output GST on the credit side as:
      • Output CGST A/c Cr
      • Output SGST A/c Cr

  • Set-off / net difference approach (emphasized):

    • Pay output (CGST/SGST) − input (CGST/SGST) if output exceeds input
    • If input exceeds output, the payable becomes lower (the lecture focuses on netting)

B) Example journal entry formats (from the lecture)

  1. Purchase of goods on credit (within state)

    • Given: purchases worth ₹3,00,000 on credit at 9% GST split (CGST 9% + SGST 9%)
    • Pattern:
      • Purchases A/c Dr (base amount)
      • Input CGST A/c Dr (9% of base)
      • Input SGST A/c Dr (9% of base)
      • To Creditors (supplier)

  2. Sale of goods on credit (within state)

    • Given: sold goods worth ₹4,00,000 on credit at 18% total split
    • Pattern:
      • Debtors A/c Dr (base + GST total)
      • To Sales A/c (base amount)
      • To Output CGST A/c (CGST component)
      • To Output SGST A/c (SGST component)

  3. Purchase of office equipment/computer printer paid by cheque

    • Pattern:
      • Office Equipment A/c Dr
      • Input CGST A/c Dr
      • Input SGST A/c Dr
      • To Bank (cheque amount)

  4. Legal consultation fees (cash)

    • Pattern:
      • Legal Professional / Legal Fees A/c Dr
      • Input CGST A/c Dr
      • Input SGST A/c Dr
      • To Cash A/c

  5. Rent paid by cheque

    • Pattern:
      • Rent A/c Dr
      • Input CGST A/c Dr
      • Input SGST A/c Dr
      • To Bank A/c

  6. Set-off / settlement entry (most important practical point)

    • Conceptual steps:
      • Start with netting input vs output
      • If input GST was paid earlier and output GST was collected earlier, settlement adjusts by reversing relevant sides
      • Then transfer the net payable to government
    • Practical result:
      • When output > input, the difference is paid to government

  7. Sales return / purchase return

    • Return of goods purchased
      • Earlier purchase Input GST was debited → on return, it is credited
    • Return of goods sold
      • Earlier sale Output GST was credited → on return, it must be debited
    • Both returns reverse the earlier GST effect plus reverse the underlying transaction amounts

  8. Expense cancellation examples

    • Lecture rule:
      • Normal expense with GST → input is debit
      • Cancellation/return → input becomes credit and output becomes debit depending on whether it cancels earlier input or output

  9. Loss due to fire

    • Pattern taught:
      • Loss by Fire A/c Dr
      • To (value/stock reduction account)
      • Cancel related Input GST if stock reduction causes reversal logic

  10. Drawings / proprietor for personal use

    • Personal use treated as a reversal of what was initially purchased for business:
      • Input GST benefit is considered cancelled because goods are not supplied/sold in business
    • Entry taught:
      • Drawings A/c Dr
      • To Purchase/Stock (or related purchase cancellation logic)
      • And to related GST cancellation using the “input cancellation” idea

C) Repeated “two words” simplification

  • The speaker simplifies GST journal entries using repeated pairs:
    • Input → Debit
    • Output → Credit
  • For returns/cancellations:
    • Cancel debit using credit
    • Cancel credit using debit

Speakers / sources featured

  • Primary speaker: a teacher/instructor referred to as “sir” / “teacher” (name not clearly stated in the subtitles)
  • Students/participants mentioned (addressed by name):
    • Pramod and Company (appears as a hypothetical entity in questions)
    • Mukul Roy and Son (entity in a later practice question)
    • S Banerjee (supplier in practice)
    • Aditya Sangma (customer in practice)
    • Ujjwal, Vanshika, Divyam, Dev, Sarvesh, Akshat, Robin, Ayan, Chirag (others unclear) (students being prompted)
  • External sources
    • No external documented sources (textbooks/websites/institutions) are clearly cited beyond occasional mention of gst.gov.in for filing/payment explanation.

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