The time of supply of goods shall be earlier of the following:
(a) Date of issuing an invoice by the supplier or;
(b) Last Date by which s/he is required to issue invoice as per the prescribed time period or;
(c) Date on which the supplier enters a payment in his/her books of account or;
(d) Date on which the payment is credited to his/her bank account
The time of supply of services shall be earliest of the following:
Case:1 Where an invoice is issued within the prescribed period
(a) Date of issue of invoice by supplier or;
(b) Date on which the supplier enters a payment in his/her books of account or;
(c) Date on which the payment is credited to his bank account
Case:2 Where an invoice is not issued within the prescribed period
(a) Date on which the service is provided or;
(b) Date on which the supplier enters a payment in his/her books of account or;
(c) Date on which the payment is credited to his/her bank account
In case of supplies of goods or services under reverse charge, the time of supply shall be earliest of the following:
(a) Date of receipt of goods (This applies only for supply of goods and not services) or;
(b) Date on which the payment is entered in the books of accounts of a recipient or;
(c) Date immediately following 30 days from the date of issue of invoice by the supplier.(In case of supply of service date immediately following 60 days from date of issue of invoice shall be considered)