cenvat credit on retail invoices whether allowed or not

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Anonymous
(Querist) 25 February 2011
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sir,we sale & Purchase within country under excise registration. plz tell me about whether cenvat credit is allowed on retail invoices of party having excise registration number.
R.Ramachandran
(Expert) 26 February 2011
Cenvat Credit can be taken only on the strength of 'Excise Invoice' and not on the basis of retail invoice.

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Anonymous
(Querist) 26 February 2011
sir, actually i forgot to tell abount one thing more in my question about whether cenvat credit is allowed to company under excise registration & company gets retail invoices of party & retail invoice also contain a statement (removal of excisable goods from a factory under rules 8,11,18 & 19 of Central excise rules 2002 with or without payment of duty). Now can we take cenvat credit on this retail invoices . Some person in management says that we can take credit of cenvat on such invoices. sir, plz tell me what is the real thing.