Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

The Applicant is the holder of GST Registration No. 08AATFB8617M1ZO and the applicant entered into an Agreement to provide the pure labor Construction Services to M/s BCM BUILDERS LLP.M/S BCM Builders LLP has entered into a contract with Rajasthan Government to construct 380 flats under "Affordable Housing Scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna" (including Material and Labor). The application has been filed by the applicant seeking whether the entry number 10 of the Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 is applicable on the services of "Pure Labor" provided by the applicant.

The Applicant is the holder of GST Registration No. 08ABXFA7290E1ZX and is inter-alia engaged in the business of spice manufacturing and trading, contributing significantly to the supply chain in the FMCG sector. The firm’s monthly taxable turnover exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs, thereby prima facie making Rule 86B applicable.The application has been filed by the applicant seeking whether the total income tax paid by the firm and its partners be considered for the exemption under Rule 86B. Also, If no single partner has paid more than ₹1 lakh in tax, but the firm and partners together have, does the exemption still apply.

Whether the applicant is required to obtain registration under GST in the state of Tamil Nadu as per Section 22 of the CGST Act for the operations undertaken from the FTWZ unit?

Whether this execution of Sale Deed by the landowner for the UDS area covering the built up area to be constructed by the applicant would be sufficient ground to claim exclusion as sale of land under Item No. 5 of Schedule III of the CGST Act/TNGST Act resulting in non- liability in the hands of the Applicant on the construction of built up area to the buyers notwithstanding the fact that the same are treated as Sale of land (including building) in the Sale Deed to be executed by the land owners for the Saligramam project in favour of the Applicant’s buyers for the sale of apartments that are allocated to us.

1.    Whether the Applicant can avail the ITC of the import IGST paid through TR-6 Challan in terms of Section 16(2) of the CGST Act read with rule 36 of CGST Rules?

 2.    Whether the eligibility to avail ITC of the import IGST paid vide TR-6 Challan is subject to the time limit prescribed under Section 16(4) of the CGST Act

1) Does barter exchange procedure operate for B2B transactions when payments are made without bank transactions? 

2) When a job worker is not registered under GST, does the Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) apply?

Whether the input tax credit is available on construction of building, purchase of interiors, purchase of furniture, Lift, Air-conditioners, generators and other miscellaneous goods and services which are given to provide output service of rental business. The applicant furnished the list of goods and services on which he wished to take ITC.

Query-1: Whether goods carriage given on lease to Goods Transportation Agency is a taxable supply?

 Query-2: If the above mentioned supply is an exempted/nil rated supply, are there any conditions to be satisfied to avail that exemption? 

Query-3: Whether the service provider has to be goods transportation agency to avail the above mentioned exemption or it can be any other person?

1. Whether hotels qualify as industrial/institutional consumers as per Rule 2bb and 2bc of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011? 

2. As supply to institutions is not classified as ‘pre-packaged and labelled’, as per Rule 3(b) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, the applicant is of the opinion that such supplies are ‘Nil’ rated. Whether the applicant’s understanding that ITC cannot be availed, as such supplies are ‘Nil’ rated, is correct?

Query-1: Whether the collection of Corpus fund/sinking fund/capital amounts from residents for the purpose of painting and carrying out some building maintenance work, in the common area of the apartment would be subject to the levy of GST.

 Query-2: If GST registration is required, can the payment made to our service providers for painting and building maintenance activities, which are intended to be carried out, be offset against the GST payable on the corpus/sinking funds collected? Query-3: Upon obtaining GST registration are we obliged to impose or collect GST on maintenance charges as long as not exceed Rs. 7,500/-?