Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

I. Whether royalty payments in respect of quarrying /mining lease as per the MMDR Act read with the KMMC Rules would amount to supply of goods or service under the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) and the Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (KGST Act)?
II. Where it is clarified that quarrying /mining royalty is taxable under CGST Act, whether royalty payment in respect of quarrying/mining lease as per the MMDR Act read with KMMC Rules is in the nature of “Licensing services for the right to use minerals falling under the heading 9973 attracting GST at the same rate of tax as applicable on supply of like goods involving transfer of title in goods or renting of immovable property under the heading 9972 attracting GST at the rate of 18% or residual entry “other services nowhere else classified-999799?
III. Applicability of GST and reverse charge implication on contributions to DMF as per the MMDR Act read with KDMF Rules.

“Whether the Applicant is liable to discharge GST under reverse charge, for the contribution made towards NMET and DMF, in light of Sl. No. 5 of the Notification No. 13/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017.”

What is the rate of GST applicable on following types of Wood meant for pulping?
(i) Debarked Eucalyptus Wood
(ii) Debarked Acacia Wood
(iii) Casuarina Wood
(iv) Subabul Wood

a) Whether the supply of ice creams, chocolates, ice cream cakes, and pizza cakes in an IBACO outlet can be classified as a composite supply defined under section 2(30) of the CGST Act, 2017 and section 2(30) of the KGST Act, 2017, wherein the principal supply is the supply of goods namely the ice cream and other products while the services supplied namely the air conditioned place, place to sit, the service of mixing various ice creams being naturally bundled in the ordinary course of business?
b) Whether the said supply will be covered under serial no. 6(b) of schedule II of CGST Act and serial no. 6(b) of Schedule II of Karnataka GST Act? Serial no.6(b) deems the following composite supply as supply of service;
c) Whether the said supply will be classified under chapter “9963” and chargeable to 5% GST rate in accordance with serial no. (ii) of Notification No. 46/2017 dated 14.11.2017 – Central Tax (Rate) read with serial no. 7(iv) of Notification No.11/2017 dated 28.06.2017 and similar notification under KGST Act?

Whether or not a registered person under the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 can claim eligible input tax credit of goods and services tax paid on input invoices of goods or services procured or availed by a registered person before its effective date of registration under GST, where such inputs are eligible input credits and for the purpose of furtherance of business?

a) Whether the services provided by the applicant to M/s H-J Family of Companies amount to or result in a supply of services or both, within the meaning of that term?
b) If the above question is answered in the affirmative:
i. What is the classification of the services rendered by Mr. Santosh to H-J Family of Companies?
ii. Is Mr. Santosh required to be registered under the CGST Act, 2017?
iii. What is the liability of Mr. Santosh to pay tax on the services rendered by him to H-J Family of Companies?
iv. What is the time and value of the supply of services rendered by Mr. Santosh to H-J Family of Companies?

Whether the IGST at 0% is applicable for the invoices raised to the SEZ Units, even if the accommodation services were rendered outside the SEZ Zone?

Whether the Char-Dolochar / Dolochar (waste emerged during the process of manufacturing Sponge Iron) supplied by him is classifiable under
(i)  Tariff Item 2621 90 90 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and therefore, in view of Entry 30 of Schedule III of Notification 01/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017 as amended from time to time, attract a levy of 18%.
Or
(ii) Tariff Item 2701 20 90of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and therefore, in view of Entry 158 of Schedule I of Notification 01/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017 as amended from time to time, attract a levy of 5%?.

Whether the subsidy received from the state government would form part of consideration under section 2(31) of the CGST Act?

Whether disposing off assets (no CENVAT/VAT Credit was taken) fastened to the building on delivering possession to the lesser, on which no consideration will be received, shall fall within the ambit of “Supply” as per Section 7 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and shall be chargeable with GST, as per provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (alternatively “CGST”), the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (alternatively “KGST”) and Integrated Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (alternatively “IGST”) and rules contained therein?
2. If the answer to above question is in affirmative, should the value appearing in the books as on the date of disposal may be construed as the “open market value” on which GST is to be discharged as per Rule 27 of the CGST rules 2017?