Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

Sr. No. Name of the Applicant States/UT Brief of Order ­in ­Appeal (OIA) Order No. & Date Download Category
2271 Acharya Shree MahashramanChaturmasPravasVyavastha Samiti Trust, Karnataka

a) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of temporary residential rooms for consideration to the devotees and renting of space for shops and stalls for the purpose of religious programmers where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion?
b) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of temporary residential rooms as per the following categories, to the devotees to stay for the purpose of religious programmers where charges per room is less than one thousand per day, if answer to the question 1 is yes?
(i) Category-I: 2 BHK 430 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC, and having two rooms, hall, kitchen, rest-room + toilet, with cooking facility and no cleaning services.
(ii) Category-II: 1 BHK 300 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC and having one room, hall, kitchen, rest-room + toilet, with cooking facility and no cleaning services.
(iii) Category-III: Single room, 100 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, common rest rooms and toilets and no cleaning and cooking facility services.
(iv) Category-IV: Single room, 150 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC and having rest room and toilet. No cleaning and cooking facilities.
(v) Category-V: Dormitory consisting 12 beds, including facilities such as water, electricity, two AC, bed, pillow, bedspread, common rest rooms and toilets. Charges per bed ranging from Rs.250-00 per day.

c) Whether applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of space for stalls, where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion, if answer to the question 1 is yes?
d) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on supply of food and beverages at subsidized rates to the devotees, where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion?
e) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on providing space for registered person without consideration for supply of food and beverages to the devotees, where consideration is received by registered person directly from devotees?
f) Whether applicant is liable to pay tax for acting intermediary for booking hotel rooms to the pilgrims from outside?

KAR/AAR/102/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (a) (b) (e)
2272 Tarun Realtors Private Limited Karnataka

Whether taxes paid on procurement of goods and/or services for installation of the following, hereinafter referred to as “Installations”, are regarded as blocked credits under Section 17(5) of the CGST Act, 2017?
(a)Chillers,(b) Air Handling Unit (AHU),(c)Lift, Escalators and Travellator, (d) Water Treatment Plant (WTP), (e) Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), (f) High Speed Diesel Yard (HSD), (g) Mechanical Car Park (MLCP), (h) Indoor / Outdoor Surveillance System (CCTV), (i) D.G.Sets, (j) Transformers, (k)Electrical wiring and fixtures (l) Public Health Engineering (PHE), Fire-fighting and water management pump system.

KAR/AAR/103/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (d)
2273 Karnataka Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Karnataka

The applicant is hiring a Godown of Central Warehousing Corporation, Belgaum and paying storage charges for the agreed space for storage. Is it liable to pay GST on Total Storage charges or is it liable to pay GST on taxable storage food commodities like Palm Oil, etc. Whether GST is payable on the storage charges.

KAR/AAR/112/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (b) (e)
2274 Solarsys Non-conventional Energy Private Limited Karnataka

a) Whether in case of separate contracts for supply of goods and services for a solar power plant, there would be separate taxability of goods as 'Solar Power Generating System' at 5% and services at 18%.
b) Whether parts supplied on standalone basis (when supplied with PV modules) would also be eligible to concessional rate of 5% as parts of solar power generation system.
c) Whether benefit of concessional rate of 5% of solar power generation system and parts thereof would also be available to sub-contractors.

KAR/AAR/120/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (e)
2275 Maarq Spaces Private Limited, Karnataka

1. Whether the activity of development and sale of land attract tax under GST?
2. If the answer to the question no.1 is yes, for the purpose of taxable value, whether provision of rule 31 can be made applicable in ascertaining the value of land and supply of service?

KAR/AAR/119/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (e)
2276 Randox Laboratories India Private Limited Karnataka

(1) Whether the applicant is liable to pay GST on the machines given to the customers under RRC/PRC models?
(2) Whether the supply of reagents along with tile machine rental and services in a RRC/PRC contract is a separate supply or a mixed supply or composite supply? If considered as composite supply, what is principal supply?
(3) What is the rate of tax for the service of machine under RRC/PRC models?
(4) What is the value on which GST has to be paid in case of RRC / PRC model and what is the time of supply?
(5) Whether the applicant is eligible for t1 e input tax credit on the purchase of machinery for use in RRC / PRC contracts?

KAR/AAR/118/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (e)
2277 Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Karnataka

“Whether “FANTA FRUITY ORANGE” product proposed to be manufactured is classified under Chapter Heading 2202 99 20 at Sl. No. 48 under Schedule II as “Fruit pulp or fruit juice based drinks”, or under Chapter 2202 99 90 at Sl.No. 24A under Schedule III as “Other Non-alcoholic beverages” or under 2202 10 at Sl.No.12 under Schedule IV as “all goods [including aerated waters], containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured” under Notification No.1/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 (as amended)”.

KAR/AAR/117/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (a)
2278 Arivu Educational Consultants Pvt. Ltd Karnataka

Does the activity of collecting exam fee (charged by any university or institution) from the students and remitting to that particular university or Institution without any value addition to it, amount to taxable service

KAR/AAR/116/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (g)
2279 Mountain Trail Foods Private Limited, Karnataka

a) Applicability of rate of GST on the packed food products
b) Admissibility of input tax credit on the packed food products sold.

KAR/AAR/115/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (a) (d) (e)
2280 Ascendas Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka

a) Whether the value of bus passes distributed by the applicant to the commuters is to be included in the value of facilitation charges as per section 15(2) of the CGST Act, 2017 and KGST Act, 2017?
b) Whether the supply of service in the hands of the applicant could be classified as merely a supply of facilitation services between BMTC and the commuters?

KAR/AAR/114/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019

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97 (2) (a) (c)