माल और सेवा कर परिषद Goods & Se₹vices Tax Council

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

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 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 applicant is liable to pay tax for supply of services by another person through the e-commerce platform operated by the applicant?

Whether the applicant is right in classifying certain components, spares and accessories with HSNs under reference applicable to Tractors, Tillers and other farm equipments though such goods are sold to them under different HSNs attracting peak rate due to certain constraints.

a) Whether filters manufactured solely and principally for use by/ in Indian Railways and supplied directly to Indian Railways are classifiable under HSN Heading 8421 or under HSN Heading 8607 of the Customs Tariff (which has been borrowed for classification purposes under GST regime)?
b) Whether the aforementioned classifications of subject goods i.e. filter alter if identical goods are supplied to a distributor instead of Indian railways directly, and the distributor in turn effects supply to Indian railways?

a) Whether the back-end support services provided by the applicant to the Juniper Inc. under the agreement would be classified as ‘Support Services’ under the Tariff Heading 9985 of Notification 11/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017?
b) Whether the services in question would be treated as Intermediary services or not?

a) Whether the marketing service provided by the application is taxable under the GST provisions and if yes, what is the SAC and the applicable rate of tax?
b) Whether the services provided by the applicant to McAfee Singapore qualifies as export of services under the provisions of the IGST Act considering the fact that:
a. The applicant is located in India
b. The overseas entity is located in Singapore
c. The place of supply is outside India
d. The consideration for providing the services is received by the applicant in foreign currency; and
e. The applicant and overseas entity are two separate legal entities established under the laws of India and Singaporerespectively.

c) That the services are not “intermediary” services.

What is the correct Service Accounting Code (SAC) for the services mentioned below in terms of Notification No.11/ 2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated 28th June 2017?
a. IT Support Services
b. IT Managed Services

a) Whether the restriction introduced by Notification No. 3/2018 – Central tax (later substituted by Notification No.39/2018- Central Tax dated 04.09.2018 retrospectively from 23.10.2017) on claiming refund of IGST paid on export of goods by inserting Rule 96(10) is applicable only on such export of goods for which corresponding inward supplies were procured at a concessional rate of 0.10% GST under Notification No. 40/2017- Central Tax (Rate), thereby holding that such restriction on IGST refund does not apply on export of goods which were procured on full payment of GST?
b) Alternatively, whether the above restriction prohibits refund of IGST paid in its entirety even on such exports where the goods have been procured on payment of full rate of GST by the person who procures only a small quantity of goods at concessional rate of 0.10% GST under Merchant Export Scheme as provided under Notification No. 40/2017- Central Tax (Rate)?