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

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?

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.

(i)Whether amount recovered from the employees towards car parking charge payable to Shantiniketan Properties Pvt Ltd (Building Authorities), would be deemed as “Supply of Service” by the applicant to its employees?

(ii)If the first question is answered in affirmative, whether the value of aforesaid supply would be NIL, being provided in the capacity of a “Pure Agent”? If valuation is not accepted as NIL, what would be the value of such supply?

(iii) If GST is payable on the such amount recovered amount from the employees, whether the GST paid by the applicant to building authorities towards car parking charges would be admissible as input tax credit against supply of car parking services to employees?

a) Whether the applicant has to charge GST for the service (providing Hydraulic excavator and ten wheeler tippers to transport RDF (inerts) from KCDC processing plant Bommanahalli to Bellahalli Land fill site near Yelahanka) done to government organization? If so at what rate?
b) Whether this service (providing Hydraulic excavator and ten wheeler tippers to transport RDF (inerts) from KCDC processing plant Bommanahalli to Bellahalli Land fill site near Yelahanka) done to government organizations is exempted by way of Entry No.3 of the Notification No 12/2017 which provides exemption to Pure service (Excluding works contract service or other composite supplies involving supply of any goods) provided to the Central Government, State  Government authority or Union territory or local authority or a Government Entity by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat under article 243 G of the constitution or in relation to any function entrusted to a Municipality under article 243 W of the Constitution?
c) Whether activity done by us is in relation to function entrusted to a municipality under 243W. Whether any exemption is available under GST in respect of service rendered by us to KRIDL (which is a Government Organization)?
d) Whether exemption is available under GST in respect of service rendered by us to KRIDL (Which is a Government Organization)?

We execute the work contract for customers, that is offset printing of Answer booklets, centre pinning and hand numbering, accordingly we have classified it under HSN Code No. 998912 attracting 12% GST however the other vendors for the said work seems to have applied slab rate of 18% and hence ruling is requested.

a) Whether the legally binding and prescribed activity of depositing the timber / wood by the applicant with the Government Timber Depot for disposal as per the provision of Section 104 of the Karnataka Forest Act will constitute a “supply” and therefore subject to payment of GST for keeping the goods at the custody of the auctioneer i.e. Government Timber Depot?
b) If GST applicable on depositing timber with the auctioneer, on what value GST is chargeable in the invoice by the applicant?
c) Whether the payment of GST on the full amount by the auctioneer i.e. Government Depot, will be the complete discharge of liability in the hands of the applicant and hence the applicant is not required to charge any GST while depositing as well as receiving the net consideration from the auctioneer?
d) If the transaction is supply in the hands of the applicant, what is the time of supply of timber?
e) If the transaction is considered as “supply” in the hands of the applicant when consideration is not fixed / known at the time of supply, when would be the time of supply and when the applicant has to remit the tax on what value? This is especially where the Government Timber Depot decides the time of auction and the applicant does nothave any control on this process.
f) Should GST be paid by the applicant on supervision charges collected by the Government Timber Depot under Reverse Charge as per the Sl.No.5 of Notification No.13/2017?

The applicant is  a registered GTA, as per the Notification No.12/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. Can applicant hire vehicles to another GTA?

Whether under Reverse Charge Mechanism, IGST should be paid by the importer on ocean freight on the case of CIF basis contract?

Whether delivery of spares by JNSIPL, Karnataka (i.e. the applicant) would constitute a supply under Schedule I of the CGST Act, 2017, by the applicant to JNSIPL, Maharashtra?

Whether Notification No.45/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated November 14th, 2017 is applicable on supply of trucks and its spare parts to Public Funded Research Institutions?