Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

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.

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?

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

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?

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/-?

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?

1. What will be the classification of the goods viz ‘sada tambaku pre-mixed with lime’ proposed to be manufactured & supplied by them? 

2. What will be the rate of GST & compensation cess of the goods viz ‘sada tambaku pre-mixed with lime; proposed to be manufactured and supplied by them?

Q.1 : Whether the Applicant has the option to pay tax at the rate of 12 per cent (6 per cent CGST + 6 per cent MGST) with Input tax credit for supply of residential apartments in all its ten Aspirational towers in terms of item (ie) of Sl. No. of the Notification No. 11/2017 - Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amended from time to time?

Q.1: Whether the Applicant is entitled to take credit of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (“IGST”) paid by the Applicant under section 3(7) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 r/w section 5(1) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“the IGST Act”) while importing the sample drugs, in terms of section 16(1) of the CGST Act? 

Q.2: Whether the Applicant is entitled to take credit of IGST paid by the “logistics service provider” [under DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) model of shipment] under section 3(7) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 r/w section 5(1) of the IGST Act while importing the sample drugs, in terms of section 16(1) of the CGST Act, where the Applicant is the Importer on Record? 

Q.3: Whether the Applicant is entitled to take credit of Central Goods and Services Tax (“CGST”) paid by the Applicant under section 7 r/w section 9 of the CGST Act for the services of Customs House Agent received by the Applicant, in terms of section 16(1) of the CGST Act?