Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

Whether the contract awarded by East Coast Railways for dismantling of existing sleeper fixing and/or installation of new (H-Beam Steel sleepers) is amounting to execution of original work and would attract IGST@12% in terms of Notification No. 2012017-lntegrated Tax (Rate) dated 22.08.2017.

(a) Whether the activities undertaken for implementing various construction/repair/renovation/addition/alteration projects by GMVN Ltd. for Central Government, State Government, Local Authority or Governmental Authority the consideration for which is received in the form of grants amounts to supply under the provisions of Goods & Services Tax laws and are thus chargeable to GST?
(b) In case the above activities amount to supply, whether the supply is classified as supply of goods or supply of services?
(c) In case the above activities amount to supply, whether the supply is exempt under the provisions of GST Law?
(d) Whether supply of any service by GMVN Ltd., to the Central Government, State Government, Local Authority or Governmental Authority for which the consideration is received in the form of Grants is exempt under notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) (As amended) dated the 28th June, 2017?

Whether (a) ‘Rich’s Nugel Fruit Strawberry Glaze’, (b) ‘Rich’s Nugel Fruit Orange Glaze’, and (c) ‘Rich’s Nugel Fruit Raspberry Glaze’ used for decoration of cakes, pastry and desserts are classifiable under Heading 21039090? If not, then what is the correct classification?

(a) Whether Overseas Commission Agent is covered within the definition of the term ‘intermediary’ as provided under section 2(13) of the IGST Act, 2017;
(b) Whether services received by applicant from the Overseas Commission Agent falls within the meaning of the term ‘import of services’ as provided under section 2(11) of the IGST Act, 2017;
(c) Whether the applicant is required to pay GST on RCM basis under section 5(3) of the IGST Act, 2017 on commission paid to the Overseas Commission Agent.

1. Whether the portion of the certain additional services viz., payment of road tax/registration fees, insurance premium, etc., rendered by the applicant in the course of its Leasing of the vehicle/s to the Lessee falls under the category of “services of a pure agent”?
Or
2. Whether the recovery of Motor Vehicle Registration fee, Motor Vehicle life Tax & RTO charges etc., by the applicant from the lessee for the registration of the vehicle in the name of the lessee forms part of the value of supply or the applicant is acting as a pure agent for this purpose and so the above charges do not form part of the taxable supply ?

1. In view of the description of the work order of the Central Railway Department carried out by the tax payer, whether the Notification No. 31/2017-C. T. (Rate) dated 13.10.2017, in respect of composite supply of works contract the GST Rate @ 5% i.e. 2.50% CGST, 2.50% SGST as per sub clause (Vii) of the clause 119 of Section 2 of the CGST Act 2017 is applicable to the Tax Payer.?
2. What will be the GST Rate applicable to the tax payer as per attached work order?

NHAI has awarded a contract for construction of road to the applicant vide letter dt 01.05.2017 for agreed price of Rs. 65,90,98,099/- which included VAT Tax as tender was awarded before the appointed date.  However, during the course of completion of service, i.e. construction of road as per contract, there happens escalation in value.  Such escalation in value is added to the contract value as per the terms of the tender notice which read as under: 19.10.04:- The contract price shall be adjusted for increase or decrease in rates and price of labour, cement, steel, plant, machinery and spares, bitumen, fuel and lubricants and other material inputs in accordance with the principles, procedures and formulae specified therein.  Question based on these facts is as to whether such escalated value shall be added to the taxable value u/s 15 of the act or otherwise?

Whether Goods and Service Tax will be applicable on the consideration and the rate of GST.

(a) Whether the works contract service of construction of IIT Bhubaneswar Campus allotted to the applicant company under the sub contract basis, covered under clause (ix) of Sr. No. 3 (classification code 9954) of the table in the Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017 read with clause (vi) of Sr. No. 3 (classification code 9954) of the table in the Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017. And for the matter, the applicable rate of tax is 12% (including State GST Rate).

(b) or otherwise if the works contract service is not covered under clause (ix) of the entry 3 of the aforesaid notification, in the facts and circumstances of the appellant company, then what will be applicable clause under entry No. 3 and what will be the rate of GST.

(c) If the ruling of Question 1 is affirmative, from which date, the 12% rate of tax will be applicable i.e. from date when said notification became effective or the date of order of Advance ruling.

(d) Where the ruling of Question 3 provides the effective date as the date of notification, whether the applicant is required to revise the invoices already issued to NBCC (India) limited and required to make amendments in GST returns already filed.

In case the applicant has purchased used/second hand gold jewellery or ornaments from persons who are not registered under GST and that at the time of sale of such goods there is no change in the form/nature of such goods and ITC will also not be availed on such purchase, if so the case, whether GST is to be paid only on the difference between the selling price and purchase price as stipulated under Rule 32(5) of CGST Rules, 2017?