Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

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?

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.

“Whether input GST credit can be availed by the applicant on the inputs i.e. Electrical Works, Pumps, Pumping systems and tanks, Lighting system, Physical security system and Fire System”

a) Whether the proposed  activity of setting –up of the data centre facilities as explained proposed to be under taken by the applicant would qualify as “works contract “ as per section 2(119) of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act 2017 and Section 2(119) of the Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act 2017 ?
b) What is the rate of GST applicable on the proposed activities?

1. Whether the activity of technical testing and analysis carried out by KBRPL is liable to Goods and Services Tax under the provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, the Rules framed thereunder and Notifications issued from time to time.
2. Where the material for testing and analysis is sent from outside India to KBRPL and on which KBRPL carries out testing and analysis and issues certificate based thereon to the person not residing in India, whether it can be said that there is no supply by KBRPL involved in terms of Section 7 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, the Rules framed thereunder and Notifications issued from time to time.
3. Where the customer providing the material is not residing in India and sends material from outside India to KBRPL in India, for carrying out testing and analysis and issuance of certificate thereafter, such an activity if held to be supply in terms of Section 7 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, the Rules framed thereunder and Notifications issued from time to time, and where payments are received in convertible foreign currency, whether Invoice in terms of Section 31 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, the Rules framed thereunder and Notifications issued from time to time, can be issued without charging Goods and Services Tax therein.
4. Whether the services of technical testing and analysis provided by KBRPL to customers located outside India can be regarded as export of services as per section 2(6) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax, 2017?

a) Whether the supply of turn-key Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Contract for construction of solar power plant wherein both goods and services are supplied can be construed to be a composite supply in terms of Section 2(30) of CGST Act, 2017?
b) Whether the supply of ‘Solar Power Generating System’ is taxable at 5% GST?

Is GST Applicable on man power services provided to Karnataka Rural Road Development Agency?

a) Whether the Air Handling Unit is classifiable under 8414 80 90 or under 8415 90 00?

b) Whether the Ventilation Unit is classifiable under 8414 80 90 or under 8415 90 00?

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?

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