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Video Presentation on Supply, Time of Supply & Place of Supply of Goods and/or Services under GST
Bimal jain By: Bimal jain
October 26, 2016
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Dear Professional Colleague,

Video Presentation on Supply, Time of Supply & Place of Supply of Goods and/or Services under GST

Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) is a destination based consumption tax levied at multiple stages of production and distribution of goods and services, with taxes on inputs credited against taxes on output. GST is going to be big game changer and under proposed GST regime, all the major taxes levied under the indirect taxation i.e. Central Excise, Service tax, VAT/CST etc., would be brought under the ambit of GST. Hence, the prevailing concepts of manufacturing of goods/ provision of services/ sale of goods would no longer be relevant as tax would be levied on ‘supply’ of goods and/or services and common base has to be arrived at for levy & collection of GST in all cases.

Closely linked to the taxable event of ‘supply’, are the principles governing the place of supply to determine the taxing jurisdiction as GST essentially seeks to replace an origin-based tax levy currently prevailing in India, with a destination-based consumption tax levy. Whenever there is a supply of goods, it may be comparatively easier to identify the place of supply, however, in case of supply of services, it would lead to chaos if no mechanism is established since there is no physical movement unlike goods.

Thus, under GST regime, the principles of time of supply and place of supply, undoubtedly, would play the crucial role.

Understanding provisions of ‘Time of supply’ under the Model GST Law

POT is referred to the point of time, when a transaction is to be taxed. Thus, we need to understand when liability to pay CGST/SGST (Intra-State Supply) and IGST (Inter-State Supply) will arise. For determining time of supply for goods and services, separate provisions have been prescribed under Chapter-IV of Model CGST/SGST Act, 2016 (“Model CGST/SGST Act”), applicable to levy of IGST vide Section 27 of Chapter-IX of the ModeI IGST Act, 2016 (“ModeI IGST Act”).

I: Time of supply of goods

  1. For normal supply: CGST/SGST and IGST on the goods shall be payable at the earliest of the following dates on which:
  • Goods are removed for supply to the recipient (for goods required to be removed);
  • Goods are made available to the recipient (for goods not required to be removed);
  • Invoice is issued by supplier;
  • Payment is received by supplier;
  • Recipient shows receipt of goods in his books of account.
  1. For continuous supply of goods:

Situation

Time of supply

Successive statements of accounts or successive payments are involved

Date of expiry of the period to which such successive statements of accounts or successive payments relate

No successive statements of account

Date of issue of invoice (or any other document)

             or

Date of receipt of payment

 

Whichever is earlier

  1. For supply of goods under reverse charge: Time of supply shall be the earliest of the following dates of:
  1. Receipt of goods,
  2. Payment,
  3. Receipt of invoice,
  4. Debit in books of account.

II: Time of supply of services

  1. CGST/SGST and IGST on the services shall be payable at the earliest of the following:

 

Situation

Time of supply

  1.  

Invoice issued withinprescribed period

Date of issue of invoice

             or

Receipt of payment

 

Whichever is earlier

  1.  

Invoice not issued within prescribed period

Date of completion of the provision of service

             or

Receipt of payment

 

Whichever is earlier

  1.  

Not falling under (1) or (2) above

Date on which the recipient shows the receipt of services in his books of account

  1. For continuous supply of services:

Situation

Time of supply

Where due date of payment is ascertainable from the contract

Date on which the payment is liable to be made by recipient of service, whether or not any invoice has been issued or any payment has been received by the supplier

Where due date of payment is not ascertainable from the contract

Each such time when the supplier of service-

Receives the payment

or

Issues an invoice

 

 

Whichever is earlier

Where the payment is linked to the completion of an event

Time of completion of that event

  1. Supply of services under reverse charge: Time of supply shall be determined in same manner as in case of goods discussed supra.

Understanding Place of supply of goods and/ or services

At first place, the importance of determination of place of supply, lies in identification of nature of supply as ‘Inter-State’ or ‘Intra-State’, based on which CGST & SGST/ IGST would be applicable. Similarly, principles of place of supply hold importance for determining imports and exports of goods and/or services, for which one of the condition is that place of supply should be in India (for imports) and out of India (for exports).

Principles for determining place of supply of goods:

Section 5 of the Model IGST Act governs the principles of place of supply for goods as under:

Scenario

Place of supply

When movement of goods is involved

Location of goods where movement terminates for delivery

When goods are supplied by transfer of documents during movement of goods (Bill to Ship to Model)

Principal place of business of third person on whose direction goods were supplied to another person.

 

When movement of goods is not involved (like sale of goods at showroom)

 Location of goods at the time of delivery

When goods are assembled or installed at site

Place of such installation or assembly

When goods are supplied on board a conveyance (like food supplied by Indian Railways on journey)

Location at which such goods are taken on board

 

Principles for determining place of supply of services:

Section 6 of the Model IGST Act governs the principles of place of supply of services in following 3 broad categories:

  • General Rule - B2B and B2C
  • Specific Rules for identified situations
  • Place of supply of services are different for B2B and B2C Supplies for certain specified services

The principles of place of supply for services are tabulated hereinbelow for ease understanding:

   S. No.

Services

Place of supply of services

1

General Rule

B2B supplies: location of recipient

B2C supplies: location of recipient where address on record exists,

If not, then the location of supplier of services

Specific Rules for identified situations & different treatment for certain B2B and B2C of specified services

1.

Immovable property related services

Location of immovable property

Where property / vessel located in more than one state- proportionate allocation amongst states as per the contract or on reasonable basis

2

Performance based services

Place of actual performance --> Specific services covered such as supply of restaurant and catering services, health service etc.- place of performance

Services in relation to training and performance appraisal-

B2B supply: location of recipient

B2C supply: place of performance

3

Event based services

Admission and ancillary services:

Place where event held or where the park/ other place is located

Organization of event and services in relation to such event and ancillary services or assigning of sponsorship:

B2B supply: location of recipient

B2C supply: where event is held

Proportionate value of services to be considered where the event is held in more than one State and a consolidated amount is charged

4

Goods transportation services

B2B supply: location of recipient

B2C supply: location at which such goods are handed over for their transportation

5

Passenger transportation services

B2B supply: location of recipient

B2C supply: Place where the passenger embarks on the conveyance for a continuous journey

6

Services on board a conveyance

Location of the first scheduled point of departure of that conveyance for the journey

Similarly principles of place of supply has also been prescribed for Telecommunication services including data transfer, broadcasting, cable and DTH services, Banking and other financial services, Insurance services, Advertisement services to the Central Government, a State Government, a statutory body or a local authority.

Apparently, there are numerous parameters given under the Model GST Law, for determining ‘time of supply’ and ‘place of supply’ for goods &services, which may be a major challenge initially for successful transition.

Watch the video to understand the intricacies of taxable event i.e. Supply under GST along with principles of time of supply and place of supply of goods and/or services.

With the intention of throwing light on key areas under the principles of time of supply and place of supply of goods and/or services under GST, and the related areas to be worked upon under the Draft Model GST Laws – CGST, SGST and IGST, this video presentation made by Mr. Bimal Jain on “Supply, Time of Supply(POT) and Place of Supply for Goods and Services in GST” at the Second series of Educative & Knowledge Series on GST, organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce on October 7, 2016, focuses on following key areas along with various suggestions/ issues:

  • Overview of existing Indirect Taxes
  • Meaning & Scope of taxable event i.e. ‘supply’ under GST
  • Impact of wider connotation of the term ‘supply’
  • Time of Supply of goods in GST
  • Time of Supply of services in GST
  • Impact of principles of time of supply
  • Place of supply of goods in GST
  • Place of supply of services in GST
  • Impact of principles of place of supply
  • Preparedness required to cope with the changes
  • Other important issues and way forward for GST

 

Hope the information will assist you in your Professional endeavours. In case of any query/ information, please do not hesitate to write back to us.

 

By: Bimal jain - October 26, 2016

 

 

 

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