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2020 (7) TMI 410 - AAR - GSTContract Carriage or not - Rental service of transport vehicles - services of APSRTC giving Non Air Conditioned Buses on contract for the occasions of marriages functions etc for transportation of employees and students of other Organizations/Department for different purposes like transportation of passengers to Sabarimala transporting of public to the places where meetings conducted by political parties and to the places like Polavaram project - Serial No 15 of notification 12/2017 - Whether the APSRTC being a public sector undertaking whose books of accounts are subjected to CAG of India or an auditor appointed for auditing the accounts of local authorities under any law for the time being in force is it required to file reconciliation statement in FORM-GSTR-9C as per proviso to Section 35(5) of the GST Act 2017? HELD THAT - As per serial no.15 in Notification no. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 transport of passengers with or without accompanied belongings by non-air conditioned contract carriage other than radio taxi for transportation of passengers excluding tourism conducted tour charter or hire is exempt from GST - the case of the applicant clearly doesn t fall under serial no.15 in Notification no. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. So the services offered by the applicant are covered by Sl.no. 10 of notification no. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 i.e. Rental Services of transport vehicles . Charge of GST on rental services - HELD THAT - In terms of notification no. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amended by notification no. 20/2017- Central tax (Rate) dated 22.08.2017 notification no. 31/2017- Central tax (Rate) dated 13.10.2017 notification no. 20/2019- Central tax (Rate) dated 30.09.2019 wherein Sl.no. 10 (i) Rental Services of transport Vehicles (Heading 9966) attracts GST at the rate of 2.5% or 6% or 9% CGST. Identical rate would be applicable for SGST also taking the effective rate to 5% or 12% or 18% - However the rate of 5% is subject to the condition that the cost of fuel is included in the consideration charged from the service recipient and the credit of input tax charged on goods and services used in supplying the service other than the input tax credit of input service in the same line of business has not been taken. Applicability of FORM GSTR-9C - HELD THAT - The applicant s question doesn t fall under any of the clauses mentioned under sub section 97(2). The rate of tax on the rental services where the cost of fuel is included in the consideration charged from the service recipient is 5% / 12%subject to satisfying the conditions as prescribed under notification no. 11/2017 - CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amended by notification no. 20/2017-CT ( Rate) dated 22.08.2017 notification no. 31/2017- Central tax (Rate) dated 13.10.2017 notification no. 20/2019-Central tax (Rate) dated 30.09.2019 - In case the said conditions are not satisfied the rate of GST is 18% (9% CGST 9% SGST) and the applicant being the provider of rental service has to pay the said tax - The applicability of GSTR-9C cannot be answered as per Section 97(2).
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