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2022 (9) TMI 842 - AAR - GSTInput Tax Credit - GST paid on vouchers and subscription packages procured by the applicant from third party vendors that are made available to the eligible customers participating in the loyalty program against the loyalty points earned / accumulated by the said customers - Section 16 of the CGST Act 2017 - HELD THAT:- The input tax credit is an entitlement to a registered person which can be taken subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed. In this regard it is seen that sub-section (5) of Section 17 prescribes that input tax credit shall not be available in respect of certain supplies. Whether the inward supply i.e. the vouchers merits classification as 'goods' or 'service' and if they are goods, whether they were disposed of by way of gift or otherwise? - HELD THAT:- The subscription packages procured by the applicant from third party vendors and supplied to customers against loyalty points, is also a 'voucher' as it places an obligation on the potential supplier to accept it as consideration for supply of goods or services to the holder of the instrument or the customer. Thus the subscription package has all the required qualities to qualify as a voucher. Whether the inward supply of vouchers including subscription packages, by the third party vendors to the applicant, amounts to supply of goods or services? - HELD THAT:- The term 'goods' is not restricted to tangible property, instead refers to every kind of movable property which is capable of being transmitted or supplied. Vouchers are a movable property, capable of being transmitted electronically or supplied physically, thus they qualify as 'goods' - Thus voucher is undoubtedly a moveable property and squarely gets covered under intangible goods. Further Schedule II to Section 7 of the CGST Act 2017 stipulates the activities or transactions to be treated as supply of goods or supply of services. Para 1(a) of Schedule II to Section 7 specifies that any transfer of the title in goods is supply of goods. The transaction of supply of vouchers in the instant case involves transfer of the title and hence they are covered under supply of goods. Whether the vouchers are given free of charge as a gift or otherwise? - HELD THAT:- It can be seen from the loyalty program that the applicant, on the basis of a particular transaction / purchase by the customer through their e-commerce platform and subject to acceptance of the terms and conditions of the applicant by the customer, allows the customer to earn loyalty points - The redemption of loyalty points, admittedly involves no flow of consideration from the customer. Thus redemption of loyalty points by the customer for receiving vouchers from the applicant implies that the vouchers are issued free of cost to the customer and amounts to disposal of vouchers(goods) by way of gift and squarely covered under clause (h) of Section 17(5) of the Act, ibid.
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