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GST on leased land

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..... GST on leased land
Query (Issue) Started By: - Kaustubh Karandikar Dated:- 7-12-2021 Last Reply Date:- 11-8-2022 Goods and Services Tax - GST
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XYZ Pvt. Ltd. Wants to buy land on lease from Maharashtra Industries Development Corporation (MIDC). 1) Will the MIDC charge GST against this purchase? 2) Is XYZ required to pay GST on it under reverse charge? Reply By Rajag .....

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..... opalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, The answer to Q.1 is yes. Q.2: - If MIDC is a Governmental entity then XYZ is required to pay gst under reverse charge. According to para 2 (zfa) of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.6.2017 as amended "Governmental Authority" means an authority or a board or any other body, - (i) set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature; or .....

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..... (ii) established by any Government, with 90 per cent or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out any function entrusted to a Municipality under article 243W of the Constitution or to a Panchayat under article 243G of the Constitution. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Dear Sir, Pl. go through Notification No.3/18-CT(R) dated 25.1.18 amending original Notification No.13.17- .....

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..... CT(R) dated 28.6.17 (RCM). MIDC is neither Govt. nor local authority. Hence not covered under RCM. Corporation is neither Govt. nor local authority. MIDC is a corporate body. A corporation formed under an Act is not Govt. Even if all shares of a company are owned by Govt., the company is not the department of Govt.-----Supreme Court Reply By Kaustubh Karandikar: The Reply: Thanks for the kind a .....

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..... dvice by Rajgopalan and Kasturi ji. In my view, MIDC will have to charge GST as per Section 7, Schedule II, Sr.No. 2(a) i.e. any lease, tenancy, easement, licence to occupy land is a supply of services. Your kind views please Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Dear Sir, I agree with you. Also go through serial no.5 (a) of Schedule-II. Renting of Immovable property also includes lease. Just for .....

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..... knowledge sake. Serial no. 2(a) should be preferred. Reply By Shilpi Jain: The Reply: Upfront premium paid for long term lease of industrial plots provided by industrial development corporations is exempt. Pls look at s no. 43 igst exemption notification Reply By Shilpi Jain: The Reply: Monthly lease rental will not be exempt Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: I agree with the views of .....

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..... the experts. It was taxable in erstwhile tax regime as well. Reply By Prashant Bhide: The Reply: Sir /Madam what is definition or covered the on going concern business sale or transfer to another person , in this case GST are liable? MIDC plot for 99 years are lease basis but the same business are sold and only lease right automatically transfer to purchaser for futher business so the said tra .....

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..... nscation is on going corcern? GST liability on agreement value? stamp duty is already paid.
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