TMI BlogSupply of service of removal of hump by dredging to the Government is exempt from levy of GSTX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Supply of service of removal of hump by dredging to the Government is exempt from levy of GST - By: - CA Bimal Jain - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 29-2-2024 - The West Bengal AAR, in the case of IN RE : M/S. DREDGING AND DESILTATION COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED - 2024 (1) TMI 1092 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, WEST BENGAL ruled that, no tax is leviable on the supply of service of re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... moval of hump by dredging to the Government as the supply of aforesaid service is exempt from levy of GST vide Sl. No. 3A of Notification No. 09/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 ( the Service Rate Exemption Notification ) . Facts: Dredging and Desiltation Company (P.) (Ltd.) ( the Applicant ) has entered into a contract with the Irrigation and Flood Control Depar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tment, Government of Delhi ( the Government ) for removal of hump (slit/earth/manure/sludge etc.) by dredging. The aforesaid contract mainly constitutes supply of service of dredging and excavation which is a pure service work and the cost of material transferred and consumed for execution and completion of works contract is less than five percent of the total work value. The applicant has ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... filed an application for advance ruling on whether the Irrigation and Flood Control Department would come within the purview of Union Territory and therefore, the supply of aforesaid service to the Irrigation and Flood Control Department would be exempt from levy of GST vide Sl. No. 3A of Service Rate Exemption Notification . Issue: Whether supply of service of removal of hump by d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... redging to the Government is exempt from levy of GST? Held: The AAR, West Bengal in the case of IN RE : M/S. DREDGING AND DESILTATION COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED - 2024 (1) TMI 1092 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, WEST BENGAL held as under: Observed that, the central issue to be examined in the present case is whether the activities of delisting and cleaning of drain would ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... fall within the purview of Public Health Sanitation Conservancy and Solid Waste Management as per Serial No. 6 of the Twelfth Schedule placing reliance upon Article 243W of the Indian Constitution. Noted that, as per Sl. No. 3A of the Service Rate Exemption Notification , the composite supply of goods and services in which the value of supply of goods constitutes not more than 25 perce ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt of the value of the composite supply made to the Central Government, State Government, Union Territory or local authority by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to Panchayat under Article 243G of the Indian Constitution or in relation to any function entrusted to municipality under Article 243W of the Indian Constitution is exempted. Opined that, the supply ma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... de by the applicant is composite supply of goods and services wherein the goods do not constitute more than 25 percent of the value of the aforesaid composite supply. Further Opined that, the supply of service by the Applicant to the Government would fall within the purview of aforesaid Entry of Service Rate Exemption Notification. Held that, supply of service for removal of hump (slit/e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... arth/manure/sludge etc.) by dredging would be covered under Sl. No. 3A of the Service Rate Exemption Notification and is, therefore, exempted from levy of GST Relevant extract of the Service Rate Exemption Notification: Sl. No. 3A of the Service Rate Exemption Notification : 3A Chapter 99 Composite supply of goods ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and services in which the value of supply of goods constitutes not more than 25 per cent of the value of the said composite supply provided to the Central Government, State Government or Union territory or local authority by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat under article 243G of the Constitution or in relation to any function entrusted to a Municipality ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... under article 243W of the Constitution . Nil Nil (Author can be reached at info@a2ztaxcorp.com ) - Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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