Whether employee salary costs must be included in the value of supply while cross-charging support services from the Head Office to the Branch ?
TRT-2026-1494

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - From comprehensive reading of the statutory provisions of relevant Acts, any supply of service between two registrations of the same person in the same State or in different States attract the provisions of Section 25 (4) and Section 7 read with Schedule 1 (2) and Section 15.

Even the services of employees deployed in a registered place of business to another registered p.....

TRT-2026-205

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - It is evident that the employees of the Appellant's Head Office are working at behest of the Head Office, and not at behest of the Branch Offices/Units. Further, since the Head Office is using all its human resources to facilitate the operational requirements of the Branch Offices/Units by way of procuring common input services on behalf of the Branch Offices/Units. thereby, providing the impugned facilitation services, therefore, alloc.....

TRT-2026-1496

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - In this regard, it is evident that the employees of the Appellant's Head Office are working at behest of the Head Office, and not at behest of the Branch Offices/Units. Further, since the Head Office is using all its human resources to procuring common input services on behalf of the Branch Offices Units. thereby, providing the impugned facilitation services, therefore, allocation and recovery of any am.....