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Whether GST is leviable on employee recoveries ?
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no
Held - The applicant has also relied upon the judgement of the Supreme court in the case of MMR Khan & Othrs Vs UOI-1990 AIR 937 to buttress their argument that contractual workers engaged through third-party agencies and availing canteen facilities under the applicant's supervision and control must be regarded as employees for all statutory and legal purpose. We have already seen that as per the agree.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - In terms of Section 7 ibid, supply means all forms of 'supply' of goods/services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business. The exception being Schedule I, which includes the activities made or agreed to be made without a consideration and Schedule III, which includes .....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - The first issue to be decided is the taxability on fee collected by the applicant from employees who proceed on leave without allowance for engaging in private employment.
The fee in question operates as a deterrent and is in the nature of a policy penalty rather than a contractual or commercial fee. It is not intended to compensate for or to correspond with any service r.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - In terms of Section 7 of the CGST Act, 2017, supply means all forms of 'supply' of goods/services or both such as sale, transfer barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease, or disposal made or agreed to be made for consideration by a Person in the course or furtherance of business. The exception being Schcdule-I which includes the activities made or agreed to be made without a consideration and Schedule-Ill, w.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - Now, in terms of section of the CGST Act supply means all forms of supply of goods/services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, Iicence, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business. The exception being Schedule I, which includes the activities made or agreed to be made without a consideration and Schedule III, whic.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - We hold that ITC will be available to the applicant in respect of food and beverages as canteen facility is to be obligatorily provided under the Factories Act, 1948, read with Gujarat Factories Rules, 1963 as far as provision of canteen service for employees is concerned. It is further held that the ITC on GST charged by the CSP will be restricted to the extent of cost borne by the applicant only.
Recovery of amount from su.....
- Whether reimbursement of expenses is leviable to GST?
- Whether input tax credit is admissible if invoice/debit note does not appear in Form GSTR-2A/2B or tax is not paid by supplier ?
- Whether marketing and sales promotion services to customers located outside India is intermediary or export of services ?
- Whether order / show cause notice is valid if passed without pre-show cause notice consultation or GST DRC-01 (summary SCN) or GST DRC-01A (tax intimation notice) ?
- Whether recovery proceedings can be initiated if assessee is willing to file an appeal ?
- Whether input tax credit can be transferred to the transferee entity in case of an inter-state business transfer ?
- Whether interest is payable for the period during which the reply to the deficiency memo remains pending ?
- Whether combined show cause notice can be issued covering multiple financial years ?
- Whether tax can be recovered by Department without prior intimation in Form DRC-01D ?
- Whether a penalty equal to 200% of the tax amount can be demanded in case of detention or seizure of goods ?