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Whether printing of books, question papers, OMR sheets etc. are exempted from GST under HSN 4901 or otherwise ?
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - On reading the Agreement the applicant entered with the Education Board for the year 2021 and 2022, we find that applicant supplies services relating to conduct of examination.
The Supply of services provided to State educational boards by way of services relating to conduct of examination by State Educational Boards is exempt vide entry 66(b) (iv) of said Notification 12/2017-CT(R), as clarified at clause 3(iv) to the Explan.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - The services of printing of text books is integral to the function of Education- including primary and secondary schools entrusted to a Panchayat under Article 243G as per entry at Sl. No. 17 of 11th Schedule of the Constitution. Therefore, the service of printing of textbooks supplied by the applicant to the State Government is exempted as per entry at Si No. 3 of the Notification No. 12/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amen.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no
Held - In the instant case applicant is supplying answer booklets/copies with or without OMR having its name logo etc. of his customer and the printing material used in printing of the said items pertains to the applicant. We further observe that the supply of printing to the content as supplied by the recipient of the supply is the ancillary to the principal supply of the answer booklets/copies with or without OMR, therefore the supply w.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - In the instant case, the educational institutions as referred to by the applicant for whom the supplies of the services of printing of examination-related material are made/ intended to be made are Mumbai university examination Committee, Bihar University Examination Committee, JNTU, Kakinada. All of the three institutions invariably fall under the category of educational institution" as they fulfil the criterion o.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - It is observed that the applicant was given the job to scan the OMR Flying slip, OMR marks Foil with barcode sticker, scanning of OMR attendance sheet and scanning OMR Absentee sheet along with data extraction and finalization of data in all the four categories.
Examination is an incomplete activity without assessment. Scanning of answer sheets and quantifying marks is an essential part albeit main objective of the exami.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - In the instant case applicant is engaged in printing the content supplied by the recipient using their own physical inputs like paper, ink etc. Since there is involvement of rights in the question paper booklets printed and they cannot be supplied to anyone else and the confidentiality clauses of the contract are all involved, the same is to be treated as Composite supply with the supply of services being the principal supply.
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