Whether printing of books, question papers, OMR sheets etc. are exempted from GST under HSN 4901 or otherwise ?
TRT-2026-384

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The applicant sought advance ruling on different issues and each issue is discussed below:

Whether the following services are treated as exempted supply of service?

(i) Printing of Pre-examination items like question papers, OMR sheets (Optical Mark Reading), answer booklets etc.,

(ii) Printing of Post-examination items like marks card, grade card, certificates to the educational boards upto higher secondary; and

TRT-2026-418

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The applicant sought advance ruling on different issues and each issue is discussed below:

Whether the following services are treated as exempted supply of service?

(i) Printing of Pre-examination items like question papers, OMR sheets (Optical Mark Reading), answer booklets etc.,

(ii) Printing of Post-examination items like marks card, grade card, certificates to the educational boards upto higher secondary; and