Whether reimbursement of expenses is leviable to GST?
TRT-2026-175

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - There is mention of only rate per manpower per month in the Work orders and total amount of work order is excluding EPF/ESIC/WC contribution/commission charges & taxes. Further, in the tax invoice raised by the applicant, there is mention of cost of employees and the commission and there is no mention of EPF/ESIC/WC contribution on the invoice.

Section 15(1) clearly stipulates that the value of supply of goods or services or b.....

TRT-2026-178

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - The value of supply includes incidental expenses charged by the supplier in respect to renting of premises for the purpose of levy of tax except for subsidies provided by the Government and the value of discount. Therefore, the charges for electricity and water charges recovered as reimbursements, even if at actuals, have the nature of incidental expenses in relation to renting of immovable property and are includible in the value of su.....

TRT-2026-184

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held- A pure agent is one who while making a supply to the recipient, also receives and incurs expenditure on some other supply on behalf of the recipient and claims reimbursement for such supplies from the recipient of the main supply and while the relationship between them in respect of the main service is on a principal to principal basis, the relationship between them in respect of other ancillary services is that of a pure agent, but the .....

TRT-2026-1115

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The distributor/producer had granted the exhibitor the non exclusive license to exploit the theatrical rights of a motion picture and each party was entitled to conduct its business in its absolute and sole discretion. It was further made clear in the Agreement that either of the party shall not interfere or otherwise influence any decision of the other party in respect of the conduct of its business.

What also needs to be notic.....

TRT-2026-182

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - We observed that Principal supply of services by the lessor is "renting of immovable property". Electricity charges or incidental charges, maintenance charges are in relation to composite supply of principal service of renting of immovable property, any incidental charges or expenses in respect of supply of service shad form part of value of taxable supply in terms of clear provisions of Section 15 of the CGST Act, 2017. The electricity.....

TRT-2026-185

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The applicant, is registered as Agent under National Employability Enhancement Mission (‘NEEM') for facilitating and extending support for mobilizing trainees under NEEM Scheme of Government of India as per regulations under notification issued by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), for providing trainees on-the-job practical training in industries to enhance their future employability, For that purpose, for which they .....