2018 (5) TMI 1701 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING – WEST BENGAL – 2018 (13) G. S. T. L. 339 (A. A. R. – GST), [2018] 2 GSTL (AAR) 66 (AAR) – Classification of supply – supply of goods along-with supply of services – Composite Supply u/s 2(30) of the GST Act – GTA Service – naturally bundled services – consideration payable under the Second Contract for inland/local transportation and ancillary services like in-transit insurance – Held that:- It is immediately apparent that the First Contract cannot be executed independent of the Second Contract. There cannot be any ‘supply of goods’ without a place of supply. As the goods to be supplied under the First Contract involve movement and/or installation at the site, the place of supply shall be the location of the goods at the time when movement of the goods terminates for delivery to the recipient, or moved to the site for assembly or installation.
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05/WBAAR/2018-19 – Dated:- 28-5-2018 – Vishwanath Member And Parthasarathi Dey Member Applicant s representative Sri Biplab Paul, Accountant ORDER 1. The Applicant is stated to be a manufacturer of Overhead Power Transmission Line Hardware and Accessories. His question is related to contracts obtained from M/s Power Grid Corporation of India (hereinafter referred to as the Contractee ) who has entered into two separate contracts – one for supply of materials at ex-factory price (hereinafter referred to as the First Contract ), and the other for supply of allied services like transportation, insurance, loading/unloading etc for delivery of materials at the contractee s site (hereinafter referred to as the Second Contract ). The Applicant states that as per the Second Contract, since they are not a Goods Transport Agency they arrange for the supply and delivery of materials through various other suppliers of these services. The Contractee is charged for these services at a pre-fixed rat
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s GTA ) or engaged in the business of in-transit insurance and loading, which are naturally bundled with and dependent of the transportation services. He, according to the Application, arranges such services and pays the GST, as applicable, on the consideration paid to the suppliers of such services. The Applicant is of the opinion that this service to the Contractee is exempt under the GST Act. According to the Applicant, it is a composite supply with road transportation as the principal supply, and loading/unloading, in-transit insurance etc as ancillary supplies to the transportation service. As the Applicant is not a GTA, his supply of transportation service is exempt. [Reference may be made to Serial no. 18 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28/06/2017 (1136-FT dated 28/06/2017 under State Tax), hereinafter collectively referred to as the Exemption Notification ]. The Principal Supply being thus exempted, the Applicant should not, according to his interpretation
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of hardware fittings and accessories at different projects under two separate Notifications of Award (hereinafter referred to as NOA ). 7. NOA No.CC-CS/651-SR1/HWF-3670/3/G2/NOA-I/7540 dated 12/12/ 2017 is the First Contract, involving ex-works supply of all equipment and materials. The scope of the work includes design, manufacture, testing and supply of hardware fittings and accessories. The consideration payable includes only the ex-work price component of the materials. 8. NOA No.CC-CS/651-SR1/HWF-3670/3/G2/NOA-II/7541 dated 12/12/2017 is the Second Contract, which involves all other activities required to be performed for delivery of the goods to the Contractee s site. The consideration is a lump sum amount payable for inland/local transportation, in-transit insurance and loading/unloading charges. 9. It is immediately apparent that the First Contract cannot be executed independent of the Second Contract. There cannot be any supply of goods without a place of supply. As the goods
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strued as a single source responsibility Contract and any breach in any part of the Contract shall be treated as a breach of the entire Contract. It is further elaborated under Clause 2.2 of both the Contracts. Second paragraph of Clause 2.2 of the First Contract says, Notwithstanding the award of work under two separate Contracts in the aforesaid manner, you shall be overall responsible to ensure the execution of both the Contracts to achieve successful completion and taking over of the Goods under the package by the Purchaser as per the requirements stipulated in the Bidding Documents. It is expressly understood and agreed by you that any default or breach under the Second Contract shall automatically be deemed as a default or breach of this First Contract also and viceversa, and any such default or breach or occurrence giving us a right to terminate the Second Contract , either in full or in part, and/or recover damages there under, shall give us an absolute right to terminate this
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you that any default or breach under the First Contract shall automatically be deemed as a default or breach of this Second Contract also and vice-versa, and any such default or breach or occurrence giving us a right to terminate the First Contract , either in full or in part, and/or recover damages there under, shall give us an absolute right to terminate this Contract, at your risk, cost and responsibility, either in full or in part and/or recover damages under this Second Contract as well. However, such default or breach or occurrence in the First Contract , shall not automatically relieve you of any of your obligations under this Second Contract . It is also expressly understood and agreed by you that the equipment/materials supplied by you under the First Contract , when inter alia transported by you under the Second Contract shall give satisfactory performance in accordance with the provisions of the Contract. 11. The two contracts are, therefore, linked by a cross fall breach cl
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d Contract. In other words, the First Contract cannot be performed satisfactorily unless the goods have been delivered to the Contractee s site in terms of the Second Contract. Moreover, the discussion in paragraph no. 8 above settles that the First Contract is no contract at all unless tied up with the Second Contract. The two promises – supply of the goods and their transportation to the Contractee s site – are, therefore, not separately enforceable in the present context. The supplies of goods and services of transportation etc are, therefore, naturally bundled. The recipient has not contracted for ex-factory supply of materials, but for the composite supply involving delivery of the goods at the contractee s site, which includes transportation, in-transit insurance etc. Terms of the contracts are such that all these supplies are inseparable and, therefore, naturally bundled. 12. While defining Composite Supply under Section 2(30) of the GST Act, the legislature provides an illustra
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