In Re: Elambrancheri Khaldoon
GST
2018 (10) TMI 595 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, KERALA – 2018 (18) G. S. T. L. 152 (A. A. R. – GST)
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, KERALA – AAR
Dated:- 19-9-2018
AAR No. KER/12/2018
GST
SHRI. B.G. KRISHNAN AND SHRI. B.S. THYAGARAJABABU MEMBER
Authorized Representative: Mr. Rinu Padat, Chartered Accountant.
The petitioner is one of the co-owners of a jointly owned immovable property. There are 13 co-owners holding equal share in 86.78 Cents of land and building. They have rented out these properties to different parties. Total rent from all these properties exceed twenty lakh rupees in a financial year. But, individual share is not exceeding the said threshold. Now, the owners are
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ice attracting 18% GST. But, as per Section 22 of the GST Act, a supplier is exempted from registration, if his aggregate turnover is not exceeding Rs. 20 Lakhs in a financial year. Co-ownership of the property is for financial, administrative and family reasons. In such cases, a property may be divided by metes and bounds or there can be proportionate ownership of each owner. As per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, in the case of jointly owned properties, each joint owner is assessed separately for his share and he is also eligible for any relief as an individual owner of his respective share. Thus, in case of individuals, each individual will be entitled to basic exemption up to threshold limit. In this case also, a co-owner is
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nite and ascertainable, such persons shall not, in respect of such property, be assessed as an association of persons, but the share of each such person in the income from the property is included in his total income.
A co-owner holding immovable property jointly with other co-owners, but receiving lease rent separately, in proportion to his share in the property, is eligible for the benefit of threshold exemption. There is also Judicial pronouncement under Service Tax that clubbing of rent amount received by each co-owner, as per their share in jointly owned rented property, is not permissible. [2017 (51) STR 38 (Tri.-Chan)] = 2017 (1) TMI 101 – CESTAT CHANDIGARH.
The co-owners jointly owned immovable property and rented out these proper
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