In Re: M/s. Crown Beers India Private Limited
GST
2018 (12) TMI 843 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA – 2019 (21) G. S. T. L. 93 (A. A. R. – GST), [2019] 67 G S.T.R. 102 (AAR)
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA – AAR
Dated:- 4-9-2018
GST-ARA-31/2018-19/B-102
GST
SHRI B.V. BORHADE, AND SHRI PANKAJ KUMAR, MEMBER
PROCEEDINGS
(Under section 98 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017)
The present application has been filed under section 97 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [hereinafter referred to as “the CGST Act and MGST Act”] by Crown Beers India Private Limited, the applicant, seeking an advance ruling in respect of the following questions.
i. The applicant incurs to the PIL a fixed fee and costs specified in Schedule II to the Agreement as a consideration for supply of Products. Supply of Products, being in the nature
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CGST Act and the MGST Act are the same except for certain provisions. Therefore, unless a mention is specifically made to such dissimilar provisions, a reference to the CGST Act would also mean a reference to the same provision under the MGST Act. Further to the earlier, henceforth for the purposes of this Advance Ruling, a reference to such a similar provision under the CGST Act / MGST Act would be mentioned as being under the “GST Act”.
02 FACTS AND CONTENTION – AS PER THE APPLICANT
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STATEMENT OF THE RELEVANT FACTS HAVING A BEARING ON THE QUESTIONS:
1. Crown Beers India Private Limited (“Applicant') is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The applicant has entered into a Tie-up Agreement (“Agreement) with Privilege Industries Limited (“PIE) whereby PIL to brew / manufacture, package and supply beer (*Products), as specified under the Agreement, from the Bottling Unit to buyers / distr
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facilities and inputs, in compliance with the standards prescribed under the Agreement, for the purpose of manufacturing the Products;
ii. Carrying out all the processes required for brewing / manufacturing, Bottling and packing of the Products;
iv. Maintaining physical stock of Products in the Bottling Unit or in bonded or other warehouses; and Preparation of sales invoices, ensuring timely dispatches and delivery of the Products to buyers/ distributors in the territory identified by the Crown.
b. The PIL would be responsible for carrying out its obligations under this Agreement in a timely manner and in accordance with the directions and instructions of Crown (Clause 2.2 of the Agreement).
c. The PIL shall manufacture the Products in terms of the Agreement in strict compliance with the policies, operating procedures and quality and performance Parameters and standards prescribed by Crown (Clause 5.1 of the Agreement). Crown Would be entitled to specify, inter alia, as part
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lated and payable in accordance with this Agreement (Clause 2.3 of the Agreement). The aforesaid fixed fee is calculated after considering the following costs / incurred by PIL:
i. Cost of all raw materials and ingredients used to manufacture the Products, based upon parameters agreed under the Agreement on actual price basis;
ii. Labor and manpower cost upon actual cost, based upon parameters Agreed under the Agreement;
iii. cost of consumables towards boiler fuel, cost (initially furnace oil and Later rice husk/briquette), demineralised water, carbon dioxide, effluent treatment plant, Water treatment plant, laboratory supplies, inkjet printers, ink and any other consumables which is consumed in routine working of the Bottling Unit;
iv. Power cost based upon parameters agreed under the Agreement on Actual price basis;
V. Bottling fee (including without limitation franchise fee and label Registration charges) that may be levied by the excise department of the State of Ma
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e Deposited (Clause 7. 1 of the Agreement). Fixed fee (including all costs specified in Schedule Il to the Agreement) shall be paid or incurred from the Account (Clause 7.2 & 7.3 of the Agreement). The proceeds from the sale of Products shall be credited into the Account (Clause 7.4 of the Agreement).
h. Any credits, subsidies, benefits, refunds, whether monetary or otherwise, received by PIL in relation to costs or amounts receivable by Products pursuant to Schedule Il (Cost Subsidies) shall be to Applicant's benefit and the Applicant may elect, at its sole discretion, to deduct or adjust the same from the amounts payable by the Applicant to PIL under the Agreement (Clause 3.5 of the Agreement).
3. The Applicant is filing the instant application for advance ruling under Section 97 (1) of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as the 'MGST Act) Read with Section 96 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the 'CGST Act
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ervices Tax (hereinafter referred to as the 'CGST') under-Section 9(1) of the CGST Act/ Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax (hereinafter referred to as the MGST') under Section (1) of the MGST Act / Integrated Goods and Service Tax (Hereinafter referred to as the 'IGST') under Section 5 (1) of the IGST Act can be levied on the above mentioned consideration paid for supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption ?
1. In this question, the Applicant has sought an advance ruling on whether CGST / MGST / IGST can be levied on the payment of aforesaid fixed fee received by the PIL as a consideration for brewing / manufacturing, packing and supply of Products i.e. alcoholic liquor for human consumption.
2. In this regard, reference may first be made to the amendments introduced by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016. By way of this constitutional amendment, Article 246A and Article 269A were introduced in the Constitution of India to authorize the Parliament and t
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he Central Government as well as respective State Governments, including by the State Government of Maharashtra. In the instant case, the Applicant is concerned with the provisions of the CGST Act, the IGST Act and the MGST Act. The CGST Act provides for provisions for levy and collection of GST on intra-State supply of goods and services or both by the Central Government. Under the CGST Act, Section 9 (1) specifically provides for the levy of CGST on “all intra- State supplies of goods or services or both, except on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption”. Similarly, the MGST Act provides for provisions for levy and collection of GST on intra-State supply of goods or services or both by the State Government of Maharashtra. Under the MGST Act, Section 9 (1) specifically provides for the levy of MGST on “all intra-State supplies of goods or services or both, except on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption”. As far as the IGST Act is concerned, the same provi
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ST/MGST/IGST respectively is on the 'supply 'of goods or services or both. The expression supply' is defined under Section 7 of the CGST Act / MGST Act to include, inter alia, “all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course of furtherance of business”. Section 2 (21) of the IGST Act has specified that the expression supply 'shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Section 7 of the CGST Act. Therefore, for the purposes this application for advance ruling, reference to supply' in terms of the CGST Act should henceforth be read to be reference to supply' in terms of the IGST Act as well.
6. Based on a reading of the scope of supply under the CGST Act/MGST Act/IGST Act provided above, it is not disputed by the Applicant that the transaction undertaken by PIL falls within the definition of supply under the respective legislations. Th
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Il to the Agreement, which includes, inter alia, the cost of procuring raw materials and ingredients, power cost and manpower cost, required for brewing/ manufacturing, packing and supplying Products. The said costs are essentially a consideration charged by the PIL on Applicant for supplying Products i.e. alcoholic liquor for human consumption.
8. Based on a conjoint reading of the provisions relating to levy of CGST/MGST/IGST and the provisions relating to scope of 'supply under the CGST Act/MGST Act / IGST Act, it is humbly reiterated by the Applicant that supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption is excluded from the very purview of taxability at the threshold itself. Furthermore, it is submitted that there is no Constitutional authority at all to levy GST on any form of supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption in terms of Article 366 (12A) of the Constitution of India.
9. In addition to the above mentioned submissions, the Applicant would like to point out that pr
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clude every aspect of supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption from tax under the GST legislations, be it supply of goods or supply of services.
10. Reliance in this regard is placed on the settled position in law that taxing statutes are to be strictly construed i.e. a taxing statute has to be looked at merely in terms of its language and there is no room for any intendment. The reasoning behind such construction of taxing statutes is that there is no concept of equity in taxation law. This principle has been upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a series of judgments, including by Constitutional Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Hansraj Gordhandas v. HH Dave, (1969) 2 SCR 253 = 1968 (9) TMI 112 – SUPREME COURT OF INDIA as well as in Sales Tax Commissioner v. Modi Sugar Mills, AIR 1961 SC 1047 = 1960 (10) TMI 65 – SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.
11. In light of the above mentioned rule of construction relating to taxing statutes, it is humbly submitted that the language of Arti
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to be a supply of services” and, therefore, the activities carried out by PIL on goods obtained from suppliers nominated by the Applicant shall be leviable to CGST/MGST/IGST as a 'supply of service'.
In this regard, it is firstly submitted that in the instant facts, the PIL is not working on another person's goods. This is a case where the PIL purchases the required materials on their own and then manufactures and packs Products out of such goods. Therefore, it cannot be said to be '”any treatment or process which is applied to another person's goods”.
In any case, it is humbly submitted by the Applicant that merely because any treatment/process applied to another person's goods is deemed to be a service under CGST Act / MGST Act/ IGST Act, it cannot be implied that the process of brewing / manufacturing, packing and supplying of Products using the raw materials from suppliers specified by the Applicant shall be covered within the scope of 'supply' under CGST Act/MGST Act/1GST Act.
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t of the above mentioned provisions, it is summarized that even if activity undertaken by the PIL can be deemed to be a 'supply of service' under the concerned statutes, there shall be no levy of GST on the same as not only is there is no statutory backing to the said levy in the first place, the Constitution of India specifically excludes taxes on alcoholic liquor for human consumption from the definition of GST.
13. In this regard, the Applicant places reliance on the well-settled position of law that a thing which cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly. Accordingly, it is respectfully contended by the Applicant that something which is not constitutionally / statutorily permissible, the same cannot be justified by relying on the language of the Schedule to the relevant statute. To explain the said submission in the context of the instant factual scenario, it is submitted by the Applicant that levy of GST on supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption is expressly exc
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t be done directly cannot be done indirectly”. Relying on these judgments, it is humbly contended by the Applicant that once the supply of alcoholic liquor is excluded from the very definition of GST under the Constitution of India as well as from the charging provisions levying CGST / MGST / IGST under the CGST Act/ MGST Act/IGST Act, there is a total bar on imposing GST on such a supply in any form, including by way of creating a deeming fiction.
14. In view of the above mentioned submissions, the Applicant humbly submits that the consideration received by PIL as fixed fee and costs specified in Schedule Il to the Agreement is in the nature of consideration for supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption' which is excluded from the ambit of GST by virtue of the specific exclusion provided for in the Constitution of India as well the charging provisions under the CGST Act, MGST Act and the IGST Act. Therefore, it is the Applicant's contention that there shall be no levy of CGST/
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bly submitted that if brewing, bottling and supplying Beer i.e. alcoholic liquor for human consumption is considered to be a taxable supply, it could potentially fall within the ambit of manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others i.e. services by way of job work.
In the present case, all the activities under consideration i.e. brewing, bottling and supplying Beer are in relation to Beer which is classifiable under Customs Tariff Item 2203 00 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Therefore, the said taxable supply squarely falls within the scope of S. No. 26 (i) (f) of the Notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended by Notification No. 31/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 13.10.2017 i.e. “Services by way of job work in relation to all food and food products falling under Chapters 1 to 22 in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975', Accordingly, if brewing, bottling and supplying Beer i.e. alcoholic liquor for h
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pply beer ('Products'), as specified under the Agreement. In this regard, the Applicant filed the present application for advance ruling ('Application'), bearing Reference No. 31 dated 29.052018, seeking an advance ruling on the following questions:
i. The Applicant incurs to the PIL a fixed fee and costs specified in Schedule II to the Agreement as a consideration for supply of Products. Supply of Products, being in the nature of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, is excluded from the ambit of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ('CGST Act') / Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ('MGST Act') / Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“IGST Act'). Whether Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) under Section 9 (1) of the CGST Act / Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax (“MGST') under Section 9 (1) of the MGST Act / Integrated Goods and Services Tax ('IGST') under Section 5 (1) of the IGST Act can be levied on the above mentioned consideration paid for supply of alcoh
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r human consumption including the supply of goods as well as supply for services, has been excluded from the ambit of GST regime
3. It is humbly submitted that the following facts are not in dispute:
i. That PIL is a manufacturer of alcoholic liquor for human consumption and holds the requisite licences under the State excise laws (Recital (b), Clause 1.3.1(a) and (d) of the Agreement).
ii. That the Products which are the subject matter of supply are alcoholic liquor for human consumption as is clear from the definition of Products under Clause 1 (u) of the Agreement which defines “Product (S)”
iii. The raw materials for the manufacture of alcoholic liquor for human consumption are purchased by PIL and it shall arrange for labour and all other facilities for inputs for manufacturing alcoholic liquor for human consumption (Clause 2.1.1 of the Agreement).
iv. The Applicant is the risk taker and is entitled to profits from the sale of alcoholic liquor for human consumption (Clause
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is reimbursed to PIL.
5. No part of the above sale consideration for alcoholic liquor for human consumption is subject to GST as the supply of, alcoholic liquor for human consumption itself is outside the purview of the GST provisions. All the above components of the sale consideration, whether retained by the Applicant or by PIL, are only parts of sale consideration of alcoholic liquor for human consumption which is manufactured and supplied by PIL.
6. The power to levy of excise duty on manufacture of alcoholic liquor for human consumption continues to vest with the State Legislature under Entry 51 of List II. Equally, levy of taxes on the sale and purchase of alcoholic liquor for human consumption continues to be charged by the State Legislature under Entry 54 of the List II by the States. Therefore, any consideration which is charged by a manufacturer of alcoholic liquor for human consumption for the manufacture and sale of alcohol will be subject to taxes by the State Government
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ned, the same provides for provisions for levy and collection of tax on inter-State supply of goods and services or both by the Central Government. Under the IGST Act, Section 5 (1) specifically provides for the levy of IGST on “all inter- State supplies of goods or services or both, except on the supply of alcoholic liquor of human consumption”. Furthermore, Article 366 (12A) was inserted in the Constitution of India which defined goods and services tax' to mean “any tax on supply of goods, or services or both except taxes on the Supply of the alcoholic liquor for human consumption”. Based on a plain reading of 'Article 366 (12A) of the Constitution of India, Section 9 (1) of the CGST Act / MGST Act and Section 5 (1) of the IGST Act, it is respectfully submitted that 'supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption' has been expressly excluded from the ambit of levy of CGST/MGST/IGST.
8. It is humbly submitted that with the passing of the above mentioned constitutional amendment and
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upply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption. There is no independent service provided by PIL to the Applicant. The alleged service gets subsumed in the manufacture of alcoholic liquor for human consumption and finally what is supplied is only alcoholic liquor for human consumption. Therefore, it would be incorrect to sub-divide the transaction of alcoholic liquor for human consumption and attempt to tax the service portion, if any, which already stands subsumed in the final product which is alcoholic liquor for human consumption alone. For instance, if the manufacturer enters into an agreement to supply packaged pens, the activity of packaging pens gets subsumed in the manufacture and no separate service of packaging pens will be said to be undertaken.
10. It is further submitted that the State Legislature's powers to impose taxes on alcoholic liquor for human consumption has not Changed under the GST regime, as explained above under Entry 51 and 54 of List II. As far as the Union
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nce may also be made to GST Council's Minutes of the 26th Meeting dated 10.03-2018 on GST on liquor license fee wherein the GST Council approved that GST was not leviable on licence fee and application fee, by whatever name it is called, for alcoholic liquor for human consumption and that this would also apply mutatis mutandis to the demand raised by Service Tax/Excise authorities on licence fee for alcoholic liquor for human consumption in the pre-GST period. The Central Government has subsequently accepted this decision of the GST Council. Reference may be made to Order dated 10.08.2018 of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in Jagatjit Industries Limited v. Union of India [W.P.(C) NO. 3277/2017] = 2018 (12) TMI 838 – DELHI HIGH COURT which mentions the above mentioned GST Council's Minutes of the Meeting and the approval of the same by the Central Government. A copy of the Order dated 10.08.2018 of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court is enclosed herewith and marked as Annexure-3.
12. It ha
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ciple has been upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a series of judgments, including by a Constitutional Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Hansraj Gordhandas v. HH Dave, (1969) 2 SCR 253 = 1968 (9) TMI 112 – SUPREME COURT OF INDIA as well as in Sales Tax Commissioner v. Modi Sugar Mills, AIR 1961 SC 1047 = 1960 (10) TMI 65 – SUPREME COURT OF INDIA. In light of the above mentioned rule of construction relating to taxing statutes, it is humbly submitted that the language of Article 366 (12A) of the Constitution of India, Section 9 (1) of the CGST Act / MGST Act and Section 5 (1) of the IGST Act have to be strictly construed, without considering the consequences that it may have. Once the said provisions are interpreted strictly in terms of their language, it is respectfully contended that the 'supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption' in all forms, either as a supply of goods or a supply of services, is excluded from the levy of CGST / MGST / IGST. Therefore, it is the Appl
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) in the case of M/s. United Breweries Limited ('UBC). The facts of the Karnataka Advance Ruling are similar to the facts of the present case insofar as UBL, apart from manufacturing beer on its own, also has manufacturing arrangement with Contract Bottling Units ('CBUs') who manufacture beer under brand names belonging to the applicant and supplies such beer to market. As per the agreements under consideration in the Karnataka Advance Ruling, CBUS were entitled to a fixed Sum and the cost of the raw material, cost related to energy consumption, fixed costs etc. Similar to the present case, the said agreements provided that the CBUs shall be procuring the raw materials required, even if it was under the close supervision of UBL.
15. With respect to the question of levy of GST on the profit earned by the CBUs out of their manufacturing activity, it was noted in the Karnataka Advance Ruling that UBL had not supplied any goods used in the manufacturing activity undertaken by the CBUs and
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paid.
Merely because the cost of raw materials and ingredients used in the manufacture of Products is reimbursed by the Applicant to PIL, it cannot be concluded that PIL is engaged in job work or supply of services
17. It is humbly submitted that as per Section 2 (68) of the CGST Act, 'job work is defined as “any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to another registered person” and the expression job worker' has to be construed accordingly. An identical definition of 'job work is provided under Section 2 (68) of the MGST Act. In terms of Section 2 (24) of the IGST Act, the above mentioned definition of 'job work under the CGST Act shall also apply to the IGST Act. In this regard, it is humbly submitted in terms of the above mentioned definition of 'job work, an activity can be said to be 'job work' only if such treatment or process is undertaken by a person on 'goods belonging to another registered person'.
18. Further, S. No. 3 Of Schedule II to the CGST
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'supply of services' in terms of S. No. 3 of Schedule 11 of the CGST Act / MGST Act.
20. In this regard, it is humbly submitted that merely the fact that the cost of raw materials and ingredients used to make the Products is reimbursed by the Applicant does not change the fact that such raw materials and ingredients are procured by and owned by PIL. It is respectfully contended that in any case of supply of goods or services, the consideration charged for supplying such goods or services can be broadly split into (1) the cost incurred for supplying such goods or services; and (2) the amount of profit. The fact that the cost of raw materials used for supplying such goods or Services is recovered from the recipient of goods or services at the time of supply does not imply that the raw materials always belonged to the said recipient (i.e. even before the time of supply). Relying on the same reasoning, it is humbly submitted that merely because the cost of raw materials and ingredients us
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mount of consideration received by PIL (including the fixed fee and costs specified in Schedule Il of the Agreement), it is humbly submitted that if brewing, bottling and supplying Products is considered to be a taxable supply, it could potentially fall within the ambit of manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others. In the present case, all the activities under consideration i.e. brewing, bottling and supplying Products are in relation to beer which is classifiable as Customs Tariff Item 2203 00 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Accordingly, the said taxable supply will specifically fall within the scope of S. No. 26 (1) (f) of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended by Notification No. 31/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 13.102017 (Services by way of job work in relation to all food and food products falling under Chapters 1 to 22 in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975').
23. It is humbly submitted th
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ST (in case of intra-State supply) at the rate of 2.5% in terms of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended by Notification No. 31/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 13.10.2017. Similarly, there shall be a levy of MGST (in case of intra-State supply) at the rate of 2.5% on the said taxable supply in terms of Notification No. 11/2017-State Tax (Rate) dated 29.062017, as amended by Notification No. 31/ 2017-State Tax (Rate) dated 13.102017. In case of an inter-State supply, IGST Shall be levied at the rate of 5% on the said taxable supply in terms of Notification No. 8/2017-lntegrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06,2017, as amended by Notification No. 39/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated
03. CONTENTION – AS PER THE CONCERNED OFFICER
The submission, as reproduced verbatim, could be seen thus-
Submission in case of Crown Beers India Pvt Ltd
M/s. Crown Beer India Pvt ltd is registered under GST Act with GSTIN 27AACCC994601ZS. The dealer has applied under Advance Ruli
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d to be a service by way of job work in relation to Beer, what shall be the rate of CGST/UTGST/IGST that shall be levied on the said taxable supply?
In this connection, I am submitting my submission as under:
M/s. Crown Beer India Pvt Ltd has entered into a Tie-up Agreement with M/s. Privilege Industries Limited (PIL) whereby PIL undertakes to manufacture the products at its Bottling unit and perform certain allied activities like.
1) Purchasing the required raw materials, arranging labour and all other facilities and inputs, in compliance with the standards prescribed under the agreement, for the purpose or manufacturing the product i.e. Beer.
2) Maintaining physical stock of products in the bottling unit or in bonded or other warehouses and
3) Preparation of sales invoices, ensuring timely dispatches and delivery of the products to buyers' distributors in the territory identified by the M/s. Crown Beer India Pvt Ltd.
It means PIL is rendering services in relation to supply
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uling no. KAR ADRG 9/2018 Dated 29 June, 2018 = 2018 (7) TMI 835 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, KARNATAKA.
04. HEARING
The case was taken up for Preliminary hearing on dt. 25.07.2018 with respect to admission or rejection of present application when Sh. Tarun Gulati, Advocate along with Sh. Vasu Nigam, Advocate and Sh. Ashish Jain, Senior Manager Tax appeared and contented for admission of application as per submissions made in their ARA. Jurisdictional Officer, Ms. Sheetal Gajane, State Tax Officer (C-704), Nodal Division -7, Mumbai appeared and stated that they have already made written submissions.
The application was admitted and called for final hearing on 29.08.2018, Sh. Shanti Mathews ,Advocate along with Sh. Vasu Nigam, Advocate and Sh. Sachin Agrawal Consultant appeared and made oral and written submissions. Jurisdictional Officer, Ms. Sheetal Gajane, State Tax Officer (C-704), Nodal Division – 7, Mumbai appeared and stated that they have already made written submission
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e levied on the above mentioned consideration paid for supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption?
With respect to the costs incurred by the applicant, we find that the 'costs' are paid by the applicant to PIL as a consideration for purchasing the required materials, arranging labour and all other facilities and inputs by PIL on behalf of the applicant, so that as per the agreement entered into by them PIL would brew/manufacture, package and supply beer (Products), as specified under the Agreement. The applicant has entered into an agreement for brewing/manufacturing, packaging and supplying beer only because PIL has surplus manufacturing and licensed capacity at its bottling unit. AS per the agreement the applicant would pay to PIL such costs for purchasing the goods mentioned above and therefore they are effectively their own goods. In fact the agreement mentions that PIL shall maintain in force, at all times during the term Of the Agreement, full and complete insurance cover
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herance of business.
From the transaction between the applicant and PIL, it is clear that in respect of the 'costs' paid and received there is no supply of goods/ services in the form of sale, transfer, barter, exchange, etc. and therefore there is no requirement to pay GST on such costs paid by the applicant to PIL However in respect of the 'fixed costs' paid by the applicant to PIL, it is very clear that the said fixed costs are paid to PIL because they are providing job work services to the applicant. In this matter of payment of fixed costs there is a supply of service by PIL to the applicant in the form of brewing/ manufacturing, packaging and supplying beer. For these services rendered there is a consideration which flows from the applicant to PIL in the form of 'fixed costs'. The entire services rendered by PIL and the consideration paid by the applicant for receiving such services is in the course of furtherance on business of both, the applicant and PIL. Hence this amount is
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very clear that it is the job work which is a service provided by PIL that is required to be taxed.
05. In view of the extensive deliberations as held hereinabove, we pass an order as follows:
ORDER
(Under section 98 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017)
NO.GST-ARA-31/2018-19/B-102
Mumbai, dt. 04/09/2018
For reasons as discussed in the body of the order, the questions are answered thus –
Question 1 :- The applicant incurs to the PIL a fixed fee and costs specified in Schedule II to the Agreement as a consideration for supply Of Products. Supply of Products, being in the nature of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, is excluded from the ambit of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ('CGST Act) / Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (MGST Act') / Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 ('IGST Act'). Whether Central Goods and Services Tax (hereinafter referred to as the 'CGST') under Section 9(1) of
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