In Re: WEBFIL Ltd.
GST
2019 (1) TMI 486 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, WEST BENGAL – 2019 (21) G. S. T. L. 80 (A. A. R. – GST)
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, WEST BENGAL – AAR
Dated:- 8-1-2019
Case No 30 of 2018 Order No. 32/WBAAR/2018-19
GST
SYDNEY D'SILVA AND PARTHASARATHI DEY, MEMBER
Applicant's representative heard Sri Jaydip Guha Ray, Authorized Representative
1. The Applicant, stated to be a joint venture company formed by West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (hereinafter WBIDC) – a Govt of West Bengal undertaking, and the group of companies of Andrew Yule & Co Ltd (a Central Govt under taking), wants a ruling on applicability of Notification No. 1344 – FT dated 13/09/2018 under the WBGST Act, 2017 (50/2018 – CT dated 13/09/2018 under the CGST Act, 2017), which are hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Notification”. Advance Ruling is admissible on this question under Section 97(2) (b) of the CGST / WBGST Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to
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above, and to the persons specified below under clause (d) of section 51(1):
(a) An authority or a board or any other body –
(i) set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature; or
(ii) established by any Government,
with 51% or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out any function
(b) Society established by the Central Govt or the State Govt or a local authority under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;
(c) Public sector undertakings.
However, the Notification shall not apply to the authorities under the Ministry of Defence, other than the authorities specified in the Annexure-A of Notification No. 57/2018 – CT dated 30/10/2018. Furthermore, the Notification shall not apply to supplies from a public sector undertaking to another public sector undertaking.
3. According to the Application, WBIDC and Andrew Yule & Co and its associates are “Government Companies” and they together hold 62.29% of the subscribed and paid up share capital of the Applican
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ment. The Application is silent on this issue. This Authority, therefore, examines the matter based on the arguments put forward and information made available, keeping the above issue open.
5. Section 51(1) of the GST Act, read with the Notification as amended from time to time, mandates that certain categories of recipients shall deduct tax at source at a percentage while making payments to the suppliers above a threshold. Such recipients include inter alia an authority or a board or any other body set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature or established by any Government with 51% or more participation by way of equity or control to carry out any function.
As the GST Act does not define “Control”, it should be construed as defined under the Companies Act, 2013. Section 2(27) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines “Control”. It includes the right to appoint majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions exercisable by a person or persons acting in
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