In Re : M\/s Columbia Asia Hospitals Private Limited
GST
2018 (8) TMI 876 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, KARNATAKA – 2018 (15) G. S. T. L. 722 (A. A. R. – GST)
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, KARNATAKA – AAR
Dated:- 27-7-2018
Advance Ruling No. KAR ADRG 15 \/ 2018
GST
Sri. Harish Dharnia, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax, Member (Central Tax) And Dr. Ravi Prasad M.P. Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Member (State Tax)
\nORDER
\nM\/s Columbia Asia Hospitals Private Limited, (called as the „Applicant‟ hereinafter), having its registered office at The Icon, 2nd Floor, No.8, 80 feet Road, HAL III Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560075 has filed an application for Advance Ruling under Section 97 of CGST Act, 2017, KGST Act, 2017 read with Rule 104 of CGST Rules 2017 & KGST Rules 2017, in form GST ARA-01 discharging the fee of Rs. 5,000-00 each under the CGST Act and the KGST Act.
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\n b. The applicant has its India Management Office (“IMO”) i.e Corporate Office in Karnataka and some of the activities for all the units with respect to accounting, administration and maintenance of IT system are carried out by the employees from IMO which forms part of the registered person in Karnataka. Further, GST paid on certain expenses such as rent paid on immovable property and other equipments, travel expenses, consultancy services, communication expenses etc., which are incurred towards services used by the IMO are availed<\/p>\n
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\n Rental Services received at IMO * Turnover of Pune\/Total turnover of all Units
\n = 100000 * 1000000 = Rs. 10,000-00 \/ 10000000
\n Therefore, Company in Bangalore would raise an invoice for Rs. 10,000-00 on the Company in Pune and discharge the applicable GST on this amount.
\n d. However, the applicant states, with respect to employee cost there are no invoices raised by the management office treating the same as activities carried out by employees in the course of or in relation to his employment which does not amount to supply of services.
\n e. With these facts, the applicant has sought an advance ruling on the matters already enumerated above.
\n4. The applicant states that as per Section 7(1)(c) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, the term “Supply” includes “the activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made with or without a consideration”. Further, as per Section 7(2) of the CGST Act, “activities or transactions specified in S<\/p>\n
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\n6. The word employee cannot be restricted to employment with the registered person as per Section 2(94) of the CGST Act merely on account of the location from where he renders his employment services. The employment relationship exists between the employee and employer, i.e. legal entity as a whole and not confined to the location of registered person from where the said employee renders services. When an employee renders any services to other registered persons, i.e. distinct persons of the same legal entity, the nature of activities still assumes the character of services by an employee to the employer in the course of or in relation to his employment as he is an employee for the legal entity as a whole and not for any one registered person. Hence, the services rendered by employees towards accounting and<\/p>\n
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\n8. FINDINGS & DISCUSSION:
\nThe contention of the applicant is examined.
\n8.1 Regarding the applicability of entry No.2 of Schedule I to the activities of accounts and management done by the IMO for the individual units located both within the State and also outside the state, the following is observed:
\nThe entry 2 of Schedule I, which deals with the activities that are to be treated as supplies even if made without consideration, reads as under:
\n “2. Supply of goods or services or both between related persons or between distinct persons as specified in section 25, when made in the course or furtherance of business”
\n8.2 Further, the explanation given in Section 15 of CGST Act 2017, defines the “related persons” as under:
\n “For the purposes of this Act,
\n (a) persons shall be deemed to be “related persons” if
\n i. such persons are officers or directors of one another‟s businesses;
\n ii. such persons are l<\/p>\n
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\n (a) all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business. . .
\n (b) . . .
\n (c) the activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made without a consideration; and
\n (d) . . .”
\n Hence any activities made between related persons made or agreed to be made without a consideration shall be covered under supply of goods or services. The valuation of such services is to be done as per the provisions of section 15 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and if any consideration is charged by issue of invoice by the IMO to the respective units would amount to transfer and hence supply as it is in the course of business under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 7. Further, these activities made <\/p>\n
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\n9. In view of the foregoing, we rule as follows
\nRULING
\nThe activities performed by the employees at the corporate office in the course of or in relation to employment such as accounting, other administrative and IT system maintenance for the units located in the other states as well i.e. distinct persons as per Section 25(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) shall be treated as supply as per Entr<\/p>\n
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