{"id":15398,"date":"2018-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-11-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:30:00","slug":"gst-on-residential-programmes-or-camps-meant-for-advancement-of-religion-spirituality-or-yoga-by-religious-and-charitable-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=15398","title":{"rendered":"GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga by religious and charitable trusts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga by religious and charitable trusts.<br \/>47\/2018 Dated:- 22-11-2018 West Bengal SGST<br \/>GST &#8211; States<br \/>GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL<br \/>\nDIRECTORATE OF COMMERCIAL TAXES<br \/>\n14, BELIAGHATA ROAD, KOLKATA-700015<br \/>\nTRADE CIRCULAR No. 47\/2018 (Circular No. 66\/40\/2018-GST)<br \/>\nDATED: 22.11.2018<br \/>\nSubject: GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga by religious and charitable trusts.<br \/>\nCertain representations have been received seeking clarification as regards applicability of GST on residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga where the fee charged includes the cost of boardin<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/circulars?id=58056\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>all also be exempt as long as the primary and predominant activity, objective and purpose of such residential programmes or camps is advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga. However, if charitable or religious trusts merely or primarily provide accommodation or serve food and drinks against consideration in any form including donation, such activities will be taxable. Similarly, activities such as holding of fitness camps or classes such as those in aerobics, dance, music etc. will be taxable&#8221;.<br \/>\n3. It is accordingly clarified that taxability of the services of religious and charitable trusts by way of residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga may be decided accordingly.<br \/>\n4. Difficulty if a<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/circulars?id=58056\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga by religious and charitable trusts.47\/2018 Dated:- 22-11-2018 West Bengal SGSTGST &#8211; StatesGOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DIRECTORATE OF COMMERCIAL TAXES 14, BELIAGHATA ROAD, KOLKATA-700015 TRADE CIRCULAR No. 47\/2018 (Circular No. 66\/40\/2018-GST) DATED: 22.11.2018 Subject: GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=15398\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GST on Residential programmes or camps meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga by religious and charitable trusts.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}