State the person liable to pay GST in the following independent services provided: (i) Sapna Builders, registered in Haryana, rented out 20…

CA Intermediate · Taxation · MTP · May 2024
State the person liable to pay GST in the following independent services provided: (i) Sapna Builders, registered in Haryana, rented out 20 residential units owned by it in Jain Society to Anant Technologies, an IT based company registered in the State of Haryana, for accommodation of its employees. (ii) M/s. Verma Consultants, a partnership firm registered in Delhi as a regular tax payer, paid sponsorship fees of 1,50,000 at a seminar organized by a private NGO (a partnership firm) in Delhi.

Suggested Answer and Working Notes:

(i) Services provided by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence except where the residential dwelling is rented to a registered person is exempt from GST. Further, tax on service provided by way of renting of residential dwelling to a registered person is payable by the recipient under reverse charge. Therefore, in the given case, Anant Technologies is liable to pay GST on the residential dwellings taken on rent by it from Sapna Builders, under reverse charge mechanism. (ii) In case of services provided by any person by way of sponsorship to any body corporate or partnership firm, GST is liable to be paid under reverse charge by such body corporate or partnership firm located in the taxable territory. Since in the given case, sponsorship services are being provided by the private NGO to a partnership firm – M/s. Verma Consultants, GST is payable by Verma Consultants on said services under reverse charge.

Topics: Paper 3A: Income Tax Laws, Paper 3B: Goods and Services Tax

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