Surya is engaged in providing a bouquet of goods and services. It is registered in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It provides the following information for the…

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Surya is engaged in providing a bouquet of goods and services. It is registered in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It provides the following information for the month of January: S. No. Particulars Amount (₹) (i) Organised a business exhibition in Gujarat for Jignesh Industries, registered in Surat, Gujarat 20,00,000 (ii) Provided accommodation services to 10 CA students (originally from outside Rajasthan) in a hostel - Surya Homes, owned by it. Surya Homes is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. [Hostel accommodation charges are - 22,000 per student per month. As per agreement, minimum period of stay of the students in hostel is 4 months.] 2,20,000 (iii) Performed the carnatic music to promote a brand of readymade garments – Rigley Garments, registered in Udaipur, Rajasthan. 1,45,000 (iv) Intra-State services provided as a business correspondent of Manimani Bank, registered in Rajasthan, with respect to accounts in its Jaipur city branch. 1,20,000 (v) Rented a commercial property in Jaipur, Rajasthan to Ganga Ltd., a supplier of goods and services registered in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Surya is a director in Ganga Ltd. 3,00,000 (vi) Sponsored a Business Summit organized in Bikaner, Rajasthan, by Associated Chamber of Commerce and paid a sponsorship fee of 5,00,000 to Associated Chamber of Commerce, registered in Jaipur, Rajasthan. 5,00,000 (vii) Received the services of transportation of goods by road from Sindhu Transporters, an unregistered Goods Transport Agency of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 2,00,000 (viii) Taken cars on rental basis from Ajay Limited, registered in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 1,50,000 Notes: (i) Rates of CGST, SGST and IGST are 9%, 9% and 18% respectively for both inward and outward supply of goods and services except the car rental service and service of transportation of goods by GTA, on which the rates of CGST, SGST and IGST are 2.5%, 2.5% and 5% respectively. (ii) All the amounts given above are exclusive of taxes, wherever applicable. (iii) There was no opening balance of the ITC for the relevant period. From the information given above, you are required to compute the minimum net GST liability payable in cash (CGST, SGST or IGST, as the case may be) for the month of January for Surya.

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Computation of minimum net GST payable in cash for the month of January by Surya Particulars Amount (₹) CGST (₹) SGST (₹) IGST (₹) GST payable under forward charge Business exhibition organized for Jignesh Industries 20,00,000 - - 3,60,000 [20,00,000 x 18%] [Taxable since services by an organiser to any person in respect of a business exhibition are exempt only when such exhibition is held outside India. Further, it is an inter-State supply since place of supply of organisation of a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational or entertainment event including supply of services in relation to an exhibition is location of recipient, i.e. Gujarat.] Provided accommodation services to CA students in hostel 2,20,000 19,800 [2,20,000 x 9%] 19,800 [2,20,000 x 9%] [Supply of accommodation services having value of supply exceeding - 20,000 per person per month are exempt provided that the accommodation service is supplied for a minimum continuous period of 90 days. Since in the given case, hostel accommodation charges per student per month exceed - 20,000, said services are taxable. Further, it is an intra-State supply since the place of supply of services in relation to immovable property is the location of immovable property, i.e. Rajasthan.] Carnatic music performance 1,45,000 13,050 [1,45,000 x 9%] 13,050 [1,45,000 x 9%] - [Classical musical performance by the artist -Surya is not exempt even though consideration charged for such performance does not exceed - 1,50,000 since he has performed as a brand ambassador. Further, it is an intra-State supply since the place of supply is location of recipient, i.e. Rajasthan.] Business correspondent services provided 1,20,000 10,800 [1,20,000 x 9%] 10,800 [1,20,000 x 9%] - [Taxable since services provided in the capacity of a business correspondent to a banking company are exempt only when said services are provided with respect to accounts in its rural area branch.] Renting of commercial property to Ganga Ltd. 3,00,000 27,000 [3,00,000 x 9%] 27,000 [3,00,000 x 9%] [Taxable since renting of only residential dwelling for use as residence is exempt. Further, since services are being provided by director of the company in his personal capacity and supplier of services of renting of commercial property is a registered person, tax is payable under forward charge. Moreover, it is an intra-State supply since the place of supply of services in relation to immovable property is the location of immovable property, i.e. Rajasthan.] Total output tax liability (A) 70,650 70,650 3,60,000 Less: ITC available Business Summit sponsored 5,00,000 45,000 [5,00,000 x 9%] 45,000 [5,00,000 x 9%] [Since recipient of sponsorship services is an individual (Surya), tax is not payable under reverse charge. It is an intra-State supply since place of supply of sponsorship services is location of recipient, i.e. Rajasthan. Further, ITC is available on said service since it is used in course or furtherance of business.] Services of transportation of goods received from unregistered GTA 2,00,000 5,000 [2,00,000 x 2.5%] 5,000 [2,00,000 x 2.5%] [It is intra-State supply since the place of supply of services by way of transportation of goods provided to a registered recipient is location of such recipient, i.e., Rajasthan. Moreover, ITC is available on said service since it is used in course or furtherance of business.] Taken cars on rental basis from Ajay Limited. 1,50,000 3,750 [1,50,000 x 2.5%] 3,750 [1,50,000 x 2.5%] - [Tax is not payable under reverse charge since the recipient, Surya is not a body corporate and supplier Ajay Limited is a body corporate. It is an intra-State supply since place of supply of car rental services is location of recipient, i.e. Rajasthan. Further, ITC is available on said service since it is used in course or furtherance of business.] Total ITC available (B) 53,750 53,750 Nil Net GST (A)-(B) 16,900 16,900 3,60,000 [ITC of CGST and SGST has been utilized for payment of CGST and SGST liability respectively.] GST payable under reverse charge Services of transportation of goods received from unregistered GTA 2,00,000 5,000 [2,00,000 x 2.5%] 5,000 [2,00,000 x 2.5%] [Since GTA is unregistered, it has not exercised the option to pay tax itself; thus, tax on services of transportation of goods being provided to a registered person is payable under reverse charge by Surya @ 2.5% each under CGST and SGST.] Total net GST payable in cash 21,900 21,900 3,60,000

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

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