GST/ST for arranging trucks

[Guest]

If an individual arranging trucks to defence department for transportation of canteen items from their main godown to different outlets.Please note that he is only arranging trucks by making payments to truck owners from his own pocket and he is getting monthly payment from defence department after raising his bills .Whether he need to collect service tax/ GST from defence department by adding St/GST in his bills or exempted from ST/GST

[KASTURI SETHI]

This is very old and repeated query. Wait for implementation of GST. So many rules are still being framed and to be enacted.

AI Summary

GST applicability on arranging transport services for defence supply contracts remains uncertain pending implementation and framing of rules. Whether GST or service tax must be charged by an individual arranging trucks-who pays truck owners, invoices the defence department monthly, and is reimbursed after billing-is unresolved; the available reply states the GST framework was pending implementation and many rules were yet to be framed, leaving applicability and invoicing obligations for such transport-arrangement services uncertain.