Job work includes repairing

[Guest]

Hi,

My client is a retailer of watches, The customers get their watches for repairing. Client sends them for repairing to other vendors. My question is whether it can be considered as job work. Please note : the client (principal ) is not a manufacturer.

[KASTURI SETHI]

 

Dear Querist,

No. Both 'job work' and 'repair service of goods' are entirely different concepts under GST. Repair of goods (watches) fall under GST Tariff Code 9987(998722) and job work of goods falls under HSN 9988. Actually job work is completion of goods by way of manufacturing activity. Mainly it is concerned with manufacture of goods. Job work is a service in GST Act.

Job work [Section 2(68) of CGST Act, 2017]. - “Job work” means any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to another registered person and the expression “job worker” shall be construed accordingly.

Whether ' Any treatment or process' is to be termed as job work or not , depends upon facts and circumstances of each case but in the situation explained by you, it is not job work.

[YAGAY andSUN]

We endorse the view of Kasturi Sir.

[KASTURI SETHI]

M/s.YAGAY AND SUNS,

Thank you, Sir.

[Guest]

Dear Kasturi

Thank you for your clarification.

[Abhishek Sethi]

Job work can only be done on behalf of registered persons. Assuming Customers who come over for repair are unregistered (likely scenario), service from Client to Customer shall be treated as repair service only.

In instant case, goods belonging to Customer are given to another vendor by Client - thus question may arise as to what is the relevance of word 'belonging' in definition of job work - Will it mean legal ownership or can cover physical possession also? If answer is limited to former, then such transaction to be treated as repair service only.

If qualified as job work, need to comply with GST ITC 04 as well as E-Way Bill

Kind regards,
Abhishek

[KASTURI SETHI]

The word, 'belonging' in the definition of job work stands for legal ownership.

AI Summary

Retailer Queries GST Classification for Watch Repairs; Experts Clarify Distinction Between Job Work and Repair Services under Tariff Codes. A retailer of watches queried whether sending watches to vendors for repair qualifies as job work under GST, noting the client is not a manufacturer. A respondent clarified that job work and repair services are distinct under GST, with repair services falling under GST Tariff Code 9987 and job work under HSN 9988. Job work involves manufacturing activities on goods owned by another registered person. Another contributor agreed, noting that repairs for unregistered customers should be treated as repair services. The term 'belonging' in job work implies legal ownership, not physical possession.