Export of Services - Employees of Indian Company working for Foreign Company

[Kaustubh Karandikar]

An Indian company (IC) loans/seconds its employees to a foreign company (FC). IC invoices FC and receives foreign currency. It adds an agreed mark-up to the actual cost of the employee. Will this be eligible for export exemption if:

(a) loaned/seconded employees work from India?

(b) if they work at the FC site abroad, or work at any other location outside India?

[SOWMYA CA]

Sir,

If the loaned / seconded employees work on the project of foreign company, then it amounts to export of service, irrespective of whether they work in India or outside of India and eligible for export exemption. The invoice amount will be actual cost plus an agreed mark-up

[Amit Agrawal]

Quantification of billing (i.e. service charges) is not a determining factor whether services provided is 'export' or not.

Nature of services provided and 'Place of supply' being outside India u/s 13 of the IGST Act, 2017 (for services so provided) are one of determining factor whether services provided is 'export' or not.

More details are required about nature of services provided (which can be derived from roles / responsibilities mentioned in the agreement and mutual understanding thereto) as well as some factual aspects (depending upon potentially applicable situations (if any) in nature of the services specified in sub-sections (3) to (13) of said section 13) to come to any conclusion.

AI Summary

Indian Company Seconder Services: GST Export Exemption Status Depends on Service Nature & Supply Location Under IGST Act, 2017 An Indian company (IC) seconds its employees to a foreign company (FC) and invoices FC in foreign currency with a mark-up on employee costs. The query concerns whether this qualifies for GST export exemption if employees work from India or abroad. One response states that it qualifies as an export of service, eligible for exemption regardless of work location. Another response emphasizes that the nature of services and the place of supply, as per the IGST Act, 2017, are crucial in determining export status, suggesting more details are needed to conclude.