Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Customs Valuation Rule Sequence must be followed; single-comparator re-determination and penalties set aside without comparability or proof of mis-dec...
The note treats a non compete fee for agreeing to refrain from competing as a taxable 'supply of services' under Schedule II(5)(e) and Section 9(1) CGST; where the supplier is in India and the recipient is located abroad, payment is in foreign exchange and the establishments are not merely distinct persons, the transaction meets the five conditions of export under Section 2(6) IGST and qualifies as export of services and zero rated. The authority records that 98.57% of the fee is export (zero rated) while 1.43% remains taxable as inter state or intra state supply; IGST or CGST+state GST may apply as appropriate.
The note treats a non compete fee for agreeing to refrain from competing as a taxable 'supply of services' under Schedule II(5)(e) and Section 9(1) CGST; where the supplier is in India and the recipient is located abroad, payment is in foreign exchange and the establishments are not merely distinct persons, the transaction meets the five conditions of export under Section 2(6) IGST and qualifies as export of services and zero rated. The authority records that 98.57% of the fee is export (zero rated) while 1.43% remains taxable as inter state or intra state supply; IGST or CGST+state GST may apply as appropriate.
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