Clarifications on certain issues under CST-reg.

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....received seeking clarification on certain issues under the GST laws. The same have been examined and the clarifications on the same are as below: Sl.No. Issue Clarification 1. Whether services of short-term accommodation, conferencing, banqueting etc. provided to a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) developer or a SEZ unit should be treated as an inter- State supply (under section 7(5)(b) of the IGST Act, 2017) or an intra-State supply (under section 12(3)(c) of the IGST Act, 2017)? 1.1 As per section 7(5) (b) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (IGST Act in short), the supply of good or services or both to a SEZ developer or a SEZ unit shall be treated to be a supply of or goods or services or both in the course of inter-Sta....

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....T or on payment of integrated tax, subject to such conditions, safeguards and procedure as may be prescribed. Further, as per the second proviso to rule 89(1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST Rules in short), in respect of supplies to a SEZ developer or a SEZ unit, the application for refund shall be filed by the: (a) supplier of goods after such goods have been admitted in full in the SEZ for authorised operations, as endorsed by the specified officer of the Zone; (b) supplier of services along with such evidences regarding receipt of services for authorised operations as endorsed by the specified officer of the Zone. 2.2 A conjoint reading of the above legal provisions reveals that the supplies to a SEZ developer....