TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2019 (6) TMI 1339
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....late Authority for Advance Ruling, constituted under Section 99 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Act, 2017, within a period of thirty days from the date of communication of this Ruling, or within such further time as mentioned in the proviso to Section 100 (2) of the GST Act. Every such Appeal shall be filed in accordance with Section 100 (3) of the GST Act and the Rules prescribed thereunder, and the Regulations prescribed by the West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling Regulations, 2018. 1. Admissibility of the Application 1.1 The Applicant is stated to be providing conservancy/solid waste management service to the Bally Municipal Corporation (hereinafter the BMC), which has been merged with the Howrah Municipal Corporation in ....
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....Exemption Notifications (Service) exempts from payment of GST any "pure service" (excluding works contract service or other composite supplies involving supply of any goods) provided to the Central Government, State Government or Union territory or local authority or a Governmental authority or a Government Entity by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat under Article 243G of the Constitution or in relation to any function entrusted to a Municipality under Article 243W of the Constitution. Sl No. 3A of the Exemption Notification extends it to a "composite supply of goods and services" in which the value of supply of goods constitutes not more than 25 per cent of the value of the said composite supply. 2....
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....Applicant argues that their entire turnover being that of exempt supplies, they are not required to get registration under the GST Act. 3. Observations and findings of the Bench 3.1 In its Circular No. 51/25/2018-GST dated 31/07/2018 the Central Government clarifies that the service tax exemption at serial No. 25(a) of Notification No. 25/2012 dated 20/06/2012 (hereinafter the ST Notification) has been substantially, although not in the same form, continued under GST vide Sl No. 3 and 3A of the Exemption Notifications (Service). Sl No. 25(a) of the ST notification under the service tax exempts "services provided to the Government, a local authority or a governmental authority by way of water supply, public health, sanitation, conserva....
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....ot constitute more than 25% of the value. 3.3 The Applicant's eligibility under Sl No. 3 or 3A of the Exemption Notifications (Service) should, therefore, be examined from three aspects: (1) whether the supply being made is pure service or a composite supply, where supply of goods does not exceed more than 25% of the value of the supply, (2) whether the recipient is government, local authority, governmental authority or a government entity, and (3) whether the supply is being made in relation to any function entrusted to a panchayat or a municipality under the Constitution, as clarified in the above paragraphs. 3.4 The recipient is a municipal corporation, which is a local authority as defined under section ....
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....ct to section 51 of the GST Act, specifying the persons under section 51 (1)(d) of the Act and have mandated and laid down the mechanism for deduction of TDS. These notifications, therefore, are applicable only if TDS is deductible on the Applicant's supply under section 51 of the GST Act. Section 51(1) of the Act provides that the Government may mandate inter-alia a local authority to deduct TDS while making payment to a supplier of taxable goods or services or both. As the Applicant is making an exempt supply to the BMC, the provisions of section 51 and, for that matter, the TDS Notifications do not apply to his supply. 3.9 Supply of unbranded organic manure, unless packed in containers, is classifiable under HSN 3101. Municipal waste ....