TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2020 (3) TMI 894
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....017 & KGST Rules 2017, in form GST ARA-01, discharging the fee of Rs. 5,000/- each Under the CGST Act 2017 and the KGST Act 2017. 2. The Applicant is a private limited company, registered under the provisions of the goods and Services Act, 2017. The applicant states that they are importers & Traders of Aluminium working machinery; they import machines from their parent company in Italy and market the same in domestic area; they have only one office in India, located at Peenya, Bangalore to cater across the country; they are engaged in Sales, Service & Admn. Personnel to run the business. The applicant had not furnished any relevant facts having a bearing on the questions raised in the instant application and also not furnished their inter....
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....ales representative / Personnel and refers the said customers to the parent company in Italy. d. The applicant stocks & sells the small and medium category of machines, that have been imported, to Indian customers. e. The applicant also books the orders for bigger machines which are advanced Automated CNC Machines, which are directly supplied/ shipped to the identified Indian customers by the parent company in Italy. The applicant is not involved in import of the said machines. f. The applicant gets sales commission [marketing fee as per clause envisaged in the agreement by the parental company for booking of the direct supply orders. 6. FINDINGS & DISCUSSION: 6.1 We have considered the submissions made by the Applicant in thei....
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....T under RCM. The Reverse Charge Mechanism is nothing but shifting the tax liability on to the receiver. In the instant case the applicant is, undoubtedly, a supplier and hence the question of levy of IGST on export of services, under RCM, does not arise. 6.5 The second question reads as "ls our services considered as Intermediary Services ?". The instant question is in relation to the second and third type of business activities. We proceed to examine these business activities. a. The applicant, as an agent of their parent company M/s. Fom Industrie s.r.l, Italy, books the orders from the Indian Customers for Advanced Automated CNC Machines, which are supplied directly to the Indian Customers by their parent company in Italy. The appli....
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....al media used such as letterhead, business cards, website etc. Therefore the applicant is undoubtedly an agent of the supplier under this type of transactions. 6.6 Now we proceed to examine whether the aforesaid business activities get covered under Intermediary Services or not. As per 2(13) of the IGST Act, 2017, "intermediary" means a broker, an agent or any other person, by whatever name called, who arranges or facilitates the supply of goods or services or both, or securities, between two or more persons, but does not include a person who supplies such goods or services or both, or securities on his own account. Further, as per Section 13 (8) (b) of the IGST Act 2017, the place of supply of "intermediary services" shall be the locatio....