TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2020 (8) TMI 251
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....st Bengal Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, constituted under Section 99 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Act, 2017, within 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 National Company Law Tribunal (hereinafter NCLT), Kolkata Bench, passed an order on 06/08/2018, initiating the corporate insolvency resolution process (hereinafter CIRP), admitting the applicant as th....
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....ment of transfer fee, being 10% of the prevailing market value of the property as assessed by the Registering Authority of the State Government. 1.3 The Liquidator wants to know whether GST is payable on the consideration receivable on such assignment. If so, what should be the SAC and the rate applicable? He also seeks clarity on whether he can claim input tax credit for the GST paid on the transfer fee. Both the questions are admissible under section 97 (2) (a), (b), (d) & (e) of the GST Act. 1.4 The applicant declares that the questions raised are not pending before or disposed of by any authority in any proceedings under the GST Act. The concerned officer from the revenue does not object to the admission of the application. The applic....
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.... of the building. 2.3 At this point the applicant tries to distinguish his case from the judgments in Builders Association of Navi Mumbai [(2018) 12 GSTL 232 (Bom)] = 2018 (4) TMI 461 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority [(2015) 40 STR 95] = 2015 (4) TMI 1231 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT. He contends that the High Courts in the above cases have dealt with leasing, which is different from the assignment of leasehold rights. The rulings pronounced based on those two judgments [Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, (2019) 27 GSTL 143 (AAR, Rajasthan) = 2019 (7) TMI 814 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, RAJASTHAN and Goa Tourism Development Corporation Ltd, (2018) 19 GSTL 700 (AAR, Goa)] = 2018 (11) TMI 1347 - AUTHORITY F....
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....to areas where no express provisions are made under the said Special Act. 4.2 Scope of supply under section 7 (1) of the GST Act includes all forms of supply of goods and services, including a sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made. Section 7 (1A) read with Schedule II under the GST Act provides which of such supplies shall be treated as supply of goods or services. Paragraph 2 of Schedule II provides that with respect to transactions relating to land and buildings, any lease, tenancy, easement, license to occupy the land, letting out of a building including a commercial, industrial or residential complex for business or commerce is the supply of services. In other words, benefits ari....
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....nership, which is central to sale of any immovable property within the meaning of section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The applicant's interest in the benefits arising out of the Demised Premises is limited to sub-leasing in terms of the Deed, and he is capable of transferring the benefits only to that extent. The assignment, therefore, does not amount to transfer of any benefit other than leasehold rights in terms of the Deed for the unexpired period of the lease and is no transfer of any immovable property in the context of the GST Act. 4.5 The applicant's reference to the case laws where joint development right is treated as the sale of an immovable property (refer to para 2.1 above) needs to be distinguished. None of those....
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....cause business includes supply or acquisition of goods or services in connection with the closure of a business in terms of section 2 (17) (d) of the GST Act. The GST to be paid on such transfer fee is, therefore, admissible as input tax credit. Based on the above discussion, we rule as under, RULING The activity of assignment is in the nature of agreeing to transfer one's leasehold rights. It does not amount to further sub-leasing, as the applicant's rights as per the Deed of sub-lease stands extinguished after assignment. Neither does it create fresh benefit from the land. It is in the nature of compensation for agreeing to do the transfer of the applicant's rights in favour of the assignee. It is a service classifiable under 'Other mi....