Liaison Office in India Not Required to Register for GST; Services Considered Self-Rendered u/s 7(1)(a) CGST Act.

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....Supply of services or not - GST on services provided by liaison office - requirement of registration of liaison office - Since the parent company in Germany and the Appellant in India cannot be treated as separate persons but as one legal entity, the liaison activity performed by the Appellant for the parent company is in the nature of a service rendered to self A service rendered to oneself does not come within the purview of 'supply' under GST. Therefore, the activities of the Appellant as a liaison office does not amount to a supply of service. The activities of the liaison office are not a 'supply' under Section 7(1)(a) of the CGST Act and will also not be covered under the ambit of clause 2 of Schedule I of the said Act. - AAAR....