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2022 (10) TMI 858
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....eference to the corresponding provisions of the KSGST Act, Rules and the notifications issued there under. 3. The Applicant requested an advance ruling on the following: 1. Whether the annuity amount received is exempted or not as it contains both construction and maintenance parts (which are inseparable) as per entry No. 23A of the Notification No. 12/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017? 2. The establishment is eligible for an early completion bonus as the construction is completed before the scheduled date. Whether this bonus will also be exempted as it is the part and parcel of the principal project. 4. Contentions of the Applicant: 4.1. The applicant submits that the total project is for 17 years which includes 2-year construction and 15-year maintenance. The company is eligible for annuity payments as a consideration after the period of construction. The construction was completed in December 2017 and now it is under operation and maintenance. 4.2. The service by way of access to a road or a bridge on payment of annuity is exempted from GST in terms of Entry No. 23A of the Notification No. 12/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. The noti....
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.... was issued by KRFB. As per terms of tender a Special Purpose Vehicle namely; ULCCS Calicut City Infrastructure Development Pvt Ltd [the applicant] was incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 with the said exclusive objective. 6.2.2. The total duration of the project is for 17 years including 2 years of construction and 15 years of maintenance. The construction was completed in December 2017 and is now under the phase of operation and maintenance. The consideration for the project is received as annuity spread across 15 years after the construction. The first annuity was due on 01.03.2018. The Annuity of the Project is recognised as per Article 8 of the Concession Contract Agreement. The said Annuity is a combined consideration for both construction and maintenance. The relevant portion of Article 8 is attached as Annexure - 1. 6.2.3. The department has issued Circular No. 150/06/2021 GST on 17.06.2021 stating that Entry 23A of Notification No. 12/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 does not exempt GST on annuity (deferred payments) paid for the construction of roads. The annuity was classified under entry 23A before the above circular and regarding that, the Na....
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.... through sub-contracting and payment was made to the sub-contractor after deducting the applicable works contract tax from the bill. The tax was maid to Government and as per their KVAT return records an amount of Rs.6,29,10,902/- was deducted from the bill of the sub-contractor and paid to ..he Government. The Challan and KVAT return are attached as Annexure - 4. 6.2.7. During the construction period an amount of Rs. 6,29,10,902/- was paid as VAT to the Government for the execution of the works contract for an amount of Rs.157,27,72,500/- and the balance of the work for an amount of Rs. 32,98,41,750/- has been executed in GST period and 12% GST has been paid by the sub-contractor. 6.2.8. The consideration for the project will be received as biannual instalments for 15 years during the period of the GST regime. As per Circular No. 150/06/2021 GST, the annuity amount is taxable as per provisions of the GST Act. A proportional tax is payable to the Government only once as per the provisions of the applicable laws relating to the execution of works contract. In their case as the commencement of operations was during the KVAT period and consideration is received in the GST period....
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.... project or incur a reduction in the annuity for delayed completion of the project. As per the submission of the applicant, the construction of the project was completed early and the first annuity became due on 01.03.2018 and the applicant has also become entitled to a bonus for early completion. The issue to be determined is the classification, taxability and the rate of GST applicable on the services supplied by the applicant as per the Concession Agreement dated 22.07.2015. 7.3. As per the terms and conditions of the concession agreement, the applicant as the concessionaire is designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the roads under Phase 1 (A) of the KCRIP during the concession period and transferring it to the Government on completion of the concession period. The entire project is financed by the applicant and the cost of the construction, operation and maintenance is recovered by the applicant by way of bi-annual annuity payments as per the terms and conditions of the concession agreement for 15 years. On completion of the payment of the cost of construction and maintenance for 15 years through bi-annual annuity as fixed by the agreement, the road is transferre....
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....ct of the supply of goods or services or bor. shall not be considered as payment made for such supply unless the supplier applies such deposit as consideration for the said supply." Further, the bonus received by the applicant for early completion of construction in terms of the concession agreement is nothing but an additional consideration for the works contract services supplied by the applicant. 7.4. As per the Explanatory Notes to the Scheme of Classification of Services notified as Annexure to Notification No. 11/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 the Heading 9954 pertains to Construction services; the Group 99542 pertains to General construction services of civil engineering works and the Service Code 995421 pertain to General construction services of highways, streets, roads, railways and airfield runways, bridges and tunnels. Accordingly, the services supplied by the applicant as per the concession agreement are appropriately classifiable under SAC 995421. 7.5. Having decided the classification of the services, the time of supply of the services is to be determined as per Section 13 of the CGST Act, 2017 the relevant portion of which re ads as follows; ....
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.... date of complete n of that event. 7.7. The continuous supple of services is defined in clause (33) of Section 2 of the CGST Act, 2017 as follows; "continuous supply of services" means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on a recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes the supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify. 7.4. As per the Explanatory Notes to the Scheme of Classification of Services notified as Annexure to Notification No. 11/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 the Heading 9954 pertains to Construction services; the Group 99542 pertains to General construction services of civil engineering works and the Service Code 995421 pertain to General construction services of highways, streets, roads, railways and airfield runways, bridges and tunnels. Accordingly, the services supplied by the applicant as per the concession agreement are appropriately classifiable under SAC 995421. 7.5. Having decided the classification of the services, the time of supply of the services is to be de....
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....here the payment Is linked to the completion of an event, the invoice shall be issued on or before the date 0: completion of that event. 7.7. The continuous supply of services is defined in clause (33) of Section 2 of the CGST Act, 2017 as follows; "continuous supply of services" means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on a recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes the supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify. 7.8. On a conjoint reading of the above provisions of the CGST Act, 2017 it is evident that the service rendered by the applicant as per the concession agreement is a continuous supply of works contract services and the annuity is in sum and substance the consideration for the works contract services rendered. Since the cost of construction is initially financed by the applicant the applicant is granted a concession to operate and maintain the roads for 15 years during which the entire consideration is paid to the applicant and on completion of the concession period the road is t....