TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Clarification on various issues pertaining to taxability and valuation of supply of services of providing corporate guarantee between related persons.
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....ning to taxability and valuation of supply of services of providing corporate guarantee between related persons. 1.1 As per the recommendations of the GST Council, sub-rule (2) was inserted in Rule 28 of Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the "CGST Rules") vide Notification No. 52/2023-Central Tax dated 26th October, 2023 to provide for a specific clause for valuation of supply of services of providing corporate guarantee to any banking company or financial institution by an entity on behalf of a related person. Besides, Circular No. 204/16/2023-GST dated 27th October, 2023 was also issued as per the recommendations of the GST Council, to provide clarity regarding the applicability of the said sub-rule....
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....f CGST Rules with effect from 26th October 2023. Rule 28(2) of CGST Rules is only for determination of the value of the taxable supply of providing corporate guarantee to any banking company or financial institution by a supplier to a related recipient, on behalf of the said recipient and not regarding the taxability of the said supply itself. Prior to the insertion of the said sub-rule, i.e., before 26th October 2023, the valuation of service of providing corporate guarantee to any banking company or financial institution by a supplier to a related recipient, on behalf of the said recipient, was to be done as per the provisions of Rule 28 of CGST Rules, as it existed then. Therefore, in respect of supply of services of providing corpora....
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....ly disbursed to the recipient, and irrespective of the amount of loan actually disbursed. 3 In the case of takeover of existing loans, since there is merely an assignment of an already issued corporate guarantee, whether GST would be applicable again? In the service of providing corporate guarantee to any banking company or financial institution by a supplier to a related recipient, on behalf of the said recipient, the supplier of the service is the corporate entity providing the corporate guarantee and the recipient is the related entity for whom the corporate guarantee is provided by the said supplier. Therefore, if the loan issued by the banking company/ financial institution is taken over by another banking company....
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....nt guaranteed. However, if in the above case of A and B providing corporate guarantee jointly to a banking/ financial institution on behalf a related recipient C for Rs 1 crore, A provides guarantee for 60% of the guarantee amount and B provides guarantee for the remaining 40% of the guaranteed amount, then GST shall be payable by A and B proportionately i.e., 0.6% and 0.4% of the amount guaranteed. This is to say that A shall pay GST on 1% of the amount guaranteed by A, i.e., 1% on Rs. 60 lakhs and B shall pay GST on 1% of the amount guaranteed by B, i.e., 1% on Rs. 40 lakhs. 5 Where intra-group corporate guarantee is issued, whether GST may be paid by the recipient under reverse charge, as in the absence of actual invoice and pay....
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....or a financial institution on behalf of a related recipient for a particular number of years shall be one per cent of the amount of such guarantee offered multiplied by the number of years for which the said guarantee is offered or the actual consideration whichever is higher. In addition to the above, in cases where the corporate guarantee is provided for a period less than a year, say 6 months (half a year), then in those cases as well, the valuation may be done on proportionate basis for the said period, i.e., in this case, the value of the said supply of services may be taken as half of one per cent of the amount of such guarantee offered (6/12 * one per cent), or the actual consideration, whichever is higher. To illustrate the sa....