Composition scheme eligibility may be available for suppliers using e-commerce operators while TDS/TCS provisions remain inoperative.
Eligibility for the composition scheme is negated for suppliers making supplies through an electronic commerce operator required to collect tax at source; however, because the TDS/TCS provisions are not yet operative and ECOs are not required to collect tax, suppliers using ECOs may currently opt for the composition scheme until the collection provisions are brought into force, and an administrative clarification from the government is recommended to remove uncertainty.

Composition scheme prohibits inter state outward supplies, triggering immediate withdrawal and normal GST liability if violated.
A registered person availing the composition scheme cannot make inter state outward supplies; place of supply outside the state requires issuance of a Bill of Supply only, and an inter state supply triggers immediate withdrawal of the composition scheme by operation of law. Withdrawal converts liability to tax under normal provisions, requires filing FORM GST CMP-04 electronically, and exposes the person to additional tax and penalty determination by the proper officer if composition was wrongly availed.

Job worker treated as service under Schedule entry - excluded from composition scheme even if activity amounts to manufacture.
A person undertaking treatment or process on another's goods is classified as a service provider under the statutory definition of job work and the Schedule entry treating such treatment as a supply of services; therefore, even if the activity amounts to manufacture, the nature of supply remains a service and the job worker is excluded from the composition scheme.

Composition scheme eligibility: service providers generally excluded, restaurant food service providers allowed; works contractors ineligible.
Composition scheme excludes service providers generally, so a works contractor is ineligible; however, supply of food or drink (excluding alcoholic liquor) provided as a service for consideration is carved out as an exception, permitting restaurant-style vendors to avail composition benefits under the composition levy conditions and restrictions.

Composition scheme eligibility restricted for certain manufacturers; ice cream, pan masala and tobacco products excluded from composition benefit.
The Composition Scheme allows manufacturers and traders to opt for a simplified levy instead of regular GST, but the government may notify exclusions. Manufacturers of ice cream and other edible ice, pan masala, and tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes are explicitly excluded from eligibility to avail the composition benefit.

Convertible foreign exchange: payments from buyer FCNR/NRE accounts may qualify for zero-rated export benefit under GST.
Payments received from a buyer's FCNR/NRE account may be treated as received in convertible foreign exchange for claiming the zero-rated supply benefit under GST where such receipt conforms to modes authorised by Regulation 4 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations, 2000; the position is interpretive and authoritative clarification is suggested to resolve compliance uncertainty.

Convertible foreign exchange requirement necessary to qualify services as zero-rated exports under GST, where payment is received in foreign currency.
The operative requirement for classifying cross-border services as zero-rated is mandatory receipt of payment in convertible foreign exchange; absence of such receipt prevents claiming exemption or zero-rated treatment for export of services.

Export of services: cross border supply requires foreign recipient, foreign place of supply, and foreign exchange payment.
The concept of export of services requires five conjunctive conditions: supplier located in India; recipient located outside India; place of supply outside India; payment received in convertible foreign exchange; and the supplier and recipient not being merely distinct establishments of the same person.

Receipt in convertible foreign exchange required for export GST exemption; realization must meet foreign exchange timelines.
Whether export of goods qualifies for exemption or zero-rated GST depends on receipt of consideration in convertible foreign exchange and adherence to the realization timeframe under Regulation 9 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2015, which requires realization of export proceeds within nine months (subject to extension).

Export of goods under GST means removal of goods from India to a location outside India for classification purposes.
The term export of goods under the integrated GST framework is defined to mean the act of taking goods out of India to a place outside India, inclusive of its grammatical variations and cognate expressions; this definition identifies when the movement of goods qualifies as export for GST classification.

Continuous journey under GST defines when contemporaneous tickets and no intervening stop constitute one uninterrupted trip for tax treatment.
The definition treats a journey as a continuous journey where one or more tickets or invoices are issued at the same time by a single supplier or an agent on behalf of multiple suppliers and there is no stopover between the legs covered by those tickets or invoices; a "stopover" is where a passenger disembarks to transfer or to break the journey and resume it later.

Location of supplier: treat the supplier's place of business as the determining factor for place of supply under GST.
Location of supplier of goods is not defined in the GST/IGST Acts; it should be treated as the place where the supplier was located immediately before or at the time of supply and before movement of goods. A CBIC flier treats the supplier's place of business as the relevant location, supporting use of the supplier's business location for determining place of supply under Section 10 and inter state rules.

Location of supplier of services determines place of supply under GST-prioritise place of business, fixed establishment, then residence.
Location of the supplier of services determines place of supply under GST/IGST by a hierarchical rule: (a) location of the registered place of business; (b) location of the fixed establishment when supply is made from another place; (c) location of the establishment most directly concerned where multiple establishments are involved; and (d) otherwise the usual place of residence of the supplier.

Location of recipient of services determines place of supply; prioritise registered business, fixed establishment, most concerned establishment, then residence.
The location of the recipient of services is determined hierarchically: (a) the location of the registered place of business where the supply is received; (b) if received at a place other than the registered place, the location of the fixed establishment elsewhere; (c) where received at multiple establishments, the establishment most directly concerned with receipt; and (d) if none of these exist, the usual place of residence of the recipient. The IGST Act contains the same hierarchical definition.

Importation of services: subject to GST under reverse charge; potential double levy with customs needs exemption.
Importation of services falls within the definition of Supply and is subject to GST under the reverse charge mechanism, creating potential overlap with Customs duty where transactions importing goods are contractually treated as services. Administrative or legislative clarification is needed to prevent concurrent levies, either by Customs exemptions for imports characterised as services or reciprocal GST relief where Customs duties apply. The draft also raises uncertainty about personal use exemptions limited to taxable persons and suggests extension or harmonisation of exemptions for non taxable persons.

Scope of supply under GST includes consideration-based transactions, importation of services, and specified free supplies.
The statutory definition of supply under the Model GST Law comprises three categories: supplies for consideration in the course or furtherance of business (sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal); importation of services regardless of consideration or business purpose; and specified supplies made without consideration as listed in Schedule I. Clause (a) targets domestic, consideration-based transactions; clause (b) treats importation of services as separately taxable; and clause (c) assimilates certain gratuitous transactions into the tax net via Schedule I.