Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)

i. Whether the applicant is liable to collect and pay goods and services tax on amount received from the PWD Department as per revised estimate in respect of work namely "Construction of bridge across Kumaradhara river on Kudmar Shanthimogru Sharavoor Alankar Road at KM 1.20 in Shanthimogaru of Puttur Taluk?
ii. Whether the applicant is liable to collect and pay goods and services tax on amount received from the Executive Engineer, Public Works, Inland Water Transport Department, Mangalore Division or
iii. Whether the PWD Department is liable to pay Goods and Service Tax under the GST Act or VAT Tax under Karnataka Value Added Tax Act?

Whether the construction service provided by the Applicant to M/s Provident Housing Ltd., under the project ‘Provident Neora, & Provident Capella” & to M/s Puravankara Ltd., under the project Provident Parksquare” qualifies for application of lower rate of CGST @ 6% and SGST @ 6% as provided in Sl.No.3-Item (V) sub item(da) vide Notification No.11/2017-CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017?

Whether the supply of tissue papers by the applicant is covered under Serial No.112 of Schedule II of the Rate Notification No.01/2017 Central Tax (R) and therefore, is leviable to GST at the rate of 12%?

Applicability of GST rates for works contact services doing original works with South Western Railways?

1. Whether Stainless Steel cans of 40 Liters capacity is liable to be classified under HSN code 7310 or 7323?
2. Whether flavored milk is liable to be classified under HSN code 0402 99 90 or under 2202 99 30?
3. Whether milk cream is liable to be classified under HSN code 0403 or 0401?
4. Whether cold coffee is liable to be classified under HSN code 0402 99 90 or under 2202 99 30?
5. Whether provision of subsidized lunch and refreshments to employee through contractors is to be treated as supply and if yes under which tarrif classification it has to be classified?

Whether GST is payable on Guitar Head Books purchased from Amazon Inc.-USA (located outside India) in a context where the Guitar Head Books so purchased are not brought into India?

1. Whether the vouchers themselves, or the act of supplying them is taxable, and at what stage, for each of the three categories of transactions undertaken by the applicant?
2. If the answer to the above question is in the affirmative, what would be the rate of tax at which this would be taxable, i.e. which category would this be taxed under?

What is rate of tax applicable to the Services by way of job work on Diphenylmethoxy'N' N- diethylaminethanol HCI (Job work of pharmaceutical Drugs) , undertaken by the supplier (applicant) as per CBIC issued  clarification on Job work vide circular No.126/45/2019- GST dated 22.11.2019 i.e., whether the GST rate 18% or 12% is to be charged by the supplier?

Whether the Applicant, having undertaken the Construction of their New Administrative Office, will be eligible for the ITC of following:

(i)        Central Air Conditioning Plant (Classified & Grouped under “Plant & Machinery”)

(ii)       New Locker Cabinet (Classified & Grouped under “Locker Cabinets”)

(iii)      Lift (Classified & Grouped under “Plant & Machinery”)

(iv)      Electrical Fittings, such as Cables, Switches, NCB and other Electrical Consumables Materials (Classified & Grouped under Separate Block namely "Electrical Fittings")

(v)        Roof Solar (Classified & Grouped under “Plant & Machinery”)

(vi)      Generator (Classified & Grouped under “Plant & Machinery”)

(vii)     Fire Safety Extinguishers (Classified & Grouped under “Plant & Machinery”)

(viii)    Architect Service Fees (Charged to Profit & Loss Account)

( ix) Interior Designing Fees (Charged to Profit & Loss Account).

Input tax credit is not admissible on Air-conditioning and Cooling System and Ventilation System, as this is blocked credit falling under Section 17(5)(c) CGST Act.