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Treading GST Path - 56 - Export freight Inequity

MARCH 01, 2019

By G Natarajan, Advocate, Swamy Associates

REFERENCE is invited to the author's article Treading the GST Path XXVII - Export Freight Inequity.

To quote,

Under Section 12 (8) of the IGST Act, when both the supplier and recipient are in India,

(8) The place of supply of services by way of transportation of goods, including by

mail or courier to,--

(a) a registered person, shall be the location of such person;

(b) a person other than a registered person, shall be the location at which such

goods are handed over for their transportation.

So, when an Indian Shipping line is engaged by an Indian Exporter, GST is payable on such freight as the place of supply is the location of the registered person.

Whereas, under Section 13 (9) of the IGST Act, where either the supplier or recipient of the service is outside India,

(9) The place of supply of services of transportation of goods, other than by way of mail or courier, shall be the place of destination of such goods.

So, when a Foreign based Shipping line is engaged by an Indian Exporter, GST is not payable as the place of supply is outside India.

Is it not an inequity?

The following proviso has since been added to section 12(8) of the IGST Act by the IGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 with effect from 01.02.2019 (notification 01/2019-Integrated Tax refers).

Provided that where the transportation of goods is to a place outside India, the place of supply shall be the place of destination of such goods.

The purpose of adding the above proviso has been explained (Serial no. 41, Page 26) by the Government as,

In order to provide a level playing field to the domestic transportation companies and promote export of goods, it is proposed that the transportation of goods from a place in India to a place outside India by a transporter located in India would not be chargeable to GST, as place of supply will be outside India.

This is a taxpayer-friendly amendment.

So far so good.

But as per Section 7(5) (a) of the IGST Act,

7(5) Supply of goods or services or both, -

(a) when the supplier is located in India and the place of supply is outside India;

shall be treated to be a supply of goods or services or both in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.

As per Section 5 of the IGST Act, IGST is leviable on all inter-state supplies. So the export transportation services provided by Indian Service providers (by aircraft or vessel), would attract IGST!

Vide Notification 2/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) Dt. 25.01.2018, the following exemption has been introduced.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

"20A

Heading 9965

Services by way of transportation of goods by an aircraft from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India.

Nil

Nothing contained in this serial number shall apply after the 30th day of September 2018.

20B

Heading 9965

Services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India.

Nil

Nothing contained in this serial number shall apply after 30th day of September 2018.";

The validity of this exemption has been extended upto 30.09.2019, vide Notification 15/2018 Integrated Tax (Rate) Dt. 26.07.2018.

So after 01.10.2019, the inequity will resurface again!

(The views expressed are strictly personal)

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Sub: Export Freight Inequity

It seems the intention of Section 7(5) IGST Act is not to levy GST on all such transactions. If that be so, albeit the given Notification 2/2018, all other export supplies where the place of supply is out of India, would become taxable to IGST. That would defeat the purpose of exports in entirity.

VINOD BHAGWATI YADAV/IMERYS

Posted by Vinod Yadav
 

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