Issuance of Tax Invoice/ Bill can be done with IGST to Customers for Interstate Transactions under GST.
The Authority on Advance Ruling (AAR) in Karnataka held
that the tax invoice can be issued with Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST)
to customers for the interstate transaction when the goods are directly
dispatched from the port of import with invoicing done from the registered
place of business.
Presently, the applicant is transporting the imported
goods from the port of import to applicants registered place of business at
Bengaluru and then supplying the same to the customer’s place.
During the process of transportation, the applicant came
across a lot of logistical problems and found it costly. The further applicant
intends to import the goods to the port nearest to the customer’s place and
supply directly to the customer’s location from the said port of import.
The applicant intends to issue the bill/ tax invoice for
the interstate transaction from a registered place of business with IGST to the
customers.
The AAR bench comprising of two members Dr. Ravi Prasad
M.P, Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Mashood Rahman Farooqui,
Joint Commissioner of Central Taxes pronounced the order based on an
application filed by Kardex India Storage Solution Private Limited.
Section 7(1) of IGST Act 2017 elaborates as the supply of
goods in the course of inter-state trade or commerce shall be treated as a
supply of goods where the location of the supplier and the place of the supply
of goods are in the same state or same Union territory shall be treated as
intra-state supply under GST.
The AAR observed the location of the importer is the
state of Karnataka where the applicant has obtained GST registration. The
applicant here through import the goods to the port nearest to the location of
the recipient, so said imported goods deemed to have been supplied to the
location of the importer i.e. Karnataka and then further supplied to the
customers.
The AAR also said that, “the imported goods supplied
directly from the port of import, to the customer located in other states or
union territories other than the state of Karnataka”, such transaction shall be
treated as supply of goods in the course of trade or commerce.
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