Case Law Details
In re M/s Baroda Medicare Private Limited (GST AAR Gujarat)
Question 1: Whether the supply of medicines, surgical items, implants, consumables and other allied services & items provided by the hospital through their hospital in house pharmacy, as well as food, room on rent, other services to the in-patients is part of composite supply of health care treatment; and hence not taxable under CGST/SGST?
Answer: The supply of medicines, surgical items, implants, consumables and other allied items provided by the hospital through their hospital in house pharmacy used in the course of providing health care services as well as supply of food and room on rent to in-patients admitted to the hospital for diagnosis, or medical treatment or procedures is a composite supply of In Patient Healthcare Service. Supply of inpatient health care services by the applicant hospital as defined in Para 2(zg) of the Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended, is exempted from CGST as per Sl. No. 74 of the above notification.
Question 2 :Whether the supply of Occupational Health Check-up service (OHC) by the hospital i.e. nursing staff, Doctors, Paramedical staff on hospital’s payroll working in different corporate for providing health check-up service, ambulance facility, and allied medical services to their employees and also the camps conducted for health check-up outside the hospitals, to be treated as Health Care service and hence not taxable under CGST/SGST?
Answer: The applicant will be liable to pay GST @ 18% (CGST @9% +SGST@9%)on the payment received directly from the business entity for health services provided to employees of the business entities in relation to Occupational Health Check-up’ (OHC) or preventive care along with ambulance facility, and allied medical services under “Human health and social care services”, in terms of S. No. 31 of the Table of the Notification No.11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017.
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