They are in the business of trading in spices and spice products. They have two modes of transactions. In the first kind, the applicant receives order from a customer in USA for the supply of spice products. They place a corresponding order to a supplier in China for supplying the goods ordered by the customer in USA.
It is hereby clarified that recovery of food expenses from the employees for the canteen services provided by company would come under the definition of ‘outward supply’ as defined in Section 2(83) of the Act, 2017, and therefore, taxable as a supply of services under GST.
In GST, firewood is exempted as per HSN Code 4401. There is no differentiation between soft wood and hardwood in GST. It is hereby clarified that rate of tax on rubber wood in the aforesaid transaction is 18% under the HSN 4403.
