Case Law Details
In re JSW Steel Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka)
Whether the Applicant is liable to discharge GST under reverse charge, for the contribution made towards NMET and DMF, in light of Sl. No. 5 of the Notification No. 13/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017?
Government has provided the land on lease to the applicant to carry out the mining activity and in turn the applicant pays royalty along with the amounts paid to the District Mineral Foundation of the district and to the National Mineral Exploration Trust as specified by the Government. Applicant made these payments under the statutory requirements of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. Here whether amount paid to the District Mineral Foundation of the district and to the National Mineral Exploration are to be included in the value of the service provided.
Both these payments are payable by a lessee in addition to the royalty and both the calculations are made on the basis of royalty.
As per 15(2)(a) of CGST Act, 2017 value of the taxable supply of service not only includes the amount of royalty paid to the Government but it also includes the amount paid to the District Mineral Foundation of the district and to the National Mineral Exploration Trust as these payments are made under the statutory requirements of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 which is taxable under GST.
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