Renting Residential Building for Backward Class Girls Hostel is GST Exempt: AAR Maharashtra

In re Ravindra Navnath Satpute (Dewoo Engineers) (GST AAR Maharashtra) Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that the service of renting out a residential building by Ravindra Navnath Satpute (Dewoo Engineers) to the Social Justice and Special Assistance Department of the Government of Maharashtra for running a hostel for backward class girls is exempt from GST. Consequently, the provisions for GST Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 51 of the CGST Act, 2017, will also not be applicable. The applicant sought a ruling on the GST applicability of renting out their immo...