Place of supply in GST: Place of supply of goods and services under GST regime. All you need to know about Place of supply under GST regime. Proposed GST can be categorised into CGST i.e Central GST, SGST i.e State GST & IGST i.e Integrated GST. Place of supply will play vital role for determination levy of CGST & SGST or IGST. In present scenario, service tax is levied on service which is governed by Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994. Service Tax is consumption based tax. It is levied on the services provided in taxable territory. Hence, to determine where the services have been provided or to be provided, Place of Provision of Services Rules, 2012 (hereafter PoPoS Rules, 2012) were introduced. Now check more details for “Place of supply of goods and services under GST regime” from below….
Place of supply of goods and services under GST regime:-
Place of Supply of goods where no export / import
Important points
- Before you determine Place of supply, please decide classification
- Location of Supplier is very important to decide
- Decide who is recipient of service
- Be clear of the Section your Services fall in
- Place of supply is not equal to place of performance
- Territorial waters – Location of Supplier or Place of supply (Section 9)
- Determination of Place of Supply of goods is different from that of Services
- Section 2(15) – Location of Supplier of Services
Section 2(93) CGST- Recipient of Supply
Deemed Inter state Supply
- Supply of services imported into the territory of India
- Supply of goods or services or both when the supplier is located in India and the place of supply is outside India.
- Supply of goods or services or both to or by a Special Economic Zone developer or a Special Economic Zone unit
- Supply of goods or services or both when in the taxable territory, not being an intra-State supply and not covered elsewhere, shall be treated to be a supply of goods or services or both in the course of interState trade or commerce
Need for Place of Supply
For whom are these rules meant?
These rules are primarily meant for:
- persons who deal in cross-border services
- Persons dealing in interstate transactions
- Suppliers operating within India from multiple locations and supplying goods /services from different locations
- Special transaction zones like SEZ, exempted zones etc
- To enable determination of place of levy and jurisdiction
- To ensure no double taxation by different states on same transaction
- To ensure proper tax collection by different states and enabling them to get their proper share
- To ensure proper Rules for Goods and Services separatel
- Ensure seamless credit
IGST – Levy
IGST on supply of good
supply of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce means any supply where:
- the location of the supplier and
- the place of supply are in different States
Deemed Inter State Supply
- A supply of goods and/or services in the course of import
- An export of goods and/or services
Exceptions to this Rule given in Section 5
Online information and database access or retrieval services
means services whose delivery is mediated by information technology over the internet or an electronic network and the nature of which renders their supply essentially automated and involving minimal human intervention and impossible to ensure in the absence of information technology and includes electronic services such as,—
- advertising on the internet;
- providing cloud services;
- provision of e-books, movie, music, software and other intangibles through telecommunication networks or internet;
- providing data or information, retrievable or otherwise, to any person in electronic form through a computer network
- online supplies of digital content (movies, television shows, music and the like);
- digital data storage; and
- online gaming;
Location of recipient in case of OIDAR
- the location of address presented by the recipient of services through internet is in the taxable territory;
- the credit card or debit card or store value card or charge card or smart card or any other card by which the recipient of services settles payment has been issued in the taxable territory;
- the billing address of the recipient of services is in the taxable territory;
- the internet protocol address of the device used by the recipient of services is in the taxable territory;
- the bank of the recipient of services in which the account used for payment is maintained is in the taxable territory;
- the country code of the subscriber identity module card used by the recipient of services is of taxable territory;
- the location of the fixed land line through which the service is received by the recipient is in the taxable territory. Place of Supply CA Ga
Place of Supply of Services
Place of Supply of Services – General (where Location of Supplier and Recipient is in India)– Section 12
| Services | Service provided to | Place of Supply |
| General – Section 12(2)(a) [except the services specified in sub-sections (3) to (14)] |
Registered Person – B2B | Location of Recipient |
| General – Section 12(2)(b) [except the services specified in sub-sections (3) to (14)] |
Person other than a Registered Person – B2C | the location of the recipient where the address on record exists; and (“address on record” means the address of the recipient as available in the records of the supplier) the location of the supplier of services in other cases. |
Place of Supply of Services – General (where Location of Supplier and Recipient is in India)– Section 12
Section 2(14) “location of the recipient of services” means,––
- where a supply is received at a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place of business;
- where a supply is received at a place other than the place of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the location of such fixed establishment;
- where a supply is received at more than one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the receipt of the supply; and
- in absence of such places, the location of the usual place of residence of the recipient;
Section 2 (85) CGST: “place of business” includes––
- (a) a place from where the business is ordinarily carried on, and includes a warehouse, a godown or any other place where a taxable person stores his goods, supplies or receives goods or services or both; or
- (b) a place where a taxable person maintains his books of account; or
- (c)a place where a taxable person is engaged in business through an agent, by whatever name called;
Section 2 (50)CGST / (7) IGST: “fixed establishment” means a place (other than the registered place of business) which is characterised by a sufficient degree of permanence and suitable structure in terms of human and technical resources to supply services or to receive and use services for its own needs;
Section 2 (113) CGST: “usual place of residence” means––
- (a) in case of an individual, the place where he ordinarily resides;
- (b) in other cases, the place where the person is incorporated or otherwise legally constituted;
Section 2(15) “location of the supplier of services” means,––
- where a supply is made from a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place of business;
- where a supply is made from a place other than the place of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the location of such fixed establishment;
- where a supply is made from more than one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the provision of the supply; and
- in absence of such places, the location of the usual place of residence of the supplier;
| Registered Person | Consumer | Address on Record exists | Place of Supply of Service |
| ABC LTD of Gujarat providing Service of iPhone repairing | Mr. Raju –Maharashtra | YES | Maharashtra – IGST apply |
| Ms. Mohini | No | Gujarat – CGST/SGST apply |
Illustrative Case Study
ABC is a big CA firm of Vadodara; receives assignment from Client HO at Chennai for physical verification of fixed assets at various plants located throughout the country, as also its Guest House at Delhi & Mumbai, and its Administrative Office at Ahmedabad. What would be the Place of Supply for the professional services for which the invoice is to be raised to HO?
ABC is a CA firm of Mumbai having offices at Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi & Chennai; receives an assignment from Client HO at Mumbai for multi-disciplinary professional services to be provided at multiple locations of the client. The Mumbai office involves specialist staff from its other offices. How to determine the nature and place of supply of services?
A CA firm at Vadodara is appointed by BOB(Vadodara office) for stock audit at the factory of the bank’s customer located at Thane. What would be the place of supply?
| Services | Service provided to | Place of Supply |
| Directly in relation to an immovable property, including services provided by architects, interior decorators, surveyors, engineers and other related experts or estate agents, any service provided by way of grant of rights to use immovable property or for carrying out or co-ordination of construction work – Section 12(3)(a) AND any ancillary services – Section 12(3)(d) |
Recipient of services (Registered Person or Person other than Registered Person) B2B or B2C |
Location at which the immovable property or boat or vessel, as the case may be, is located or intended to be located |
| Registered Person | Consumers | Location of immovable Property | Place of Supply of Service |
| ABC LTD of Gujarat providing Service of interior decorators | XYZ LTD Gujarat |
Maharashtra | Maharashtra – IGST Apply |
| Mr. Ramesh SURAT |
Rajkot | Gujarat – CGST/SGST Apply | |
| Mr. Kedar Maharashtra |
Surat | Gujarat – CGST/SGST Apply |
Recipient deemed be in taxable territory
Two of the following conditions need to be satisfied:
- Location of the address presented by recipient of service via internet is in taxable territory
- Debit/credit/any other card for settlement of payment has been issued in the taxable territory
- Billing Address of recipient of service is in the taxable territory
- IP address of the device used by the recipient is in the taxable territory
- Bank of recipient in which the account used for payment is maintained in the taxable territory
- Country code of SIM card used by the recipient is of taxable territory
- Location of fixed landline through which service is received by the recipient is in taxable territory
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