GST exemption on the upfront amount payable in installments for long term lease of plots, under Notification No. 12/2017 - State Tax (R) Sr. No.41 dated 29.06.2017. - GST - States - 36T of 2019

Office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State, 8th Floor, GST Bhavan, Mazgaon, Mumbai - 400010. TRADE CIRCULAR To, . . No. JC (HQ)-1/GST/2019/CBIC Circular(s)/ADM-8 Trade Circular No. 36T of 2019. Mumbai, dated 17/05/2019 Subject : GST exemption on the upfront amount payable in installments for long term lease of plots, under Notification No. 12/2017 - State Tax (R) Sr. No.41 dated 29.06.2017. Sir/ Gentlemen/ Madam, 1. Representations have been received by the Board seeking clarification regarding admissibility of GST exemption on the upfront amount which is determined upfront but is paid or payable in installments for long term (thirty years, or more) lease of industrial plots or plots for development of financial infrastructure under Notification 12/2017-State Tax (R) Sr. No. 41 dated 29.06.2017. 2. The matter has been examined. The entry at Sr. No. 41 of Notification 12/2017-State Tax (R) dated 29.06.2017 reads as under: Sr.No Chapter, Section, Heading, Group or Service Code (Tariff) Description of Services Rate (per cent.) Condition (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 41 Heading 9972 Upfront amount (called as premium, salami, cost, price, development charges or by any other name) payable in respect of service by way of granting of long term lease (of thirty years, or more) of industrial plots or plots for development of infrastructure for financial business, provided by the State Government Industrial Development Corporations or Undertakings or by any other entity having 50 per cent. or more ownership of Central Government, State Government, Union territory to the industrial units or the developers in any industrial or financial business area. NIL NIL 3. It is hereby clarified that GST exemption on the upfront amount (called as premium, salami, cost, price, development charges or by any other name) payable for long term lease (of thirty years, or more) of industrial plots or plots for development of infrastructure for financial business under Entry No. 41 of Exemption Notification 12/2017-State Tax (R) dated 29.06.2017 is admissible irrespective of whether such upfront amount is payable or paid in one or more instalments, provided the amount is determined upfront. 4. This Trade Circular is clarificatory in nature and hence cannot be made use of for interpretation of provisions of the law. Difficulty if any, in the implementation of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State. (Rajiv Jalota) Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai No. JC (HQ)-1/GST/2019/CBIC Circular(s)/ADM-8 Trade Circular No. 36 T of 2019. Mumbai. dated 17-05-2019