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GST on hostel services

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..... GST on hostel services
Query (Issue) Started By: - Tushar More Dated:- 5-9-2017 Last Reply Date:- 6-9-2017 Goods and Services Tax - GST
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An individual providing Lodging Facilities to students for ₹ 5000/- p.m. Whether GST will be applicable or not. Also whether GST is applicable or not if he provides both Lodging and Food to students. Please clarify whether any .....

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..... exemption is available on this. Please note that the thresold has been crossed. Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, The rate of CGST is 9% in respect of accommodation in hotels, inns, guest houses, clubs, campsites or other commercial places meant for residential or lodging purposes having declared tariff of a unit of accommodation of two thousand five hundred rupees and above bu .....

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..... t less than seven thousand five hundred rupees per unit per day or equivalent vide Sl. No. 7 (vi) of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 2806.2017. if you separately charge for food then it will also be liable to gst @9%. If charges for food is included in the rent collected then no separate gst is payable. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: It is not hostel. It is PG and commercia .....

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..... l. Hence chargeable to GST as advised by Sh.Ranganathan Sir. Reply By Tushar More: The Reply: Sir, under GST, "Room or unit accommodation services provided by Hostels, Camps, Paying Guest etc" has been covered under SAC Code 996322 taxable at the rate of 18%. So, since my charges per unit of accomodation is less than 1000/- per day, can i treat it as exempt service under SAC 9963 i.e. .....

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..... , "services by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name called, for residential or lodging purposes, having declared tariff of a unit of accommodation below 1000 rupees per day or equivalent. Explanation.- "declared tariff" includes charges for all amenities provided in the unit of accommodation (given on rent for stay) like furniture, air conditioner, refrigerators or an .....

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..... y other amenities, but without excluding any discount offered on the published charges for such unit.' by charging for fooding seperately. My query is since hotels are meant for temporary stay, unlike hostels. Can i claim exemption is hostel services by showing it under SAC 9963. Also, since a seperate SAC is available for hostel services i.e. SAC 996322, is it right to do so. Reply By KASTU .....

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..... RI SETHI: The Reply: Why do you call it hostel ? See the definition of Hostel. Yours is paying guest house. Exemption possible only both food and renting should be separate. Other conditions have to be looked into.
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