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TMI BlogClarification on issue of GST on Airport leviesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 0.2019 has been issued by CBIC regarding clarification on issues relating to GST on airport levies and to clarify that airport levies do not form part of the value of services provided by the airlines and consequently no GST should be charged by airlines on airport levies. In order to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the provisions of law across the field formations, the Commissioner, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 of the Chhattisgarh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as "CGGST Act"), hereby clarifies the issues in the succeeding para. 2. Passenger Service Fee (PSF) is charged under rule 88 of Aircraft Rules, 1937 according to which the airport licensee may collect PSF from embarking pa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cts clearly indicate that PSF and UDF are charged by airport operators for providing the services to passengers. 2.4 Section 2(31) of the CGGST Act states that "consideration" in relation to the supply of goods or services or both includes any payment made or to be made, whether in money or otherwise, in respect of, in response to, or for the inducement of, the supply of goods or services or both, whether by the recipient or by any other person. Thus, PSF and UDF charged by airport operators are consideration for providing services to passengers. 2.5 Thus, services provided by an airport operator to passengers against consideration in the form of UDF and PSF are liable to GST. UDF was also liable to service tax. It is also clear from noti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dicated in the invoice issued by the pure agent to the recipient of service; and (iii) the supplies procured by the pure agent from the third party as a pure agent of the recipient of supply are in addition to the services he supplies on his own account. "Pure agent" has been defined to mean a person who- (a) enters into a contractual agreement with the recipient of supply to act as his pure agent to incur expenditure or costs in the course of supply of goods or services or both; (b) neither intends to hold nor holds any title to the goods or services or both so procured or supplied as pure agent of the recipient of supply; (c) does not use for his own interest such goods or services so procured; and (d) receives only the actual amount ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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