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TMI BlogGST on Guest House Given to employee on RentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Dear Expert, Please advice if GST is applicable on Guest House given to employee on rent for the period of one year. rent will be paid by employee. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Sh.Muarari Kumar Ji, Don't you think that renting of immovable property in the form of Guest House by a company is in the course or furtherance of business of business ? - Reply By Gan ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eshan Kalyani - The Reply = Guest house and a residential dwelling is different. The exemption notification contains the word 'residential dwelling'. Guest house given on rent by company to employee is taxable. - Reply By Nikhil Virkar - The Reply = If the said benefit is in terms of perquisites as per Income Tax Act and it is specified in contractual agreement between employer and em ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ployee i.e an appointment letter + corrigendum to the same, tax is not applicable in terms of CBIC Circular 172/04/2022-GST dtd 6.7.22 . No one can consider this as gift valued 50k as per Schedule I . Please correct my view Sirs. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Circular No.172/04/2022-GST dated 06.7.2022 ( serial No. 5 and clarification no.2) talks of 'perquisite'. If we see ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the legal meaning of 'perquisite' , the employer should not recover amount of rent from its employee. If the employer charges rent, it is commercial activity. Hence GST is payable. Otherwise also Guest House is integrally related to the business I support the views of Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani Ji. - Reply By Shilpi Jain - The Reply = In case the company is not receiving any rent for the GH g ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iven on rent to employee then no question of tax in hands of the Company. From the question I understand that the employee is paying the rent to the landlord directly. - Reply By AdvMurari Kumar - The Reply = Dear kasturi ji Company has its own guest house and employee want to live there for residential purpus and want to pay rent, company is allowing for the same with issuing rent invoice I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t does not fall under employee employer relationship. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Dear Sir, Do you want to cover it under 'personal use' ? - Reply By AdvMurari Kumar - The Reply = Yes sir - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = What is the exact nature of the amount recovered from the employee by the Company ? I have observed that sometimes only repair a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nd maintenance charges are recovered from the employees and NOT the rent. Isn't it ? Pl. confirm. - Reply By AdvMurari Kumar - The Reply = Sir it is pure rent which will be paid by employee seperatly. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Then it is taxable. - Reply By Amit Agrawal - The Reply = Answer to question depends upon weather guest-house is 'residential dwelling' or no ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t? Please check land / revenue records in case of any doubts. If same is flat / bungalow owned by Co. which was hereto used as 'guest-house' (i.e. multiple people using it for short-accommodation for Co's business related works) but now onwards Co. rented such flat / bungalow to unregistered person (i.e. employee) for use as residence for one year, then, exemption from GST can be cla ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... imed by the Co in my view. These are ex facie views of mine and the same should not be construed as professional advice / suggestion. - Reply By Shilpi Jain - The Reply = Agree. If the GH is a residential dwelling then no GST as anyway it is rented to an unregistered person (employee) Even if employee by chance registered under GST, no liability still exists. Also refer press release of 48 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... th Council meeting No GST is payable where the residential dwelling is rented to a registered person if it is rented it in his/her personal capacity for use as his/her own residence and on his own account and not on account of his business. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Guest House is integrally related to commercial activity of the company. - Reply By Amit Agrawal - The Reply = I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... agree with Shri Kasturi Sethi Ji that 'Guest House is integrally related to commercial activity of the company'. Even otherwise, activity of giving any place (residential dwelling or not) on rent - in itself - will be 'business' as defined u/s 2 (17) of the CGST Act, 2017 . @ Ms. Shilp Jain Mam, W.r.t. giving residential dwelling on rent to an employee (who is registere ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d person under GST), one also needs to check whether he is doing 'moonlighting' from such premises and paying gst against supplies so made. ( This is fun banter .... nothing more ). But, even then, liability to pay gst on service provider - under forward charge basis - will not arise if same is residential dwelling. - GST on Guest House Given to employee on Rent - Query Started By: - Ad ..... 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