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Clarification of taxability of share capital held in subsidiary company by the parent company.

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..... cular No. 196/08/2023-GST dated 17th July, 2023 issued under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by the GST Policy Wing, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, GOI, New Delhi. Circular (No. 05/2023-24-GST) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the above referred circular. For the uniformity and in exercise of th .....

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..... , Dated the 17th July, 2023 To, The Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners/Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Central Tax (All) The Principal Directors General/ Directors General (All) Madam/Sir, Subject: Clarification on taxability of shares held in a subsidiary company by the holding company. Representations have been received from the trade and field formations seeking .....

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..... r not and whether the same will attract GST or not. Securities are considered neither goods nor services in terms of definition of goods under clause (52) of section 2 of CGST Act and the definition of services under clause (102) of the said section. Further, securities include 'shares' as per definition of securities under clause (h) of section 2 of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. .....

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..... olding company to the subsidiary company in accordance with section 7 of CGST Act. Therefore, the activity of holding of shares of subsidiary company by the holding company per se cannot be treated as a supply of services by a holding company to the said subsidiary company and cannot be taxed under GST. 3. It is requested that suitable trade notices may be issued to publicize the contents of thi .....

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