TMI BlogClarification on TCS liability under Sec. 52 of the Goa GST Act, 2017 in case of multiple E-commerce Operators in one transaction.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (No. 03/2023-24-GST) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the above referred circular. For the uniformity and in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 168 of the Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017) it is hereby directed that the Said Circular issued by the CBIC shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, in implementation of the Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017). Copy of the referred CBIC Circular is attached herewith as Annexure. This Trade Circular is clarificatory in nature. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of this Circular may please be brought to the notice of the undersigned. S. S. Gill, IAS, Commissioner of State Taxes, Goa. Panaji, 4 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... - one providing an interface to the buyer and the other providing an interface to the seller. In this setup, buyer-side ECO could collect consideration, deduct their commission and pass on the consideration to the seller-side ECO. In this context, clarity has been sought as to which ECO should deduct TCS and make other compliances under section 52 of CGST Act in such situations, as in such models having multiple ECOs in a single transaction, both the Buyer-side ECO and the Seller-side ECO qualify as ECOs as per Section 2(45) of the CGST Act. 3. In order to clarify the issue and to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the provisions of law across the field formations, the Board, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 ( ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Issue 2: In a situation where multiple ECOs are involved in a single transaction of supply of goods or services or both through ECO platform and the Supplier-side ECO is himself the supplier of the said supply, who is liable for compliances under section 52 including collection of TCS? Clarification : In such a situation, TCS is to be collected by the Buyer-side ECO while making payment to the supplier for the particular supply being made through it. e.g. Buyer-side ECO collects payment from the buyer, deducts its fees and remits the balance to the supplier (who is itself an ECO as per the definition in Sec 2(45) of the CGST Act). In this scenario, the Buyer-side ECO will also be required to collect TCS, as applicable, p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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