CBIC clarified multiple GST applicability issues based on 55th ...

GST Council Exempts Loan Penalty Charges, Payment Aggregator Settlements Under 2000, and Training by NSDC Partners

January 29, 2025

Circulars     GST

CBIC clarified multiple GST applicability issues based on 55th GST Council recommendations. Key determinations: No GST payable on penal charges levied by regulated entities for loan contract breaches. GST exemption extended to RBI-regulated Payment Aggregators for settlements up to 2000 per transaction. Research and development services by Government Entities against grants regularized for period July 2017-October 2024. DDA not classified as local authority under GST law. GST applicable on facility management services to MCD headquarters. Training services by NSDC-approved partners exempted from January 2025, with past period regularized. Goethe Institute services' GST payments regularized for July 2017-March 2023 period.

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