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Goods & Services Tax Issue 45

Educational Series

PD & PP : GST : 45/2017 August 01, 2017

Import of Services

Section 21 of the IGST Act, 2017 states that all services Imported on or after 1st July (appointed day) are liable to
tax under GST, regardless of whether the transactions for such import of services had been initiated before the
appointed day.
Exception to section 21 of the IGST Act, 2017 are as follows:

No tax payable • When tax on such import of services had been paid in full
under GST under the previous law

Balance
amount of tax • If the tax on such import of services had been paid in part
payable under under the existing law
GST

For the purposes of this section, a transaction shall be deemed to have been initiated before the appointed day if
either the invoice relating to such supply or payment, either in full or in part, has been received or made before the
appointed day.
According to section 7(1)(b) of CGST Act, 2017, import of services for a consideration whether or not in the course
or furtherance of business, will be considered as supply.
Schedule I of CGST Act, 2017 states that Import of services by a taxable person from a related person or from any
of his other establishments outside India, in the course or furtherance of business made even without
consideration will be treated as supply under GST.

Disclaimer: This document developed for academic purposes only, is based on the information available in public domain. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India shall not be responsible for any loss or damage
caused due to any action taken on the basis of information contained in this document. Any person wishing to act on the basis of the information contained in this document should do so only after cross checking with
the original source.

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