GST not leviable on employees’ portion of canteen charges: AAR
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Case Details: Authority for Advance Rulings, Gujarat Zydus Lifesciences Ltd., In re - [2022] 143 taxmann.com 346 (AAR-GUJARAT)
Judiciary and Counsel Details
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- Milind Kavatkar & Amit Kumar Mishra, Member
- Rashmikant Shah for the Applicant.
Facts of the Case
The applicant was engaged in manufacture, supply and distribution of pharmaceutical products and approx. 1200 employees were working in its factory. It provided canteen facility to its employees at subsidized rate. It filed an application for advance ruling to determine whether GST would be required to be paid on such subsidized deduction.
AAR Held
The Authority for Advance Ruling observed that part of charge would be borne by applicant and balance amount would be deducted from salary of employees and paid to canteen service provider. However, no profit margin shall be retained by the applicant and the applicant would be providing canteen facility to its permanent employees as per contractual agreement between employee-employer relationship.
As per CBIC Circular No. 172/04/2022-GST, perquisites provided by employer to employee in terms of contractual agreement would not be subjected to GST. Therefore, it was held that GST would not be leviable on employees’ portion of canteen charges deducted/collected by employer and paid to canteen service provider.
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