Revised and up-to-date list of services covered under GST RCM as on 25.12.2023. Categories of supply of services where GST is to be paid on reverse charge basis
Up-to-date list of services covered under GST reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM)
There are two type of reverse charge scenarios provided in GST law.
First category of supply of services is dependent on the nature of supply and/or nature of supplier as per Under Notification No. 13/2017-Central Tax (rates). The first scenario is covered by section 9 (3) of the CGST/ SGST (UTGST) Act and section 5 (3) of the IGST Act. The supply of goods covered under RCM u/s 9(3) has been notified vide Notification No. 4/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. However in this article we are dealing with RCM on services only.
Second category is covered by section 9 (4) of the CGST/SGST (UTGST) Act and section 5 (4) of the IGST Act where taxable supplies by any unregistered person to a registered person is covered by Notification No. 07/2019- Central Tax (Rate)
Up-to-date list of services covered under GST RCM as on 18.07.2022
The following services are covered under RCM under the first category:
Sl. No. | Category of Supply of Services | Supplier of service |
Recipient of Service |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
1 |
Supply of Services by a goods transport agency (GTA) in respect of transportation of goods by road to- (a) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); or (b) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India; or (c) any co-operative society established by or under any law; or (d) any person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act; or (e) any body corporate established, by or under any law; or (f) any partnership firm whether registered or not under any law including association of persons; or (g) any casual taxable person Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to services provided by a goods transport agency, by way of transport of goods in a goods carriage by road, to, – (a) a Department or Establishment of the Central Government or State Govt. or Union territory; or (b) local authority; or (c) Governmental agencies, which has taken registration under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) only for the purpose of deducting tax under section 51 and not for making a taxable supply of goods or services. w.e.f. 18.07.2022 Provided further that nothing contained in this entry shall apply where, – i. the supplier has taken registration under the CGST Act, 2017 and exercised the option to pay tax on the services of GTA in relation to transport of goods supplied by him under forward charge; and ii. the supplier has issued a tax invoice to the recipient charging Central Tax at the applicable rates and has made a declaration as prescribed in Annexure III on such invoice issued by him.” |
Goods Transport Agency (GTA) |
(a) Any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948(63 of 1948); or (b) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India; or (c) any co-operative society (d) any person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act; or (e) any body corporate established, by or under any law; or (f) any partnership firm whether registered or not under any law including association of persons; or (g) any casual taxable person; located in the taxable territory. |
2 | Services supplied by an individual advocate including a senior advocate by way of representational services before any court, tribunal or authority, directly or indirectly, to any business entity located in the taxable territory, including where contract for provision of such service has been entered through another advocate or a firm of advocates, or by a firm of advocates, by way of legal services, to a business entity | An individual advocate including a senior advocate or firm of advocates. | Any business entity located in the taxable territory. |
3 | Services supplied by an arbitral tribunal to a business entity | An arbitral tribunal | Any business entity located in the taxable territory |
4 | Services provided by way of sponsorship to any body corporate or partnership firm | Any person | Any body corporate or partnership firm located in the taxable territory |
5 |
Services supplied by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority to a business entity excluding, – (i) services by the Department of Posts (ii) services in relation to an aircraft or a vessel, inside or outside the precincts of a port or an airport; (iii) transport of goods or passengers. |
Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority | Any business entity located in the taxable territory |
5A | Services supplied by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority by way of renting of immovable property to a person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017). |
Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority |
Any person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.” |
5AA |
w.e.f. 18th July 2022 Service by way of renting of residential dwelling to a registered person |
Any Person | Any Registered Person |
“5B | Services supplied by any person by way of transfer of development rights or Floor Space Index (FSI) (including additional FSI) for construction of a project by a promoter | Any person | Promoter |
5C | Long term lease of land (30 years or more) by any person against consideration in the form of upfront amount (called as premium, salami, cost, price, development charges or by any other name) and/or periodic rent for construction of a project by a promoter | Any person | Promoter |
6 | Services supplied by a director of a company or a body corporate to the said company or the body corporate | A director of a company or a body corporate | The company or a body corporate located in the taxable territory |
7 | Services supplied by an insurance agent to any person carrying on insurance business. | An insurance agent | Any person carrying on insurance business, located in the taxable territory |
8 | Services supplied by a recovery agent to a banking company or a financial institution or a non banking financial company |
A recovery agent | A banking company or a financial institution or a non-banking financial company, located in the taxable territory |
9 |
Supply of services by an author, music composer, photographer, artist or the like by way of transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright covered under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 relating to original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works to a publisher, music company, producer or the like. w.e.f. 01.10.2019 Supply of services by a music composer, photographer, artist or the like by way of transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright covered under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 relating to original dramatic, musical or artistic works to a music company, producer or the like |
Author or music composer, photographer, artist, or the like Music composer, |
Publisher, music company, producer or the like, located in the taxable territory Music company, |
9A | w.e.f. 01.10.2019 Supply of services by an author by way of transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright covered under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 relating to original literary works to a publisher. |
Author |
Publisher located in the taxable territory. (i) the author has taken registration under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), and filed a declaration, within the time limit prescribed with the jurisdictional CGST or SGST commissioner, as the (ii) the author makes |
10 | Supply of services by the members of Overseeing Committee to Reserve Bank of India | Members of Overseeing Committee constituted by the Reserve Bank of India |
Reserve Bank of India. |
11 | Services supplied by individual Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) other than a body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership firm to bank or non-banking financial company (NBFCs). | Individual Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) other than a body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership firm. | A banking company or a non-banking financial company, located in the taxable territory |
12 | Services provided by business facilitator (BF) to a banking company | Business facilitator (BF) | A banking company, located in the taxable territory |
13 | Services provided by an agent of business correspondent (BC) to business correspondent (BC). | An agent of business correspondent (BC) |
A business correspondent, located in the taxable territory |
14 |
Security services (services provided by way of supply of security personnel) provided to a registered person: Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to, – (i) (a) a Department or Establishment of the Central Govt. or State Government or Union territory; or (b) local authority; or (c) Governmental agencies; which has taken registration under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 only for the purpose of deducting tax under section 51 of the Act and not for making a taxable supply of goods or services; or (ii) a registered person paying tax under section 10 of the said Act. |
Any person other than a body corporate | A registered person, located in the taxable territory |
15 |
w.e.f. 01.10.2019 |
Any person, other than a body corporate who supplies the service to a body corporate and does not issue an invoice charging central tax at the rate of 6 per cent. to the service recipient | Any body corporate located in the taxable territory. |
16 |
w.e.f. 01.10.2019 |
Lender i.e. a person who deposits the securities registered in his name or in the name of any other person duly authorised on his behalf with an approved intermediary for the purpose of lending under the Scheme of SEBI |
Borrower i.e. a person who borrows the securities under the Scheme through an approved intermediary of SEBI. |
Explanations:
(a)The person who pays or is liable to pay freight for the transportation of goods by road in goods carriage, located in the taxable territory shall be treated as the person who receives the service for the purpose of this notification.
(b) “Body Corporate” has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(c) the business entity located in the taxable territory who is litigant, applicant or petitioner, as the case may be, shall be treated as the person who receives the legal services for the purpose of this notification.
(d) the words and expressions used and not defined in this notification but defined in the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in those Acts.
(e) A “Limited Liability Partnership” formed and registered under the provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009) shall also be considered as a partnership firm or a firm.
(f) “insurance agent” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (10) of section 2 of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938).
(g) “renting of immovable property” means allowing, permitting or granting access, entry, occupation, use or any such facility, wholly or partly, in an immovable property, with or without the transfer of possession or control of the said immovable property and includes letting, leasing, licensing or other similar arrangements in respect of immovable property.’.
(h) Provisions of the Notification No. 13/2017 Central Tax (Rate), in so far as they apply to the Central Government and State Governments, shall also apply to the Parliament, State Legislatures, and w.e.f. 01.03.2023 to Courts and Tribunals.
(i) The term “apartment” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e) under section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2017).
(j) the term “promoter” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zk) under section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2017).
(k) the term “project” shall mean a Real Estate Project (REP) or a Residential Real Estate Project (RREP);
(l) “the term “Real Estate Project (REP)” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in in clause (zn) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016).
(m) The term “Residential Real Estate Project (RREP)” shall mean a REP in which the carpet area of the commercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP.
(n) “floor space index (FSI)” shall mean the ratio of a building’s total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.”
Note:
Applicability of RCM on various categories is as under:
Serial No. 1 to 5 and 9 | w.e.f. 1st July 2017 and 01.10.2019 |
Serial No. 5A | w.e.f. 25th January, 2018 |
Serial No. 10 | w.e.f 13th October, 2017 |
Serial No. 11 | w.e.f. 27th July, 2018 |
Serial No. 12, 13, 14 | w.e.f. 1st January 2019 |
Serial No. 5B and 5C | w.e.f. 1st of April, 2019 |
Serial No. 15 & 16 | w.e.f. 01.10.2019 |
Serial No. 5AA | w.e.f. 18.07.2022 |
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