What is Place of Supply under GST?

Sakshi Jain, CA LLB at March 14, 2023

Place of supply determines the place (the State) where the GST shall be received by the government treasury. If the Supplier and place of supply of services under GST section 12 are in same state, it shall be an intra-state supply and CGST and SGST shall be collected by respective government in the state of the supplier. However, in case the Supplier is registered in state A and place of supply falls in other state, it shall be called an inter- state supply and GST shall be transferred to the receiving state by the mechanism of IGST. Thus, it is very important to understand the place of supply of services under GST as to in which state does it exactly falls. Sections 10 to 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act details the provisions for place of supply.

We have summarized the provisions hereunder for ready reference.

Define Place of Supply in case of Goods

Transaction	Section	Place of Supply
Where the supply involves movement of goods	Section 10(1)(a)	location of the goods at the time at which the movement of goods terminates for delivery to the recipient
Where the goods are delivered by the supplier to a recipient or any other person, on the direction of a third person	Section 10(1)(b)	Place of supply of such goods shall be the principal place of business of such third person
Where the supply does not involve movement of goods	Section 10(1)(c)	Location of such goods at the time of the delivery to the recipient
Where the goods are assembled or installed at site	Section 10(1)(d)	place of such installation or assembly
Where the goods are supplied on board a conveyance	Section 10(1)(e)	Location at which such goods are taken on board.
Goods imported into India	Section 11(1)(a)	Location of the importer
Goods exported from India	Section 11(1)(b)	Location outside India

Define Place of Supply in case of Services

		Location of Service Provider
		In India	Outside India
Location of service recipient	In India	Section 12 of IGST Act	Section 13 of IGST Act
Location of service recipient	Outside India	Section 13 of IGST Act	No tax shall be applicable

Transaction	Section	Place of Supply in case of supply to registered person	Place of Supply in case of supply to other than registered person
General Rule	Section 12(2)(a), 12(2)(b)	Location of such registered person	Location of recipient where the address on record exists, and Location of the supplier of services in other cases
Supply of services: · in relation to an immovable property including services provided by architects, interior decorators, surveyors, engineers and other related experts or estate agents, any service provided by way of grant of rights to use immovable property or for carrying out or co-ordination of constructionwork, or · by way of lodging accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, homestay, club or campsite, by whatever name called and including a house boat or any other vessel, or · by way of accommodation in any immovable property for organizing any marriage or reception or matters related therewith, official, social, cultural, religious or business function including services provided in relation to such function at such property, or · any services ancillary to the services referred to in clause (a), (b) and (c),	Section 12(3)	Location at which the immovable property or boat or vessel is located or intended to be located.	Location at which the immovable property or boat or vessel is located or intended to be located.
Restaurant and catering services, personal grooming, fitness, beauty treatment, health service including cosmetic and plastic surgery	Section 12(4)	Location where the services are actually performed.	Location where the services are actually performed.
Services in relation to training and performance appraisal	Section 12(5)	Location of such recipient	location where the services are actually performed
Service provided by way of admission to a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, or entertainment event or amusement park or any other place and services ancillary thereto	Section 12(6)	Location where such event is actually held or where the park or such other place is located	Location where such event is actually held or where the park or such other place is located
supply of services provided by way of— (a) organization of a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational or entertainment event including supply of service in relation to a conference, fair, exhibition, celebration or similar events, or (b) services ancillary to organization of any of the above events or services, or assigning of sponsorship of any of the above events,	Section 12(7)	Location of such recipient	location where the event is actually held
services by way of transportation of goods, including by mail or courier	Section 12(8)	Location of such recipient	location at which such goods are handed over for their transportation
supply of passenger transportation service	Section 12(9)	Location of such recipient	place where the passenger embarks on the conveyance for a continuous journey
services on board a conveyance	Section 12(10)	location of the first scheduled point of departure of that conveyance for the journey	location of the first scheduled point of departure of that conveyance for the journey
telecommunication services by way of fixed telecommunication line, leased circuits, internet leased circuit, cable or dish antenna	Section 12(11)	location where the telecommunication line, leased circuit or cable connection or dish antenna is installed for receipt of services	location where the telecommunication line, leased circuit or cable connection or dish antenna is installed for receipt of services
telecommunication services in case of mobile connection for telecommunication and internet services provided on post-paid basis	Section 12(11)	location of billing address of the recipient of services on record of the supplier of services	location of billing address of the recipient of services on record of the supplier of services
telecommunication services in cases where mobile connection for telecommunication and internet service are provided on pre-payment through a voucher or any other means	Section 12(11)	location where such pre-payment is received or such vouchers are sold	location where such pre-payment is received or such vouchers are sold
Other telecommunication services	Section 12(11)	Address of the recipient as per records of the supplier of service	Address of the recipient as per records of the supplier of service
banking and other financial services including stock broking services	Section 12(12)	location of the recipient of services on the records of the supplier of services	location of the recipient of services on the records of the supplier of services
banking and other financial services including stock broking services when not linked to the account of the recipient of services	Section 12(12)	location of the supplier of services	location of the supplier of services
place of supply of insurance services	Section 12(13)	location of such person	location of the recipient of services on the records of the supplier of services
Advertisement services to Central Government, State Government, Statutory body or Local authority meant for the States or Union territories identified in the contract or agreement	Section 12(14)	Each such States or Union territories and the value of such supplies specific to each State or Union territory shall be in proportion to the amount attributable to services provided by way of dissemination in the respective States or union territories as may be determined in terms of the contract or agreement or in the absence of the same, such other basis as may be prescribed.	Each such States or Union territories and the value of such supplies specific to each State or Union territory shall be in proportion to the amount attributable to services provided by way of dissemination in the respective States or union territories as may be determined in terms of the contract or agreement or in the absence of the same, such other basis as may be prescribed.
Place of Supply in case provider or recipient is outside India.
General Rule	Section 13(2)	Location of the recipient of services. If it is not available in the ordinary course of business, location of the supplier of service
services supplied in respect of goods that are required to be made physically available by the recipient of service to the supplier of service, or to a person acting on behalf of the supplier of service in order to provide the service	Section 13(3)	Location where the services are actually performed
such services are provided from a remote location by way of electronic means	Section 13(3)	Location of goods at the time of supply of services
services supplied to an individual, represented either as the recipient of service or a person acting on behalf of the recipient, which require the physical presence of the receiver or the person acting on behalf of the recipient, with the supplier for the supply of the service	Section 13(3)	Location where the services are actually performed
services supplied directly in relation to an immovable property, including services supplied in this regard by experts and estate agents, supply of hotel accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name called, grant of rights to use immovable property, services for carrying out or co-ordination of construction work, including architects or interior decorators	Section 13(4)	Location where the immovable property is located or intended to be located
services supplied by way of admission to, or organization of, a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, or entertainment event, or a celebration, conference, fair, exhibition, or similar events, and of services ancillary to such admission	Section 13(5)	Location where the event is actually held
service referred to in sub-sections (3), (4), or (5) is supplied at more than one location, including a location in the taxable territory	Section 13(6)	Location in the taxable territory where the greatest proportion of the service is provided
services referred to in sub-sections (3), (4), (5) or (6) are supplied in more than one State	Section 13(7)	each of the States in proportion to the value of services so provided in each State as ascertained from the terms of the contract or agreement entered into in this regard or, in absence of such contract or agreement, on such other reasonable basis as may be prescribed in this behalf
services supplied by a banking company, or a financial institution, or a non-banking financial company, to account holders	Section 13(8)	Location of the supplier of services
intermediary services	Section 13(8)	Location of the supplier of services
services consisting of hiring of means of transport other than aircrafts and vessels except yachts, upto a period of one month	Section 13(8)	Location of the supplier of services
services of transportation of goods, other than by way of mail or courier	Section 13(9)	Place of destination of the goods
passenger transportation service	Section 13(10)	Place where the passenger embarks on the conveyance for a continuous journey
services provided on board a conveyance during the course of a passenger transport operation, including services intended to be wholly or substantially consumed while on board	Section 13(11)	First scheduled point of departure of that conveyance for the journey
online information and database access or retrieval services	Section 13(12)	Location of recipient of service
In order to prevent double taxation or non-taxation of the supply of a service or for uniform application of rules, the Government shall notify any description of services.	Section 13(13)	Place of effective use and enjoyment of a service.

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Sakshi Jain, CA LLB

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I am a content and marketing manager at Masters India. I am also a tax and finance content writer. I also write academic books on accounts and tax. I have an experience of 7+ years in Income Tax Read more...

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