This discussion clarifies whether Goods and Services Tax (GST) needs to be charged on an invoice raised for reimbursing travel expenses incurred for a conference in Dubai. The consensus is that no GST is applicable as it is a pure reimbursement and not a charge for services rendered. Consequently, such invoices do not need to be disclosed in the GSTR1 filing.
01 October 2024
Our Mumbai company provides Operation and supply management services to Chennai company for which we raise them invoice and charge IGST. Recently Chennai company director had requested our company director to join him for a conference in Dubai which our Director did and in relation to that certain expenses like Air Ticket, Hotel stays & other travelling cost were incurred for which we now want to raise invoice towards reimbursement. Will raising this invoice do we have to charge them GST ?