This discussion clarifies GST implications for a company using a PUR agent for transport services. The agent paid the transportation charges and then raised an invoice to the company for reimbursement, quoting SAC code 996713 without charging GST. The key question is whether the company is liable to pay GST under the Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) for this GTA service.
03 June 2024
TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDED BY "X" PERSON . INVOICE RAISED ON OUR COMPANY.
BUT PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARGES IS PAID BY OUR CLEARING AND FORWARDING
AGENT. OUR AGENT RAISED HIS INV. AS REIMBURSEMENT CHARGES AS IT IS ( NOT INVOLVING ANY PROFIT MARGIN ) AND AGENT QUOTE SAC CODE 996713. AGENT DID NOT CHARGES ANY GST.
CAN WE ARE LIABLE TO PAY GST RCM ON THIS GTA SERVICE