Hi, If we sale goods directly from china to USA, without importing goods in india , will we require to pay gst on such case?
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This discussion explores whether GST is applicable when an Indian resident engages in international dropshipping, specifically selling goods directly from China to the USA without importing them into India. While some initial opinions suggest GST is not applicable under Schedule III of the CGST Act for transactions outside India, others argue it might apply with a potential refund. The conversation also touches upon claiming refunds for GST paid on business expenses incurred in India, such as advertising and platform fees.
The supply will be classified under high sea sales and not taxable. Both the legs of the concerned transaction are neither falling under the definition of import or export
Agreed with CA Altamush Zafar after reading all laws what I sum up is
In international dropshipping cases, GST will not be levied. According to para 7 of the Schedule III of the CGST Act[1], any supply/transaction that takes place in the non-taxable location with no connection to the home country shall not be treated under the GST regime. If the merchant belongs to India and completes the entire business transaction outside the nation then in such case the GST will not be applied.
I have a related question, In order to conduct international dropshipping busibess there are many expenses are incurred in India from where entrepreneur is operatiing expenses like Google Ads, Facebook Ads, PayPal fees, Shopify fees & many more such expenses on all these expenses GST is levied by these vendors - Can entrepreneur claim refund of this GST levied to him ?
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