How Is The Place Of Supply Determined For Intra-State Supplies?

In intra-state supply under GST, the place of supply indicates where the recipient receives the goods or products.

The location of the supply is the primary factor in determining the nature of your supply.

It decides whether your supply is import-export, intra-state, or interstate.

Finding out the nature of supply helps one understand which type of tax they must pay to the government.

For example, if the supply is interstate, IGST is levied. If the supply occurs within a state, the government applies a combination of SGST and CGST.

Determining Place of Supply in Intra-State Transactions

If you want to determine the tax liability of a transaction, you need two crucial locations of the transaction, which are —

• Supplier Location 

• Place of Supply

The registered location of the supplier or the place from where the supplier provides products or services defines the supplier location.

The place of supply is where the recipient receives the product or service. However, there are some exceptions, as stated in IGST sections 12 and 13 and sections 10 and 11 (for goods). According to these laws, the place of supply can be different.

Factors Influencing Place Of Supply For Intra-State Supplies

Several factors influence the place of supply for intra-state supplies, and these factors are —

• When a transaction involves two places, the specific transaction determines the place of supply.
• Suppose an intermediary participates in the transaction of the goods.
• In that case, it means if the seller is taking the help of a third person to supply the goods to the customer, then the third party’s location will be considered as the place of supply. In this case, the supplier will not consider the delivery location as the place of supply.
• If the supplier moves goods from place to place during the transaction, the recipient’s location becomes the final place and determines the place of supply. 
• When the supplier assembles or installs items at a different location than where they hand them over, that location serves as the supply point.
• In a deal involving transportation, the supplier determines the place of supply based on where they load the goods onto a bus, plane, or ship.
• Delivery will be the point of supply for Indian exports. 

Guidelines For Identifying The Place of Supply In Intra-State Trade

Here are some general guidelines when you have to identify the place of study in intra-state trade —-

• If the person supplying the product and the person buying the product are both registered taxpayers, then the recipient’s location will be the place of supply for the goods being supplied.
• When the person who is supplying the goods is a registered taxpayer, but the recipient is an unregistered taxpayer. The location of the purchaser will be considered as the place of supply. 
• However, this is possible when the invoice shows the buyer’s address. If there is no address of the buyer mentioned, then the place of the supply will be the location of the supplier. 

Legal Considerations In Determining Place Of Supply For Intra-State Transactions

The provisions of the place of supply are in the IGST Act Chapter 5 from Section 10 to Section 14, which states the following aspects of the place of supply —

• Section 10 – Place of supply of goods, excluding the supply of goods exported from or imported into India. 

• Section 11 – Place of supply of goods, including the supply of goods exported from or imported into India. 

• Section 12 – Place of supply of services where the recipient and the supplier’s location is in India.

• Section 13 – Place of supply of services where the recipient or the supplier’s location is outside India.

• Section 14 – Special provision regarding the tax payment by a seller with online information, retrieval services, and database access.

If GST law provisions do not determine the place of supply, the government classifies the transaction under special rules.

The government then prescribes a specific method to determine the place of supply.

If none of the above provisions apply to the transaction at hand, the GST Council will provide a recommendation. The central government will then set rules for determining the place of supply.

Intra-State Supply Location Determination Process

The place of supply is nothing but the location where the supply product or services end up. The typical place of the supply determination process doesn’t take anything but the final location where the recipient is receiving the service or the goods.

If a transaction of goods occurs between Kolkata and Maharashtra, the supplier ships the goods from Kolkata to Maharashtra. In this case, the place of supply is Maharashtra.

Place Of Supply Determination For Intra-State Supplies

Also Read: GST Interstate Vs Intrastate Supply: What Is The Difference

Conclusion 

As per GST law, if you move your stock from one place to another within the same state, it qualifies as an intra-state supply.

Even though you are not technically selling your goods or services to others, the law still considers it a supply.

However, if the supply is intra-state, then you will not have to pay any GST for transferring your business stocks, but if you are moving them to a different state, you will have to pay the GST as interstate supply.

Also Read: What Are The Different Tax Rates That Apply To Different Places Of Supply?

FAQs

• What is POS in GST and Intra-State Supply?

POS is the short form of the Place of Supply in Intra-state and GST Law. The place of supply is usually the recipient’s location of the transacted goods or services. 

• What is section 12 about in GST provisions?

Section 12 of the GST provision law denotes the time of supply of goods. Usually, the payment date is the time of supply, but some exceptions exist. 

• How do we determine the place of supply for immovable properties?

Since the property is immovable, the place of property becomes the place of supply. However, the nature of this type of supply is tagged as interstate supply, so the tax will be IGST.

• What is an example of the place of supply in intra-state supply?

Suppose a transaction of goods takes place between Dhakuria and Park Circus.The supplier ships the goods from Park Circus to Dhakuria.

In that case, the place of supply in this transaction is Dhakuria, and the nature of the supply is intra-state because the supply is occurring within one state, West Bengal. 

• What is the place of supply in intra-state supply?

When a transaction of goods and services occurs within the same state, the supplier delivers them to the recipient’s location, which determines the place of supply in an intra-state supply.

• What is section 13 of the place of supply in intra-state supplies?

The place of supply section 13 indicates the services where the recipient or the supplier’s location is outside India. This means that either the supplier of the services or the recipient is outside the country, denoting the supply as an import-export.

• How many types of supply are there in GST?

Under the GST law, there are 2 major categories where the goods and services can be categorized: non-taxable supplies and taxable supplies. These two types further divide into different categories based on the nature of their supply. For example, taxable supplies fall into inter-state, intra-state, and import-export categories.

• What is the POS under GST ICAI?

Under the GST ICAI, the destination or consumption principle determines the place of supply. Simply put, the location where the recipient consumes the products or services establishes the place of supply. 

• What is the principle supply under GST?

When the supply of goods and services is primarily comprised of composite supply, in this type of supply, all the other supplies that are part of the composite supply become ancillary. 

• What is the place of supply for gyms or restaurants?

Services like restaurants and gyms fall under one category: personal grooming, catering services, beauty treatments, fitness, and health services. These supplies occur in the same place where they are provided, so the place of supply becomes the restaurant or gym.

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