Question ID :
34823
240554
Is GST applicable? Agreement to sell a constructed property on a future date and advance is taken now. There is no agreement for construction of property.
Posted by
Sai Ram
on
Sep 27, 2018
Filed Under
GST
Sale of completed building is not taxable as its excluded from supply by sch III, para 5. Advance taken also enjoys said exclusion from GST.
But if building is not completed, please examine if this transaction is 'in the course or furtherance of business'. If it satisfies test of 'business', tax applies on advance and later on rest of value.
Absence of agreement for construction seems deliberate but not helpful in overcoming tax liability because agreement to sell property to be brought into existence in future cannot be of unspecified description and specification and at unknown location, for absence of agreement to construct to be accepted. Surely, this is not a Housing Development Board that allots property in future without any details made known at present.
Seems question is drafted in cryptic fashion.
Posted by
CA. JATIN CHRISTOPHER A on
Sep 29, 2018