- India may exempt GST on services exchanged between main offices and local branches of foreign airlines
- Foreign airlines with offices in India received GST notices for not paying taxes on services provided by their main offices abroad
- The GST Council’s fitment committee is leaning towards giving tax relief to these airlines
- Tax authorities issued notices to 12 foreign airlines for services like maintenance and rentals between main and branch offices
- Some shipping companies and embassies have also faced similar issues
- Tax officials are advised not to take strict actions until the issue is resolved
- Embassies of respective countries have engaged in discussions on the issue
- Determining tax for each transaction is complex for airlines and shipping companies.
Source: studycafe.in
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
