Electricity Charges Received By Malls, Airport Operators Etc. From Lessees Bundled With Renting, Forms Composite Supply: CBIC
Live LawThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has clarified that whenever electricity is being supplied bundled with renting of immovable property and/or maintenance of premises it forms a part of the composite supply and shall be taxed accordingly.The Board has issued the clarification in respect of the recommendations of the GST Council in its 52nd meeting held on October 7, 2023,. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has clarified that whenever electricity is being supplied bundled with renting of immovable property and/or maintenance of premises it forms a part of the composite supply and shall be taxed accordingly. The principal supply is renting of immovable property and/or maintenance of the premise, as the case may be, and the supply of electricity is an ancillary supply as the case may be. Even if electricity is billed separately, the supplies will constitute a composite supply and therefore, the rate of the principal supply i.e., GST rate on renting of immovable property and/or maintenance of premise, as the case may be, would be applicable.