No GST Payable On Reimbursement Of Stipend Paid To Trainees: AAR
Live LawThe Maharashtra Authority of Advance ruling has ruled that GST is not payable on the reimbursement of stipend paid to trainees by industry partners. The applicant has sought the advanced ruling on the issue whether the Applicant, in the capacity of being a NEEM facilitator, acts as a 'Pure Agent' while receiving reimbursement of stipend amounts from the various Trainer Institutes and remitting the same to the trainees. The AAR observed that the applicant is only a conduit for the payment of stipend and the actual service is supplied by the trainees to the Entities/Training Institutes against which stipend is payable. The AAR held that the stipend paid by Entities/Training Institutes to the applicant to be further paid to the trainees in full does not attract GST and is not required to be added to the taxable value.