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Heading 9964 — Passenger transport services

The services Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 lists against this classification, and the rate it fixes for each. The rows below are the notification’s own table rows, with the serial and the line each rate stands on.

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Rate notified — Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017

the rate of central tax on the intra-State supply of services, under sub-section (1) of section 9 read with sub-section (1) of section 11, sub-section (5) of section 15 and sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (G.S.R. 690(E) dated 28th June 2017, as recorded in our source manifest — the notification text prints the gazette number blank).

Sl. No.ClassificationRateConditionSource
8Heading 9964 (Passenger transport services)
  • 2.5 per cent. line 195
  • 2.5 per cent. line 226
  • 2.5 per cent. line 240
  • 6 per cent. line 267
  • 2.5 per cent. line 272
  • 9 per cent. line 285
—notification-no-11-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.txt:188–285
Serial 8, Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017: (i) Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by rail in first class or air conditioned coach. Provided that credit of input tax charged in respect of goods used in supplying the service is not utilised for paying central tax or integrated tax on the supply of the service (ii) Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings by- (a) air conditioned contract carriage other than motorcab; (b) air conditioned stage carriage; (c) radio taxi. Explanation.- (a) “contract carriage” has the meaning assigned to it in clause (7) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); (b) “stage carriage” has the meaning assigned to it in clause (40) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) ; (c) “radio taxi” means a taxi including a radio cab, by whatever name called, which is in two-way radio communication with a central control office and is enabled for tracking using Global Positioning System (GPS) or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). Provided that credit of input tax charged on goods or services used in supplying the service has not been taken [Please refer to Explanation no. (iv)] (iii) Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by air in economy class. Provided that credit of input tax charged on goods used in supplying the service has not been taken [Please refer to Explanation no. (iv)] (iv) Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by air, embarking from or terminating in a Regional Connectivity Scheme Airport, as notified by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. 2.5 Provided that credit of input tax charged on goods used in supplying the service has not been taken [Please refer to Explanation no. (iv)] (v) Transport of passengers by air, with or without accompanied belongings, in other than economy class. (vi) Transport of passengers by motorcab where the cost of fuel is included in the consideration charged from the service recipient. Provided that credit of input tax charged on goods and services used in supplying the service has not been taken [Please refer to Explanation no. (iv)] (vii) Passenger transport services other than (i), (ii) (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above.
Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 — cbic-gst/11-2017-central-tax-rate/notification-no-11-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.txt:188-285

Exemption notified — Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017

Services under this classification that the exemption notification relieves of the tax, as the notification’s own rows print them. Where a row shows a rate other than Nil, that is the concessional rate the notification fixes for it.

Sl. No.ClassificationRateConditionSource
15Heading 9964
  • Nil line 236
Nilnotification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:222–236
16Heading 9964
  • Nil line 245
Nilnotification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:237–251
17Heading 9964
  • Nil line 266
Nilnotification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:252–266
Serial 15, Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017: Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by – (a) air, embarking from or terminating in an airport located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, or Tripura or at Bagdogra located in West Bengal; (b) non-airconditioned contract carriage other than radio taxi, for transportation of passengers, excluding tourism, conducted tour, charter or hire; or (c) stage carriage other than air- conditioned stage carriage.
Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 — cbic-gst/12-2017-central-tax-rate/notification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:222-236
Serial 16, Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017: Services provided to the Central Government, by way of transport of passengers with or without accompanied belongings, by air, embarking from or terminating at a regional connectivity scheme airport, against consideration in the form of viability gap funding: Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply on or after the expiry of a period of one year from the date of commencement of operations of the regional connectivity scheme airport as notified by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 — cbic-gst/12-2017-central-tax-rate/notification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:237-251
Serial 17, Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017: Service of transportation of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by— (a) railways in a class other than— (i) first class; or (ii) an air-conditioned coach; (b) metro, monorail or tramway; (c) inland waterways; (d) public transport, other than predominantly for tourism purpose, in a vessel between places located in India; and (e) metered cabs or auto rickshaws (including e-rickshaws).
Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 — cbic-gst/12-2017-central-tax-rate/notification-no-12-2017-central-tax-rate.pdftotext-raw.cb8334e79a1f2603.txt:252-266

Question

What rate of GST does the notification fix for Heading 9964 — Passenger transport services?

Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), 28 June 2017 fixes central tax on the intra-State supply of these services at 2.5 per cent. and 6 per cent. and 9 per cent. against serial 8 of its table — 6 rate entries across 1 row. That is the rate as notified on 28 June 2017; service rates have been amended since, so check the notification in force before you rely on it. Column (2) of the notification’s table is “only indicative” of the classification, so treat the heading as the notification’s grouping and not as an authority on the service’s code.

What this page rests on

  • Levy — s.9(1), Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017: tax is levied on all intra-State supplies of goods or services at such rates, not exceeding twenty per cent., as may be notified by the Government. Quoted from our held text at cgst/cgst-act-2017.txt:418, which is what the notification above exercises.
  • Exemption — s.11(1), CGST Act, 2017: on the Council’s recommendation the Government may exempt, by notification, services of any specified description. Held text at cgst/cgst-act-2017.txt:451.
  • Classification — “Chapter”, “Section” and “Heading” carry the meanings they have in the annexed scheme of classification of services the rate notification refers to. Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), explanation 3(ii): "Chapter, Section, Heading, Group, or Service Code mentioned in Column (2) of the Table are only indicative." Each rate is the one notified on 28 June 2017 in the notification named on that row, not a statement of the rate in force today.
  • Each row on this page is quoted from a held copy of the notification and keeps its line range. Nothing here is a substitute for the notification in force on the date of your supply.

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