The collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of the students who are enrolled for training with the applicant is not liable to GST subject to fulfilment of the conditions stipulated under Rule 33 of CGST Rules 2017.
Authority for Advance Ruling — Taxability on Payment made as examination fee – The applicant is engaged providing training for students in medical coding. The medical coding examination is conducted and certified by American Academy of Professional Coders [AAPC] having its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America [USA]. The applicant sought an advance ruling as to whether the payment made to AAPC as examination fee for students on behalf of some of the students of the applicant institute and on behalf of outside students, as a pure agent is service under GST and is there any tax liability for the same, when the applicant is collecting the actual examination fee and remitting that amount to AAPC as such without taking any service charges either from students or from AAPC.
Held that:- The Hon’ble Authority for Advance Ruling held that the collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of the students who are enrolled for training with the applicant is not liable to GST subject to fulfilment of the conditions stipulated under Rule 33 of CGST Rules 2017. The collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of outside students (who are not enrolled for training with the applicant) without collecting any service charge either from students or AAPC is not liable to GST.
The collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of the students who are enrolled for training with the applicant is not liable to GST subject to fulfilment of the conditions stipulated under Rule 33 of CGST Rules 2017.
Authority for Advance Ruling — Taxability on Payment made as examination fee – The applicant is engaged providing training for students in medical coding. The medical coding examination is conducted and certified by American Academy of Professional Coders [AAPC] having its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America [USA]. The applicant sought an advance ruling as to whether the payment made to AAPC as examination fee for students on behalf of some of the students of the applicant institute and on behalf of outside students, as a pure agent is service under GST and is there any tax liability for the same, when the applicant is collecting the actual examination fee and remitting that amount to AAPC as such without taking any service charges either from students or from AAPC.
Held that:- The Hon’ble Authority for Advance Ruling held that the collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of the students who are enrolled for training with the applicant is not liable to GST subject to fulfilment of the conditions stipulated under Rule 33 of CGST Rules 2017. The collection and payment of examination fee to AAPC by the applicant on behalf of outside students (who are not enrolled for training with the applicant) without collecting any service charge either from students or AAPC is not liable to GST.