{"id":1260552,"date":"2023-07-24T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1260552"},"modified":"2023-07-24T08:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:39:37","slug":"pay-18-gst-for-charging-your-electric-cars-in-this-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/pay-18-gst-for-charging-your-electric-cars-in-this-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay 18% GST For Charging Your Electric Cars In This State!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling has said that 18% GST will be applicable on charging electric vehicle batteries at public charging stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pay<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The topic arose when a power distribution company, Chamundeswari Electricity, wanted <\/a>to set up various public charging stations for charging EVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said that it wants to charge tax and an EV charging fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter would include two components\u2014energy charges for the number of units consumed and the service charges for the services provided by the charging station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supply of goods or services?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company wanted to know whether the energy charges would be treated as a supply of goods or a supply of services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case of the latter, 18 per cent of GST would be imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case of the former, the question was whether the company could claim exemption under GST as the supply of electricity\u2014which is treated as a supply of goods\u2014is exempt under the Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the ruling authority had to decide whether EV charging would be included under the category of supply of electricity or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a supply of good, clarification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AAR said charging an EV involves charging a battery, i.e., the conversion of electric energy to chemical energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity, which is a \u2018moveable\u2019 property and classified as a good, is not supplied to the consumer directly as it is converted into chemical energy which the EV battery provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Authority pointed to a clarification issued by the Ministry of Power, which said that charging an EV does not include the sale of electricity as it is consumed within the premises owned by the charging station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, the activity of charging an EV is not a supply of electricity or of any moveable property, but a supply of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, \u2018supply of electrical energy\u2019 and \u2018service charges\u2019 together are to be treated as supply of service and would attract a GST rate of 18%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Input tax credit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company will also be entitled to set off its tax liabilities against its input tax credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would not have been possible if no GST were imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ruling may be viewed as a positive ruling by some industry players as treating EV charging activity as a taxable service will help them in availing input tax credit,” said Harpreet Singh, partner indirect tax at KPMG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said if EV charging is treated as a supply of goods, which is exempt under the GST law, ITC would have got blocked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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