Different Billing And Delivery Address By E-Commerce Portals, CBIC Clarification On Place Of Supply

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the clarification on the provisions of clause (ca) of Section 10(1) of the Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 relating to the place of supply of goods to unregistered persons.Clause (ca) has been inserted in Section 10(1) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 with effect from 01.10.2023. The provision has been inserted as a non-obstante provision overriding the provisions under Section 10(1)(a) or 10(1)(c) of IGST Act. The clause (ca) provides that where the supply of goods is made to an unregistered person, the place of supply would be the location as per the address of the said person recorded in the invoice and the location of the supplier where the address of the said person is not recorded in the invoice. An explanation has also been added to the said clause to clarify that recording the name of the State of the person shall be deemed to be the recording of the address of the said person.The issue raised was in respect of the Place of supply of goods (particularly being supplied through e-commerce platform) to unregistered persons where billing address is different from the address of delivery of goods. Mr. A (unregistered person) located in X State places an order on an e- commerce platform for supply of a mobile phone, which is to be delivered at an address located in Y State. Mr. A, while placing the order on the e-commerce platform, provides the billing address located in X state. In such a scenario, what would be the place of supply of the supply of mobile phone, whether the State pertaining to the billing address i.e. State X or the State pertaining to the delivery address i.e. State Y.The board has clarified that as per the provisions of clause (ca) of sub- section (1) of section 10 of IGST Act, where the supply of goods is made to an unregistered person, the place of supply would be the location as per the address of the said person recorded in the invoice and the location of the supplier where the address of the said person is not recorded in the invoice. As per Explanation to the said clause, recording the name of the State of the said unregistered person on the invoice shall be deemed to be the recording of the address of the said person.The cases involving supply of goods to an unregistered person, where the address of delivery of goods recorded on the invoice is different from the billing address of the said unregistered person on the invoice, the place of supply of goods in accordance with the provisions of clause (ca) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of IGST Act, shall be the address of delivery of goods recorded on the invoice i.e. State Y in the present case where the delivery address is located.In cases involving supply of goods to an unregistered person, where the billing address and delivery address are different, the supplier may record the delivery address as the address of the recipient on the invoice for the purpose of determining the place of supply of the supply of goods.Circular No.209/3/2024-GSTDate: 26/06/2024Click Here To Read Circular

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