S. No. |
Description of Services |
Rate |
1 |
Services by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities. |
Nil |
2 |
Services by way of transfer of a going concern, as a whole or an independent part thereof. |
Nil |
3 |
Pure services (excluding works contract service or other composite supplies involving supply of any goods) provided to the Central Government, State Government or Union territory or local authority or a Governmental authority by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat under article 243G of the Constitution or in relation to any function entrusted to a Municipality under article 243W of the Constitution. |
Nil |
4 |
Services by Central Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority or governmental authority by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a municipality under article 243 W of the Constitution. |
Nil |
5 |
Services by a governmental authority by way of any activity in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat under article 243G of the Constitution. |
Nil |
6 |
Services by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority excluding the following services—
|
Nil |
7 |
Services provided by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority to a business entity with an aggregate turnover of up to twenty lakh rupees (ten lakh rupees in case of a special category state) in the preceding financial year. Explanation.- For the purposes of this entry, it is hereby clarified that the provisions of this entry shall not be applicable to-
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Nil |
8 |
Services provided by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority to another Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority: Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to services-
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Nil |
9 |
Services provided by Central Government, State Government, Union territory or a local authority where the consideration for such services does not exceed five thousand rupees: Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to -
Provided further that in case where continuous supply of service, as defined in sub-section (33) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, is provided by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or a local authority, the exemption shall apply only where the consideration charged for such service does not exceed five thousand rupees in a financial year. |
Nil |
10 |
Services received from a provider of service located in a non- taxable territory by -
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Nil |
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Provided that the exemption shall not apply to -
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11 |
Services provided by way of pure labour contracts of construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, repair, maintenance, renovation, or alteration of a civil structure or any other original works pertaining to the beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement under the Housing for All (Urban) Mission or Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. |
Nil |
12 |
Services by way of pure labour contracts of construction, erection, commissioning, or installation of original works pertaining to a single residential unit otherwise than as a part of a residential complex. |
Nil |
13 |
Services by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence. |
Nil |
14 |
Services by a person by way of-
|
Nil |
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Provided that nothing contained in entry (b) of this exemption shall apply to,-
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15 |
Services by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name called, for residential or lodging purposes, having declared tariff of a unit of accommodation below one thousand rupees per day or equivalent. |
Nil |
16 |
Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by -
|
Nil |
17 |
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. |
Nil |
18 |
Service of transportation of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by—
|
Nil |
19 |
Services by way of transportation of goods-
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Nil |
20 |
Services by way of transportation of goods by an aircraft from a place outside India upto the customs station of clearance in India. |
Nil |
21 |
Services by way of transportation by rail or a vessel from one place in India to another of the following goods:
|
Nil |
22 |
Services provided by a goods transport agency, by way of transport in a goods carriage of -
|
Nil |
23 |
Services by way of giving on hire -
|
Nil |
24 |
Service by way of access to a road or a bridge on payment of toll charges. |
Nil |
25 |
Services by way of loading, unloading, packing, storage or warehousing of rice. |
Nil |
26 |
Transmission or distribution of electricity by an electricity transmission or distribution utility. |
Nil |
27 |
Services by the Reserve Bank of India. |
Nil |
28 |
Services by way of:
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Nil |
29 |
Services of life insurance business provided by way of annuity under the National Pension System regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India under the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 (23 of 2013). |
Nil |
30 |
Services of life insurance business provided or agreed to be provided by the Army, Naval and Air Force Group Insurance Funds to members of the Army, Navy and Air Force, respectively, under the Group Insurance Schemes of the Central Government. |
Nil |
31 |
Services by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation to persons governed under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948). |
Nil |
32 |
Services provided by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation to the persons governed under the Employees Provident Funds and the Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952). |
Nil |
33 |
Services provided by the Insurance Regulatory and the Development Authority of India to insurers under the Insurance Regulatory and the Development Authority of India Act, 1999 (41 of 1999). |
Nil |
34 |
Services provided by the Securities and Exchange Board of India set up under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) by way of protecting the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate, the securities market. |
Nil |
35 |
Services by an acquiring bank, to any person in relation to settlement of an amount upto two thousand rupees in a single transaction transacted through credit card, debit card, charge card or other payment card service. Explanation.— For the purposes of this entry, “acquiring bank” means any banking company, financial institution including non-banking financial company or any other person, who makes the payment to any person who accepts such card. |
Nil |
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