1[4. The supply of services attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub section (3) of section 12 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the said Act), in the case of -

(a) services directly in relation to immovable property, including services provided by architects, interior decorators, surveyors, engineers and other related experts or estate agents, any service provided by way of grant of rights to use immovable property or for carrying out or co-ordination of construction work; or

(b) lodging accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, homestay, club or campsite, by whatever name called, and including a houseboat or any other vessel ; or

(c) accommodation in any immovable property for organising any marriage or reception or matters related thereto, official, social, cultural, religious or business function including services provided in relation to such function at such property; or

(d) any services ancillary to the services referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c),

where such immovable property or boat or vessel is located in more than one State or Union territory, shall be taken as being in each of the respective States or Union territories, and in the absence of any contract or agreement between the supplier of service and recipient of services for separately collecting or determining the value of the services in each such State or Union territory, as the case maybe, shall be determined in the following manner namely:-

(i) in case of services provided by way of lodging accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name called (except cases where such property is a single property located in two or more contiguous States or Union territories or both) and services ancillary to such services, the supply of services shall be treated as made in each of the respective States or Union territories, in proportion to the number of nights stayed in such property;

(ii) in case of all other services in relation to immovable property including services by way of accommodation in any immovable property for organising any marriage or reception etc., and in cases of supply of accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name called where such property is a single property located in two or more contiguous States or Union territories or both, and services ancillary to such services, the supply of services shall be treated as made in each of the respective States or Union territories, in proportion to the area of the immovable property lying in each State or Union territory;

(iii) in case of services provided by way of lodging accommodation by a house boat or any other vessel and services ancillary to such services, the supply of services shall be treated as made in each of the respective States or Union territories, in proportion to the time spent by the boat or vessel in each such State or Union territory, which shall be determined on the basis of a declaration made to the effect by the service provider.

Illustration 1: A hotel chain X charges a consolidated sum of ? 30,000/- for stay in its two establishments in Delhi and Agra, where the stay in Delhi is for 2 nights and the stay in Agra is for 1 night. The place of supply in this case is both in the Union territory of Delhi and in the State of Uttar Pradesh and the service shall be deemed to have been provided in the Union territory of Delhi and in the State of Uttar Pradesh in the ratio 2:1 respectively. The value of services provided will thus be apportioned as ? 20,000/- in the Union territory of Delhi and ? 10,000/- in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Illustration 2: There is a piece of land of area 20,000 square feet which is partly in State S1 say 12,000 square feet and partly in State S2, say 8000 square feet. Site preparation work has been entrusted to T. The ratio of land in the two states works out to 12:8 or 3:2 (simplified). The place of supply is in both S1 and S2. The service shall be deemed to have been provided in the ratio of 12:8 or 3:2 (simplified) in the States S1 and S2 respectively. The value of the service shall be accordingly apportioned between the States.

Illustration 3: A company C provides the service of 24 hours accommodation in a houseboat, which is situated both in Kerala and Karnataka inasmuch as the guests board the house boat in Kerala and stay there for 22 hours but it also moves into Karnataka for 2 hours (as declared by the service provider). The place of supply of this service is in the States of Kerala and Karnataka. The service shall be deemed to have been provided in the ratio of 22:2 or 11:1 (simplified) in the states of Kerala and Karnataka, respectively. The value of the service shall be accordingly apportioned between the States.]

5. The supply of services attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub-
section (7) of section 12 of the said Act, in the case of-
(a) services provided by way of organisation of a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, 
educational or entertainment event , including supply of services in relation to a conference, fair 
exhibition, celebration or similar events; or 

(b) services ancillary to the organisation of any such events or assigning of sponsorship to 
such events , 
where the services are supplied to a person other than a registered person, the event is held in 
India in more than one State or Union territory and a consolidated amount is charged for supply 
of such services, shall be taken as being in each of the respective States or Union territories, and
in the absence of any contract or agreement between the supplier of service and recipient of 
services for separately collecting or determining the value of the services in each such State or 
Union territory, as the case maybe, shall be determined by application of the generally accepted 
accounting principles.

Illustration: An event management company E has to organise some promotional events 
in States S1 and S2 for a recipient R. 3 events are to be organised in S1 and 2 in S2. They 
charge a consolidated amount of Rs.10,00,000 from R. The place of supply of this service 
is in both the States S1 and S2. Say the proportion arrived at by the application of 
generally accepted accounting principles is 3:2. The service shall be deemed to have been 
provided in the ratio 3:2 in S1 and S2 respectively. The value of services provided will 
thus be apportioned as Rs. 6,00,000/- in S1 and Rs. 4,00,000/- in S2 .

6. The supply of services attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub 
section (11) of section 12 of the said Act, in the case of supply of services relating to a leased 
circuit where the leased circuit is installed in more than one State or Union territory and a 
consolidated amount is charged for supply of such services, shall be taken as being in each of the 
respective States or Union territories, and in the absence of any contract or agreement between 
the supplier of service and recipient of services for separately collecting or determining the value 
of the services in each such State or Union territory, as the case maybe, shall be determined in 
the following manner, namely:-

(a) The number of points in a circuit shall be determined in the following manner: 
(i) in the case of a circuit between two points or places, the starting point or place of the 
circuit and the end point or place of the circuit will invariably constitute two points;
(ii) any intermediate point or place in the circuit will also constitute a point provided that 
the benefit of the leased circuit is also available at that intermediate point;
(b) the supply of services shall be treated as made in each of the respective States or Union 
territories, in proportion to the number of points lying in the State or Union territory.
Illustration 1: A company T installs a leased circuit between the Delhi and Mumbai 
offices of a company C. The starting point of this circuit is in Delhi and the end point of 
the circuit is in Mumbai. Hence one point of this circuit is in Delhi and another in 
Maharashtra. The place of supply of this service is in the Union territory of Delhi and the 
State of Maharashtra. The service shall be deemed to have been provided in the ratio of 
1:1 in the Union territory of Delhi and the State of Maharashtra, respectively. 

Illustration 2: A company T installs a leased circuit between the Chennai, Bengaluru 
and Mysuru offices of a company C. The starting point of this circuit is in Chennai and 
the end point of the circuit is in Mysuru. The circuit also connects Bengaluru. Hence one 
point of this circuit is in Tamil Nadu and two points in Karnataka. The place of supply of 
this service is in the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The service shall be deemed to 
have been provided in the ratio of 1:2 in the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, 
respectively. 

Illustration 3: A company T installs a leased circuit between the Kolkata, Patna and 
Guwahati offices of a company C. There are 3 points in this circuit in Kolkata, Patna and 
Guwahati. One point each of this circuit is, therefore, in West Bengal, Bihar and Assam. 
The place of supply of this service is in the States of West Bengal, Bihar and Assam. The 
service shall be deemed to have been provided in the ratio of 1:1:1 in the States of West 
Bengal, Bihar and Assam, respectively.

7. The supply of services attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub-
section (7) of section 13 of the said Act, in the case of services supplied in respect of goods 
which are required to be made physically available by the recipient of services to the supplier of 
services, or to a person acting on behalf of the supplier of services, or in the case of services 
supplied to an individual, represented either as the recipient of services or a person acting on 
behalf of the recipient, which require the physical presence of the recipient or the person acting 
on his behalf, where the location of the supplier of services or the location of the recipient of 
services is outside India, and where such services are supplied in more than one State or Union 
territory, shall be taken as being in each of the respective States or Union territories, and the 
proportion of value attributable to each such State and Union territory in the absence of any 
contract or agreement between the supplier of service and recipient of services for separately 
collecting or determining the value of the services in each such State or Union territory, as the 
case maybe, shall be determined in the following manner, namely:-

(i) in the case of services supplied on the same goods, by equally dividing the value of the 
service in each of the States and Union territories where the service is performed;
(ii) in the case of services supplied on different goods, by taking the ratio of the invoice value 
of goods in each of the States and Union territories, on which service is performed, as the 
ratio of the value of the service performed in each State or Union territory;
(iii)in the case of services supplied to individuals, by applying the generally accepted 
accounting principles.

Illustration-1: A company C which is located in Kolkata is providing the services of 
testing of a dredging machine and the testing service on the machine is carried out in 
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The place of supply is in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh and 
the value of the service in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh will be ascertained by dividing the 
value of the service equally between these two States.

Illustration-2: A company C which is located in Delhi is providing the service of 
servicing of two cars belonging to Mr. X. One car is of manufacturer J and is located in 
Delhi and is serviced by its Delhi workshop. The other car is of manufacturer A and is 
located in Gurugram and is serviced by its Gurugram workshop . The value of service 
attributable to the Union Territory of Delhi and the State of Haryana respectively shall 
be calculated by applying the ratio of the invoice value of car J and the invoice value of 
car A, to the total value of the service. 

Illustration-3: A makeup artist M has to provide make up services to an actor A. A is 
shooting some scenes in Mumbai and some scenes in Goa. M provides the makeup 
services in Mumbai and Goa. The services are provided in Maharashtra and Goa and the 
value of the service in Maharashtra and Goa will be ascertained by applying the 
generally accepted accounting principles.

8. The proportion of value attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub-
section (7) of section 13 of the said Act, in the case of supply of services directly in relation to an 
immovable property, including services supplied in this regard by experts and estate agents, 
supply of accommodation by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite, by whatever name 
called, grant of rights to use immovable property, services for carrying out or co-ordination of 
construction work, including that of architects or interior decorators, where the location of the 
supplier of services or the location of the recipient of services is outside India, and where such 
services are supplied in more than one State or Union territory, in the absence of any contract or 
agreement between the supplier of service and recipient of services for separately collecting or 
determining the value of the services in each such State or Union territory, as the case maybe,
shall be determined by applying the provisions of rule 4, mutatis mutandis. 

9. The proportion of value attributable to different States or Union territories, under sub-
section (7) of section 13 of the said Act, in the case of supply of services by way of admission to, 
or organisation of a cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational or entertainment event, or a 
celebration, conference, fair, exhibition or similar events, and of services ancillary to such 
admission or organisation, where the location of the supplier of services or the location of the 
recipient of services is outside India, and where such services are provided in more than one 
State or Union territory , in the absence of any contract or agreement between the supplier of 
service and recipient of services for separately collecting or determining the value of the services in each such State or Union territory, as the case maybe, shall be determined by applying the 
provisions of rule 5, mutatis mutandis”.

 

 

Note :

1. Inserted by Notification No. 04/2018 – Integrated Tax dated 31-12-2018 w.e.f. 01-01-2019