GST ON ADVANCE

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CA SANDIP HISARIYA (Querist)
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23 December 2020 One E commerce company (ABC) into the business of Food delivery.

Rahul a customer place an order on 15th Dec, 2020 via ABC company website/APP to deliver food on 2nd Feb, 2021 as per his choice of restaurant and menu. Rahul paid full amount in advance on 15th Dec to ABC. Restaurant (XYZ) will deliver food on 2nd Feb, 2021 and will get payment from ABC after the delivery of Food as per agreement with ABC.

All the Payment received by ABC will park in there nodal Account. ABC will received there commission only after the delivery of food and XYZ restaurant also received amount from ABC nodal account after the delivery of food to customer.

Invoice will be issue by XYZ on the date of delivery of food. ABC will issue invoice to XYZ for commission after the delivery of food.

Note: As per RBI, nodal Account balance not part of ABC Books of accounts at any point of time.

In the above scenario. Is XYZ is liable to pay GST on advance payment received by ABC in there nodal account? How GST treatment will happen?

Thanks in advance.

Lekhraj sood

Lekhraj sood (Expert)
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23 December 2020 No, GST is not required to be paid on the advance received by ABC. It is only receiving it as pure agent being parked in Nodal account.