Chargeable of VAT on Freight Charges is based on contract If Sellers Obligation is to transfer property in goods at Factory Place, no need to charge vat on Freight Charges. If Sellers Obligation is to transfer property in goods at Buyers Place, Vat need to charge on Freight Charges.
Dear Santosh
If seller's obligation is handing over goods to buyer at factory place, but however seller is providing Transport Service and collecting Freight Charges from buyer , here freight charges are treated as Direct Income.
If The contract between the assessee and its purchaser specifically stipulated that the sale was not completed at the factory gate and the transfer of property in the goods would take place at the establishment of the buyer,under an obligation to transport the goods to the place of the buyer and transfer of property in the goods took place only at the establishment of the buyer, the Supreme Court held, that the freight charges recovered by the seller from the buyer would form part of the sales turnover.
If any wrong in my arguement please rectify me.