Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling
Acharya Shree Mahashraman Chaturmas Pravas Vyavastha Samiti Trust
a) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of temporary residential rooms for consideration to the devotees and renting of space for shops and stalls for the purpose of religious programmers where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion?
b) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of temporary residential rooms as per the following categories, to the devotees to stay for the purpose of religious programmers where charges per room is less than one thousand per day, if answer to the question 1 is yes?
(i) Category-I: 2 BHK 430 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC, and having two rooms, hall, kitchen, rest-room + toilet, with cooking facility and no cleaning services.
(ii) Category-II: 1 BHK 300 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC and having one room, hall, kitchen, rest-room + toilet, with cooking facility and no cleaning services.
(iii) Category-III: Single room, 100 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, common rest rooms and toilets and no cleaning and cooking facility services.
(iv) Category-IV: Single room, 150 sq.ft., including facilities such as water, electricity, cot, bed, pillow, bedspread, one AC and having rest room and toilet. No cleaning and cooking facilities.
(v) Category-V: Dormitory consisting 12 beds, including facilities such as water, electricity, two AC, bed, pillow, bedspread, common rest rooms and toilets. Charges per bed ranging from Rs.250-00 per day.
c) Whether applicant is liable to pay tax on renting of space for stalls, where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion, if answer to the question 1 is yes?
d) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on supply of food and beverages at subsidized rates to the devotees, where the predominant object is not to do business but for advancement of religion?
e) Whether the applicant is liable to pay tax on providing space for registered person without consideration for supply of food and beverages to the devotees, where consideration is received by registered person directly from devotees?
f) Whether applicant is liable to pay tax for acting intermediary for booking hotel rooms to the pilgrims from outside?
KAR/AAR/102/2019-20 dated 30.09.2019