| Government of IndiaMinistry of Finance
 (Department of Revenue)
 
 Notification No. 13/2017- Central Tax (Rate)
 New Delhi, the 28th June, 2017  GSR......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of 
section 9 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the 
Central Government on the recommendations of the Council hereby notifies that on 
categories of supply of services mentioned in column (2) of the Table below, 
supplied by a person as specified in column (3) of the said Table, the whole of 
central tax leviable under section 9 of the said Central Goods and Services Tax 
Act, shall be paid on reverse charge basis by the recipient of the such services 
as specified in column (4) of the said Table:-  Table  
	
		| Sl. No. | Category of Supply of Services | Supplier of service | Recipient of Service |  
		| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |  
		| 1 | Supply of Services by a goods transport agency (GTA) in respect of 
		transportation of goods by road to- (a) any factory registered under or 
		governed by the Factories Act, 1948(63 of 1948);or (b) any society 
		registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or 
		under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India; or 
		(c) any co-operative society established by or under any law; or (d) any 
		person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act or the 
		Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or the State Goods and Services 
		Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act; or (e) any 
		body corporate established, by or under any law; or (f) any partnership 
		firm whether registered or not under any law including association of 
		persons; or (g) any casual taxable person | Goods Transport Agency (GTA) | (a) Any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 
		1948(63 of 1948); or (b) any society registered under the Societies 
		Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time 
		being in force in any part of India; or (c) any co-operative society 
		established by or under any law; or (d) any person registered under the 
		Central Goods and Services Tax Act or the Integrated Goods and Services 
		Tax Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory 
		Goods and Services Tax Act; or (e) any body corporate established, by or 
		under any law; or (f) any partnership firm whether registered or not 
		under any law including association of persons; or (g) any casual 
		taxable person; located in the taxable territory. |  
		| 2 | Services supplied by an individual advocate including a senior 
		advocate by way of representational services before any court, tribunal 
		or authority, directly or indirectly, to any business entity located in 
		the taxable territory, including where contract for provision of such 
		service has been entered through another advocate or a firm of 
		advocates, or by a firm of advocates, by way of legal services, to a 
		business entity. | An individual advocate including a senior advocate or firm of 
		advocates. | Any business entity located in the taxable territory. |  
		| 3 | Services supplied by an arbitral tribunal to a business entity. | An arbitral tribunal | Any business entity located in the taxable territory. |  
		| 4 | Services provided by way of sponsorship to any body corporate or 
		partnership firm. | Any person | Any body corporate or partnership firm located in the taxable 
		territory. |  
		| 5 | Services supplied by the Central Government, State Government, Union 
		territory or local authority to a business entity excluding, - (1) 
		renting of immovable property, and (2) services specified below- (i) 
		services by the Department of Posts by way of speed post, express parcel 
		post, life insurance, and agency services provided to a person other 
		than Central Government, State Government or Union territory or local 
		authority; (ii) services in relation to an aircraft or a vessel, inside 
		or outside the precincts of a port or an airport; (iii) transport of 
		goods or passengers. | Central Governme nt, State Governme nt, Union territory or local 
		authority | Any business entity located in the taxable territory. |  
		| 6 | Services supplied by a director of a company or a body corporate to 
		the said company or the body corporate. | A director of a company or a body corporate | The company or a body corporate located in the taxable territory |  
		| 7 | Services supplied by an insurance agent to any person carrying on 
		insurance business. | An insurance agent | Any person carrying on insurance business, located in the taxable 
		territory. |  
		| 8 | Services supplied by a recovery agent to a banking company or a 
		financial institution or a nonbanking financial company | A recovery agent | A banking company or a financial institution or a non-banking 
		financial company, located in the taxable territory |  
		| 9 | Supply of services by an author, music composer, photographer, 
		artist or the like by way of transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment 
		of a copyright covered under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 
		of the Copyright Act, 1957 relating to original literary, dramatic, 
		musical or artistic works to a publisher, music company, producer or the 
		like. | Author or music composer, photograp her, artist, or the like | Publisher, music company, producer or the like, located in the 
		taxable territory. |  Explanation.- For purpose of this notification,- (a)The person who pays or is liable to pay freight for the transportation of 
goods by road in goods carriage, located in the taxable territory shall be 
treated as the person who receives the service for the purpose of this 
notification. (b) “Body Corporate” has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (11) of 
section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013. (c) the business entity located in the taxable territory who is litigant, 
applicant or petitioner, as the case may be, shall be treated as the person who 
receives the legal services for the purpose of this notification. (d) the words and expressions used and not defined in this notification but 
defined in the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the Integrated Goods and 
Services Tax Act, and the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act shall have 
the same meanings as assigned to them in those Acts. 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2017.  (Ruchi Bisht)Under Secretary to the Government of India
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No. 334/1/2017- TRU]
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