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The Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru North University & others held that fee collections by universities like affiliation fees, registration fees, and convocation fees do not amount to a “supply” or “business” under GST law, thus are not taxable.
The Private School Teacher’s Union, Joint Action Front, has written to the state education secretary, opposing the directive issued by Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) mandating 18% GST on continuation fees payable by PSEB e-affiliated schools for 2024-25 academic session.
Days after recommendations of the 54th GST Council meeting to bring private schools affiliated to state boards and CBSE under the GST net, the private school managements affiliated with the Punjab State Education Board have laid their hopes on the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s stay on the Punjab government’s decision to levy 18 per cent GST on the affiliation fee being paid by aided and affiliated schools.
Despite a request from the state’s public universities for exemption in levying Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the affiliation fees paid by colleges, the state’s tax authorities have refused to provide them with any respite.
The AAR, Rajasthan in the matter of M/s University of Kota [Advance Ruling No. RAJ/AAR/2022-23/16 dated November 11, 2022] has…
The Hon’ble High Court, Karnataka in the matter ofM/s Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science v. Principal Additional Director General…