Since the benefit of reduction in the tax rate has not been passed on by the respondent to his customers/ recipients, respondent has not complied with Section 171 of the CGST Act 2017
Anti-profiteering- The brief facts of the present case are that Applicant No. 1 had filed an application dated 06.03.2019 under Rule 128 of the CGST Rules, 2017 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of the supply of “Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where price of admission ticket is one hundred rupees or less” when GST was reduced from 18% to 12% w.e.f. 01.01.2019 vide Notification No. 27/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 31.12.2018.
Held that- It is found that the Respondent has resorted to profiteering by way of either increasing the base prices of the service while maintaining the same selling prices or by way of not reducing the selling prices of the service commensurately, despite a reduction in GST rate on “Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where price of admission ticket is one hundred rupees or less” from 18% to 12% w.e.f. 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019. On this account, the Respondent has realized an additional amount to the tune of Rs. 2,23,850/- from the recipients which included both the profiteered amount and GST on the said profiteered amount. Thus the profiteering is determined as Rs. 2,23,850/- as per the provisions of Rule 133 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017. The Respondent is therefore directed to reduce the prices of his tickets as per the provisions of Rule 133 (3) (a) of the CGST Rules, 2017, keeping in view the reduction in the rate of tax so that the benefit is passed on to the recipients.
Since the benefit of reduction in the tax rate has not been passed on by the respondent to his customers/ recipients, respondent has not complied with Section 171 of the CGST Act 2017
Anti-profiteering- The brief facts of the present case are that Applicant No. 1 had filed an application dated 06.03.2019 under Rule 128 of the CGST Rules, 2017 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of the supply of “Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where price of admission ticket is one hundred rupees or less” when GST was reduced from 18% to 12% w.e.f. 01.01.2019 vide Notification No. 27/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 31.12.2018.
Held that- It is found that the Respondent has resorted to profiteering by way of either increasing the base prices of the service while maintaining the same selling prices or by way of not reducing the selling prices of the service commensurately, despite a reduction in GST rate on “Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where price of admission ticket is one hundred rupees or less” from 18% to 12% w.e.f. 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019. On this account, the Respondent has realized an additional amount to the tune of Rs. 2,23,850/- from the recipients which included both the profiteered amount and GST on the said profiteered amount. Thus the profiteering is determined as Rs. 2,23,850/- as per the provisions of Rule 133 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017. The Respondent is therefore directed to reduce the prices of his tickets as per the provisions of Rule 133 (3) (a) of the CGST Rules, 2017, keeping in view the reduction in the rate of tax so that the benefit is passed on to the recipients.