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The activities with regard to repair and servicing of Volvo vehicles for Indian customers during the warranty period is an activity amounting to a composite supply of goods and service for Volvo Sweden with the principle supply being a supply of service.

Classification of Supply — the question framed by the appellant before the Advance Ruling Authority was whether the activities performed by the Appellant with regard to repair and servicing of Volvo vehicles for Indian customers during the warranty period is an activity amounting to a supply of service for Volvo Sweden and consequently whether the same is a zero-rated supply? The point that is under dispute is who is the recipient of the service provided by the Appellant during the warranty period? Whether the recipient is the customer who approaches the Appellant with a warranty claim, as held by the lower Authority, or whether the recipient of service is Volvo Sweden who reimburses the cost of parts and service provided in the warranty period? Held that— The reimbursement received from Volvo Sweden is in the nature of consideration paid by the manufacturer to the Distributor-Appellant for carrying out the service during the warranty period, which activity was part of the obligations of Volvo Sweden. In view of the above, we disagree with the findings of the lower Authority that the recipient of service is the customer. We however agree that the supply by the Appellant to Volvo Sweden is a composite supply of goods and services with the principle supply being a supply of service. — Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles Ltd., In Re… [2020] 21 TAXLOK.COM 152 (AAAR-Karnataka)

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