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The dispute could have implications for the GST treatment of logistics arrangements used by e-commerce companies, experts said. Download the TOI App.
Flipkart had restructured its logistics operations and argued that the transportation charges were for GTA services and therefore exempt from GST.
The case concerns whether transportation charges collected by Flipkart from individual customers qualify as exempt goods transport agency (GTA) services under GST law, according to legal experts familiar with the matter. The advance ruling appellate authority initially ruled in Flipkart’s favour in June. Flipkart challenged the appellate authority’s decision in the HC in Aug. A single-judge bench of Justice Smita Das is hearing the matter. The state was represented by advocate general Surajit Nath Mitra, along with Samarjit Roychowdhury and Bipul Kundalia.
The revenue department subsequently challenged the ruling, and the authority overturned its earlier decision, holding that the arrangement was in substance a courier and logistics fulfilment service rather than an exempt GTA service. Senior Supreme Court advocate Anand P Datar appeared for Flipkart on Thursday.