Authority for Advanced Ruling, Madhya Pradesh: The Bench comprising of Manoj Choubey (Joint Commissioner) and Virendra Jain (Joint Commissioner), ruled evenly in the matter brought by Atriwal Amusement Park under Section 98(4) of Central Good and Services Tax, 2017.
Atriwal Amusement Park was incorporated on 13th March, 2018. Applicant proposed activity of construction of water park for which various components and services would be used that are taxable under GST. Thus, applicant has approached the Tribunal for admissibility of input tax credit of tax paid or deemed to have been paid.
There were four major issues before the court, which dealt with instances of where input tax credit may be paid. First, whether applicant was eligible for credit on input tax of water slides. Second, whether steel and civil structure which is a support structure for slides, will be available for credit. Third, whether input tax be available on development and preparation land where slides are constructed. Fourth, whether applicant will get credit for construction of swimming pools as water slides directly run into pool.
Bench addressed each point individually, and initially dwelled specifically into the definition of ‘Plant & Machinery’. It included support structure and foundation as part of plant & machinery, and excluded buildings and civil structure from the definition. The bench found the applicant to be eligible for Input tax credit on water slides as they were included under the term ‘plant & machinery’ due to them being foundation and structural support. For the second issue, bench found steel and civil structure to be a part of ‘plant & machinery’, therefore, they found it eligible for credit. For the third issue, bench found land to be excluded from the definition of ‘plant & machinery’ and hence, ousted the applicability for credit on land. For the final issue, bench decided swimming pool is a ‘civil structure’ and cannot be called a ‘support structure’, hence, credit was not available for swimming pool. [Atriwal Amusement Park, In re, Case No. 29 of 2019, decided on 09-06-2020]
