CGST Act 2017, Definitions

Services | Section 2(102) of CGST Act 2017

Introduction:

The GST Act came in force from 1st July, 2017. There were many interpretation issues with respect to the definitions, glossary and terms use in the law. Since, such definitions were adopted from various legacy laws in India prior to GST; such as Service Tax, State VAT, Central Excise Act, Luxury Tax, Entertainment Tax, etc. it was difficult to make applicable one definition for different sectors. Hence, some modifications from existing definitions were made. Therefore, it was important to established a nexus of the terms used in the GST definitions. The definition discussed here is “Services”.

So what do you mean by “Services”?

Section 2(102) of CGST Act, 2017 –“services” means anything other than goods, money and securities but includes activities relating to the use of money or its  conversion by cash or by any other mode, from one form, currency or denomination, to another form, currency or denomination for which a separate consideration is charged;

Conclusion:

In the Section 2(102) Services means anything other than goods, money and securities but includes activities relating to the use of money or its conversion by cash or by any other mode, from one form, currency or denomination, to another form, currency or denomination for which a separate consideration is charged;

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