Agencies may have to pay GST on service charges collected on govt's behalf

Agencies, whether public sector or private sector, may have to pay  goods and services tax  on the charges they collect on behalf of the government from clients. The authority for advance rulings (AAR), Telangana, has ruled that e-procurement transaction fee collected by an agency on behalf of the government is chargeable to GST, said Rajat Mohan, senior partner at AMRG & Associates.…