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SAC Code 9965, pertains to the services offered by Goods Transport Agencies (GTAs) for the transportation of goods. This code encompasses the transport of various items, including used household goods for personal use. GTAs are entities engaged in road transportation that issue consignment notes.
SAC Code 9965 encompasses transportation services provided by Goods Transport Agencies (GTAs) for the movement of goods by road. It includes the transport of various goods, including used household items for personal use, and requires the issuance of a consignment note.
SAC Code 9965 under GST can be classified in the following ways:
| SAC Code | Description | Rates(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 9965 | Services by way of transportation of goods – (a) by road except the services ofÑ (i) a goods transportation agency; (ii) a courier agency; (b) by inland waterways. Explanation.- Ògoods transport agencyÓ means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called. | Nil |
| 9965 | Services provided by a goods transport agency to an unregistered person, including an unregistered casual taxable person, other than the following recipients, namely: – (a) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948(63 of 1948); or (b) any Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India; or (c) any Co-operative Society established by or under any law for the time being in force; or (d) any body corporate established, by or under any law for the time being in force; or (e) any partnership firm whether registered or not under any law including association of persons; (f) any casual taxable person registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act. | Nil |
| 9965 | Services by way of transportation of goods by an aircraft from a place outside India upto the customs station of clearance in India. | Nil |
| 9965 | Services by way of transportation by rail or a vessel from one place in India to another of the following goods: (a) relief materials meant for victims of natural or man-made disasters, calamities, accidents or mishap; (b) defence or military equipments; (c) newspaper or magazines registered with the Registrar of Newspapers; (d) railway equipments or materials; (e) agricultural produce; (f) milk, salt and food grain including flours, pulses and rice; and (g) organic manure. | Nil |
| 9965 | Services provided by a goods transport agency, by way of transport in a goods carriage of – (a) agricultural produce; (b) goods, where consideration charged for the transportation of goods on a consignment transported in a single carriage does not exceed 1500 Rs. (c) goods, where consideration charged for transportation of all such goods for a single consignee does not exceed 750 Rs; (d) milk, salt and food grain including flour, pulses and rice; (e) organic manure; (f) newspaper or magazines registered with the Registrar of Newspapers; (g) relief materials meant for victims of natural or man-made disasters, calamities, accidents or mishap; or (h) defence or military equipments. Explanation.- Ògoods transport agencyÓ means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called. | Nil |
| 9965 | Transport of goods in a vessel | 5 with ITC of input services |
| 9965 | Transport of goods in containers by rail by any person other than Indian Railways. | 12% |
| 9965 | Services of goods transport agency (GTA) in relation to transportation of goods (including used household goods for personal use). Explanation.- goods transport agency means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called | 5 NO ITC (except for ITC on service procured from another service provider of transporting passengers in a motor vehicle or renting of a motor vehicle) |
| 9965 | Services of goods transport agency (GTA) in relation to transportation of goods (including used household goods for personal use). Explanation.- Ògoods transport agencyÓ means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called | 12 Provided that the goods transport agency opting to pay central tax @ 6% under this entry shall, thenceforth, be liable to pay central tax @ 6% on all the services of GTA supplied by it. |
| 9965 | (vi) Multimodal transportation of goods. Explanation.- (a) “multimodal transportation” means carriage of goods, by at least two different modes of transport from the place of acceptance of goods to the place of delivery of goods by a multimodal transporter; (b) “mode of transport” means carriage of goods by road, air, rail, inland waterways or sea; (c) “multimodal transporter” means a person who,- (A) enters into a contract under which he undertakes to perform multimodal transportation against freight; and (B) acts as principal, and not as an agent either of the consignor, or consignee or of the carrier participating in the multimodal transportation and who assumes responsibility for the performance of the said contract. | 12 Provided that the goods transport agency opting to pay central tax @ 6% under this entry shall, thenceforth, be liable to pay central tax @ 6% on all the services of GTA supplied by it. |
| 9965 | Other Goods transport services | 18% |
| 9965 | Transportation of natural gas through pipeline | 5%- NO ITC |
| 9965 | Transportation of [natural gas, petroleum crude, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), high speed diesel or aviation turbine fuel]substituted on 26/01/2018 through pipeline | 12% |
| 9965 | Services by way of transportation of goods by an aircraft from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India. Nothing contained in this serial number shall apply after the 30th day of September, 2019(2018 substituted on 27.07.2018). | Nil |
| 9965 | Services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from customs station of clearance in India to a place outside India. Nothing contained in this serial number shall apply after the 30th day of September, 2019(2018 substituted on 27.07.2018). | Nil |
| 996511 | Road transport services of Goods including letters, parcels, live animals, household & office furniture, containers etc by refrigerator vehicles, trucks, trailers, man or animal drawn vehicles or any other vehicles.(other than GTA) | Nil |
| 996512 | Railway transport services of Goods including letters, parcels, live animals, household & office furniture, intermodal containers, bulk cargo etc | 5 – with ITC of input services |
| 996513 | Transport services of petroleum & natural gas, water, sewerage and other goods via pipeline | 18% |
| 996519 | Other land transport services of goods n.e.c. | 18% |
| 996521 | Coastal and transoceanic (overseas) water transport services of goods by refrigerator vessels, tankers, bulk cargo vessels, container ships etc | 18% |
| 996522 | Inland water transport services of goods by refrigerator vessels, tankers and other vessels. | Nil |
| 996531 | Air transport services of letters & parcels and other goods | 18% |
| 996532 | Space transport services of freight | 18% |
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