International passengers need not pay GST at airport 'duty-free' shops

International passengers buying goods at airport 'duty-free' shops will not be subject to GST and the revenue department will soon clarify on this exemption, an official said. Following an order passed in March by the New Delhi bench of the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) stating that GST would be leviable on sale of goods from 'duty-free' shops at airports, the revenue department had received…