No GST on foreign companies' payments to liaison offices for expenses: AAR (Rajasthan)

Foreign companies having liaison offices in  India will not have to cough up goods and  services tax (GST) on reimbursements of charges or expenses. A ruling by the  Rajasthan Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has held that payment of salaries of employees and other working expenses are not services and not liable to tax. The industry had earlier represented to the government and…