Sale of religious books, DVDs to attract GST: AAR (Maharashtra)

Spirituality doesn’t always mean tax nirvana. Income from the sale of products such as booklets, magazines and DVDs and providing accommodation and food by religious organisations on payment are not “charitable activities,” the  Authority for Advance Rulings for  Goods and Services Tax in Maharashtra has held. Such activities will be treated as a business on which  GST is liable to…