FinMin Clarifies On Regularizing GST On Services Provided By Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhawans

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The Ministry of Finance has issued clarification regarding the regularizing the payment of GST on services provided by M/s Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhawans.

As recommended by the 55th GST Council, payment of GST on services supplied by Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhawans is hereby regularized for the period from 01.07.2017 to 31.03.2023 on ‘as is where is’ basis.

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Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhawan have six institutes across India which provide linguistic and cultural training to young Indians preparing for their stay in Germany.

They are registered under GST at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Pune. Prior to 1st April, 2023, the Institutes did not collect GST from their students nor did they pay GST to Government as they were under the bonafide belief that their activities are exempt from GST.

The 55th GST Council has recommended to regularize the payment of GST on services provided by Goethe Institutes/Max Mueller Bhawans for the period from 01.07.2017 to 31.03.2023 on ‘as is where is’ basis.

Circular No. 245/02/2025-GST

Date: 28/01/2025

Mariya Paliwala
Mariya Paliwalahttps://jurishour.in/
Mariya is the Senior Editor at JurisHour. She has 5+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies like LiveLaw & Taxscan.

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