Rs 1.57 crore GST dues: Notice to Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trust

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The GST department has issued a notice to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trust asking it to pay Rs 1.57 crore GST dues. The GST department had asked the trust to pay the dues for selling and buying goods that come under the ambit of GST. The arrears from 2017 to March last year have to be paid.

However, the temple authorities have sent a reply to the department stating that GST has been levied on things that are exempted from the tax bracket also and that this amount should be waived off. According to the notice, the tax arrears are on the income of buildings, clock room service, clothes, publications, figures inscribed with pictures of Sree Padmanabha and rent for elephant procession.