Place of Supply - Restaurant, Catering, Personal Grooming, Fitness, Beauty & Health Services [Section 12(4) IGST Act]
# Place of Supply: Performance-Based Personal Services
## Services Covered
Restaurant and catering services
Personal grooming
Fitness services
Beauty treatment
Health services (including cosmetic and plastic surgery)
## Rule
Scenario
Place of Supply
Always
Place where the services are actually performed
## Logic
These are physically performed services tied to where the recipient is present. The registration status of recipient or location of supplier is irrelevant — only the actual performance location matters.
## ITC Implication
If the recipient is registered in one State but the service is performed in another, the supplier will charge CGST + SGST of the State of performance (since supplier is also typically in that State). The recipient cannot avail ITC of another State's SGST.
Worked example
### Example 1
Example — Hair styling on location
Mr. Hakim (Pune) provides hair styling to Ms. Shradha Kapoor (Mumbai) during a movie shoot in Dehradun (Uttarakhand). Determine PoS.
Solution: Both supplier and recipient are in India → Section 12 applies. Service is covered by the specific rule → PoS = Dehradun (place where service is performed), regardless of where supplier or recipient are based.
⚠️ Common exam mistakes
Defaulting to location of recipient for a registered recipient — this category has NO carve-out for registered persons (unlike training, transportation, event organising).
Confusing place of contracting with place of performance — only physical performance location matters.
Forgetting that ITC may be blocked if recipient is in a different State than performance.
Bare-Act text Section 12(4) · IGST Act, 2017 · click to expand
Section 12(4), IGST Act: The place of supply of restaurant and catering services, personal grooming, fitness, beauty treatment, health service including cosmetic and plastic surgery shall be the location where the services are actually performed.