Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) for Supply of Services under GST
- Gangadhar
- Mar 1
- 3 min read
The following is a list of services subject to the Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM), which may or may not apply depending on specific conditions:
Sl. No | Nature of Supply | Supplier of Services | Recipient of Services |
1 | Services received from outside India (except non-taxable online recipients) | Any person located outside India | Any person located in India |
2 | Services provided by a goods transport agency (GTA) in respect of transportation of goods by road to Specified recipients | GTA | Specified recipients such as factories, societies, cooperative societies, registered persons, body corporates, partnership firms, or casual taxable persons |
3 | Legal services, including representational services before any court or tribunal | Individual advocate or firm of advocates | Any business entity located in India providing supply exceeding Rs. 20 Lakhs |
4 | Services provided by a director of a company or body corporate | Director | The company or body corporate located in the taxable territory |
5 | Security services | Any person other than a body corporate | Registered person |
6 | Services provided by way of renting of residential dwelling to a registered person | Any person | Registered person |
7 | Services provided by way of renting of any property other than residential dwelling | Unregistered person | Registered person |
8 | Renting of immovable property to a registered person by Central Government, State Government, Union Territory | Central Government, State Government, Union Territory | Registered person |
9 | Services supplied by the Central Government, State Government, Union Territory, or local authority to a business entity, excluding certain services | Central Government, State Government, Union Territory, or local authority | Any business entity located in India |
10 | Services provided by an arbitral tribunal | Arbitral tribunal | Any business entity located in India |
11 | Renting of any motor vehicle to a body corporate | Any person other than a body corporate, who does not opt to pay tax at the rate of CGST 6% | Any body corporate located in India |
12 | Sponsorship services provided to any body corporate or partnership firm | Any person other than a body corporate | Any body corporate or partnership firm located in the taxable territory |
13 | Services provided by an insurance agent | Insurance agent | Any person carrying on insurance business, located in the taxable territory |
14 | Services provided by a recovery agent | Recovery agent | Banking companies, financial institutions, or non-banking financial company located in taxable territory |
15 | Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) Services | Individual Direct Selling Agents | Banking company or a NBFC |
16 | Services provided by business facilitator (BF) to a banking company | Business facilitator | Banking company located in India |
17 | Services provided by an agent of business correspondent (BC) to business correspondent | Agent of business correspondent | Business correspondent located in India |
18 | Supply of services by the members of Overseeing Committee to Reserve Bank of India | Members of Overseeing Committee | Reserve Bank of India |
19 | Services of lending of securities under Securities Lending Scheme, 1997 of SEBI | Lender | Borrower |
20 | Services provided by way of transfer of development rights or Floor Space Index (FSI) for Construction | Any person
| Promoter (Builder) |
21 | Long term lease of land (30 years or more) against consideration in the form of upfront amount (called as premium, salami, cost, price, development charges) | Any person | Promoter |
22 | Transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright covered under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 | Music composer, photographer, artist, Author or the like | Music company, Producer, Publisher or the like, located in India |

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