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Ruling passed by Authority for Advance Rulings Customs , Central Excise & Service Tax. The Authority for Advance Rulings consists of a Chairman who is a retired Judge of the Supreme court and two members of the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, one each from the Indian Revenue Service and the Indian Legal Service.

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GST on Canteen Services in Business Premises: Judicial Rulings & Analysis

Goods and Services Tax : Scenario-wise analysis of GST on business canteen services covering ITC, employee recovery, contractor supply, and statutory oblig...

May 10, 2026 2166 Views 0 comment Print

Quick Lime (90%) and Hydrated Lime (85-95%) Attract 5% GST: AAR Tamilnadu

Goods and Services Tax : The ruling examines the composition of lime products and holds that impurities of 10–15% place them under Heading 2522. The Auth...

December 4, 2025 972 Views 0 comment Print

Can ITC Be Used Across Unrelated Supplies? A Key GST Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat AAAR rules ITC from one business can offset GST on unrelated output supplies under a single registration, emphasizing fung...

July 21, 2025 1938 Views 0 comment Print

जीएसटी में एडवांस रूलिंग: एक विस्तृत अवलोकन

Goods and Services Tax : जीएसटी के तहत एडवांस रूलिंग (AAR) की प्रक्रिया, प्रा...

July 21, 2025 1392 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week ending 22nd June 2025

CA, CS, CMA : Stay informed on India's latest regulatory changes from June 16-22, 2025. This summary covers Income Tax exemptions, GST amendment...

June 25, 2025 5262 Views 0 comment Print


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Functionality to search and view Advance Ruling Orders under GST

Goods and Services Tax : New functionality to search for GST Advance Ruling Orders issued by Authority / Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling on GST Por...

August 10, 2022 2871 Views 0 comment Print

GST Authorities of Advance/Appellate Rulings-Status Upto April 2019 

Goods and Services Tax : Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) constituted under the provisions of a SGST/ UTGST Act, in terms of the provisions of Section 96...

May 29, 2019 1158 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


AAR Cannot Rule on Refund of Accumulated ITC Under Inverted Duty Structure: Odisha AAR

Goods and Services Tax : Odisha AAR held that questions relating to refund of accumulated ITC under Section 54(3) are not maintainable under the advance ru...

July 4, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

CAAR Holds Complete Prosthetic Joints Are Artificial Joints, Denies Customs Exemption

Custom Duty : CAAR classified complete prosthetic joints as artificial joints and held the imported implants ineligible for exemption under Noti...

July 2, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

DFIA Customs Exemption Allowed as ITC (HS) Code Matching Not Mandatory: CAAR

Custom Duty : CAAR held ITC (HS) code matching is not mandatory for DFIA imports if goods match DFIA description and satisfy Notification 25/202...

July 2, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print

ITC (HS) Number Matching Not Required Where DFIA Description & Conditions Are Satisfied: CAAR

Custom Duty : CAAR ruled that matching ITC (HS) codes is unnecessary if imported goods match the DFIA description and comply with quantity and v...

July 2, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Exported by-products qualify as resultant goods under MOOWR: CAAR

Custom Duty : CAAR held that exported resultant goods qualify for proportionate duty remission under the MOOWR framework despite domestic sale o...

July 2, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Maharashtra GST Authority Appoints New Member

Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Authority makes changes in its lineup, appointing Shri. Ajaykumar Vaman Bonde as a member of Ad...

October 16, 2023 1470 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Ranjan appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority

Goods and Services Tax : Mr. Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority in the place of Mr. Rajiv Magoo. FINANCE DEP...

September 13, 2022 1614 Views 0 comment Print

Notification to re-constitute Himachal Pradesh Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Himachal Pradesh, in supersession of this department’s notification of even No. dated 14.09.2020, published in the e...

January 20, 2022 1131 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling reconstituted

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Delhi under Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, is pleased to reconstitute the Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling...

July 27, 2021 2280 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Magoo appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee

Goods and Services Tax : Shri. Rajiv Magoo, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax has been appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee in t...

April 29, 2021 2421 Views 0 comment Print


Welding of railway tracks along with labour services is a ‘Composite Supply’ taxable at 18% GST

December 22, 2022 1035 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that welding process on railway tracks along with supply of labour services shall be treated as ‘Composite Supply’ of services falling under Tariff 995429 and shall be taxable at the rate of 18% vide serial number 3(xii) of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017

Transfer of business qualify as a ‘going concern’ if not have Intention or necessity of liquidation or of curtailing materially the scale of operations’

December 22, 2022 7659 Views 0 comment Print

In re Jayesh Popat (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether the transaction of transfer of business by the applicant shall be treated as a supply of services and would be covered under Serial No. 2 of the Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017? It therefore appears that to qualify as a ‘going concern’, the business […]

Project Implementing Agency making supplies to State Govt Dept/ Directorate is required to issue tax invoice on contract value

December 22, 2022 804 Views 0 comment Print

AAR ruled that assessee acting as Project Implementing Agency, making supplies to State Government Department is required to issue tax invoice on contract value as determined by Department in spite of the fact that there is no value addition in supply.

GST @12% leviable on contract w.r.t. construction of new railway sidings

December 22, 2022 1788 Views 0 comment Print

In re Triveni Engicos Private Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) The AAR, West Bengal  in the matter of Triveni Engicons Private Limited [Order No. 14/WBAAR/2022-23 dated December 22, 2022] has ruled that the construction work carried out by the assessee of new private sidings pertains to the railways and GST @12% will be applicable on […]

Raula Gundi is Chewing Tobacco (without lime tube) & falls under HSN 24039910

December 21, 2022 2700 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that Final product of Applicant under brand name ‘Raula Gundi’ is Chewing Tobacco (without lime tube) and HSN Code is ‘2403 9910’.

Housing Board established by the government is a ‘Government Authority’

December 16, 2022 4152 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the Rajasthan Housing Board is covered under the definition of Governmental Authority as defined in clause (zf) Paragraph 2 vide notification no. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017?

Inclusion of Diesel provided free of Cost in Value of service -Applicant withdraws application

December 12, 2022 810 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Amareshwar Traders (GST AAR Karnataka) Considering the expression ‘any amount that the supplier is liable to pay’ in section 15(2)(b), can the service provider to be held liable for free of cost diesel, which is explicit contractual liability of the recipient of supply and therefore, free diesel is not includable in the […]

AAR cannot give ruling on utilization of ITC available in Electronic Credit Ledger

December 12, 2022 1287 Views 0 comment Print

Applicant seeks advance ruling on issue of utilization of ITC available in the Electronic Credit Ledger and question is not covered under issues specified in Section 97(2) of CGST Act 2017.

AAR cannot give ruling in respect of completed supply

December 12, 2022 918 Views 0 comment Print

In re Centre For Symbiosis of Technology (GST AAR Karnataka) The applicant provided consultancy services to KUIDFC for the program called NKUSIP, involving supervision and programme management consultancy for the PMC works undertaken in divisions of Bellary and Gulbarga. Accordingly, the applicant entered into an agreement dated 26.07.2017 and completed the project during 2019. The […]

Walltop computer is classifiable under tariff heading 84714190 as ‘automatic data processing machine’

December 12, 2022 1536 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that, a walltop computer is neither a micro-computer nor a large computer and to be classified as an automatic data processing unit covered under Customs Tariff heading 8471 41 90.

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