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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 1248 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 762 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 1746 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 1281 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 5118 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 2793 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 1119 Views 0 comment Print


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Kerala AAR Rejects GST Advance Ruling Plea Due to Hypothetical Queries

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR held that advance ruling applications cannot be based on hypothetical scenarios or academic questions. The Authorit...

May 16, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala AAR Grants GST Exemption on Inpatient Ayurvedic Services

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR held that medicines, consumables, room rent, and ancillary services provided during inpatient treatment form part o...

May 16, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Used Gunny Bags at 5% Because Reusable Bags Not Treated as Scrap: Kerala AAR

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala AAR held that used gunny bags sold after cattle feed manufacturing are reusable packing bags under HSN 6305 and not scrap. ...

May 16, 2026 399 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Member-Facilitator Transactions: Kerala AAR Rejects Plea Due to Prior Adjudication

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR rejected an advance ruling application after noting that the issue of GST applicability on member transactions had ...

May 16, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

No GST Under RCM on Honorarium Paid to Temple Board Members as They Are Not Directors: Kerala AAR

Goods and Services Tax : The Authority ruled that the President and Members of the statutory temple board are not “directors” under GST notifications. ...

May 16, 2026 144 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 1407 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 1584 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 1068 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 2232 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 2358 Views 0 comment Print


GST and ITC on Canteen Services and recoveries from employees

November 28, 2022 61005 Views 0 comment Print

Tube Investment of India Limited (GST AAR Uttarakhand) a. Whether the nominal amount of recoveries made by the Applicant from the employees who are provided food in the factory canteen would be considered as a ‘Supply’ by the applicant under the precisions of Section 7 of Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017? Yes, it […]

Data Centre Switch Router models lassifiable under sub-heading 85176290

November 25, 2022 1578 Views 0 comment Print

CAAR rule that Data Centre Switch Router models specified in para 2 are classifiable under sub-heading 85176290 of first schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and are eligible to avail benefit under Sr. No. 13N of Notification No. 24/2005-Customs

Data Center Switch models capable to be used as carrier ethernet switches classifiable under sub-heading 85176290

November 25, 2022 2847 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd (CAAR Mumbai) M/s Ingram Micro India Private Limited filed an application on 17.08.2022 seeking advance rulings on the classification of 18 different series of data centre switch models and applicability of Sr. No. 20 of Notification No. 50/2017-Customs, dated 30.06.2017 on these devices. 2. The applicant is a […]

Mould Base merit classification under Sub-heading 84807900

November 25, 2022 1548 Views 0 comment Print

In re SMI-Amtek Cranshaft Pvt. Ltd (CAAR Delhi) CAAR note that the applicants intend to import specially designed, cut-to-shape & size goods said to be mould bases. It is also confirmed by the authorized representative that question posed for advance ruling is not pending before the officer of Customs and no dispute has arisen at […]

Classification of Laser Jet Printer should be based on its primary function

November 25, 2022 1812 Views 0 comment Print

In re HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Delhi) The moot question is as to whether or not, the items, i.e printers in question, in absence of formatter board and firmware have the essential character of a printer. To arrive at the conclusion, I intend to refer to a few judgments. In the case of Jaypee […]

GST applicable on cost of diesel incurred for running DG Set in Course of Providing DG Rental Service

November 19, 2022 10296 Views 0 comment Print

GST @ 18 % is applicable on the cost of the diesel incurred for running DG Set in the Course of Providing DG Rental Service as per Section 15 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 / Uttarakhand Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017.

Concessional duty benefit under Project Import Regulations under CTH 9801

November 16, 2022 3276 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pune IT City Metro Rail Limited (CAAR Mumbai) The applicant has sought an Advance Ruling on whether the applicant and Siemens Limited can register the said ‘Project’ and avail the concessional duty benefit under Project Import Regulations under the CTH 9801 with recommendation / sponsoring letter issued by the PMRDA. In this regard […]

Gas lift/Gas spring merits classification under sub-heading 9401 9900

November 16, 2022 1338 Views 0 comment Print

In re Gurmat Impex & Shipping Services (CAAR Mumbai) Gas lift/Gas spring merits classification under sub-heading 9401 9900 of the first schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF CUSTOMS AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, MUMBAI M/s. Gurmat Impex & Shipping Services (hereinafter referred to as ‘applicant’) has filed the present advance […]

Rough/semi-finished castings merit classification under Heading 8477

November 16, 2022 1440 Views 0 comment Print

As per the explanatory notes to Heading 73.25 which provides for exclusion of ‘castings which are products falling in other headings of the Nomenclature (e.g., recognizable parts of machinery or mechanical appliances) or unfinished castings which require further working but have attained the essential character of such finished products, the subject goods do not merit classification under Heading 7325.

GST on printing service where content is supplied by recipient along with raw materials

November 15, 2022 20454 Views 0 comment Print

In re Dachepalli Printers (GST AAR Telangana) What is the rate of tax under CGST & SGST on the service of the printing in cases where content is supplied by the recipient along with raw materials such as paper & cover board? 1. Where content as well as physical inputs are supplied by the recipient […]

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