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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 1284 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 222 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


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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


CAAR rejects application as question raised was already pending before a Custom officer

April 26, 2022 1395 Views 0 comment Print

In re Aggarwal Laminates Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Delhi) Having gone through the application For advance ruling and having heard the authorized representative of the applicant during the personal hearing, CAAR find that the question raised for advance ruling is already pending before an officer of Customs and the dispute between the applicant and the department […]

GST on supply of components of Pneumatic Conveying System on High Sea Sales basis

April 25, 2022 867 Views 0 comment Print

In re Coperion Ideal Private Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Q-1 Whether supply of components of Pneumatic Conveying System by the applicant to its customers on High Sea Sales basis will be treated neither as supply of goods nor as supply of service by virtue of Entry 8 to Schedule III of CGST Act? Ans-The […]

Sharp monitors are correctly classifiable under heading 8528

April 24, 2022 2475 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sharp Business Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Delhi) M/s Sharp Business Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., First Floor, Plot No. 51, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-3, Near Modi Mill, New Delhi-110020, a private limited company having IEC number 0500002941 and PAN AAECS2980A (M/s Sharp, in short), has filed an application dated 17.07.2019 seeking advance ruling […]

Transformers not forms part of WOEG and are leviable to GST @ 18%

April 24, 2022 3906 Views 1 comment Print

In re Suzlon Energy Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) The specially designed Transformers for Wind Operated Electricity Generators which are meant to perform dual function of Step Down and Step Up manufactured by Suzlon and supplied to the customers of Suzlon as a part of Wind Operated Electricity Generator be treated as part of Wind Operated […]

Construction for promotional business oriented activities not eligible for concessional GST rate

April 24, 2022 891 Views 0 comment Print

In re Siddartha Constructions (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) The applicant claims that the works involved in the contract are used for the offices of the Hon’ble Minister for Industries and not for the business interests or transactions of APIIC. The point under discussion is whether the work involved, i.e, providing Power Infrastructure, Fire Fighting & […]

Only a supplier can file an application for advance ruling: AAR Maharashtra

April 24, 2022 957 Views 0 comment Print

Since provisions of Sec 95 (a) are very clear and unambiguous that only a supplier can file an application for advance ruling, the contentions of the applicant are not accepted. The said provisions were discussed with the applicant’s authorized representative during the course of the final hearing and he agreed that the questions are not maintainable and not capable of being covered under Scope of section 95(a) of GST Act.

Transfer of business by way of merger of two GST registrations amounts to Supply

April 24, 2022 4284 Views 0 comment Print

In re Crystal Crop Protection Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1: – Whether the transaction of transfer of business by way of merger of two GST registrations/ distinct persons would constitute ‘supply’ under the GST law? Answer: – Answered in the affirmative. Question 2: – Whether the transaction of transfer of business by way of merger of two […]

GST Payable on transfer of business if transfer is not as going concern

April 22, 2022 16962 Views 0 comment Print

In re Cosmic Ferro Alloys Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) Questions Raised Whether transfer of an unit by the applicant with all the assets including taking over all the liabilities by the purchaser for a lump sum consideration would amount as supply of goods or supply of services and whether the transaction would be covered […]

AAR cannot give ruling on issues already decided in audit proceedings

April 21, 2022 879 Views 0 comment Print

In re Medreich Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) AAR observed on examination of the records that the issues/questions raised by the applicant in the instant application have already been taken up by the audit team, in the case of applicant under the provisions of the CGST Act 2017. From the audit report mentioned supra it is […]

Determination of place of supply, is beyond the scope of advance ruling

April 21, 2022 4308 Views 0 comment Print

Determination of place of supply is not covered under any of the clauses (a) to (g) of Section 97(2) of the CGST Act 2017. Further, the use of term ‘shall’, is an imperative command restricting the scope of advance ruling only to the questions enumerated in the said sub-section. Thus, to answer the question relating to determination of place of supply, is beyond the scope of advance ruling. This authority, therefore, cannot answer the first question in the application.

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