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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 1701 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 840 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 1821 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 1341 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 5175 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 2820 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 1137 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling Plea as Roasted Areca Nut Classification Already Decided by HC

Custom Duty : CAAR declined to entertain an advance ruling application on roasted areca nut classification after finding that the issue had alre...

June 4, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print

Chilli Grinding Job Work GST Issue Left Undecided Due to Withdrawal of AAR Application

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after the applicant informed that GST demand orders on the same issue were already under...

June 2, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

GST Advance Ruling Application Withdrawn as ITC Time-Limit Issue Was Outside AAR Jurisdiction

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after observing that a request for extension of the ITC availment deadline did not fall ...

June 2, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Factory Canteen ITC Allowed Only to Extent of Actual Employer Expenditure

Goods and Services Tax : The authority clarified that ITC cannot be claimed on amounts recovered from employees toward canteen facilities. Credit is restri...

June 2, 2026 414 Views 0 comment Print

Fresh Isabgol Seeds Exempt from GST as They Remain Unprocessed After Harvest: AAR Gujarat

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat AAR held that Psyllium (Isabgol) Seeds procured from farmers and supplied without drying, freezing, or processing qual...

May 30, 2026 1344 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 1428 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 1599 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 1110 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 2253 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 2388 Views 0 comment Print


GST on work contract for Earth Work such as Excavation for Tunnel etc

April 20, 2022 10215 Views 0 comment Print

As per stages of completion of work, Ai raising invoice to GMIDC, Aurangabad and on the same basis, as a JV member, applicant is raising invoice to N. Applicant, as a Ai member has got work order consisting of Earth Work such as Excavation for Tunnel, removing of excavated stuff, providing steel support, rock bolting, reinforcement, fixing of chain link, cement concerting etc. wherein total earth work is approximately 91%, construction work being around 9% wherein transfer of property is involved.

School building for use by State Government for education cannot be considered a commercial building

April 18, 2022 4539 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue submits that said civil structure may be used for commerce or business. We hold that a School building will be used by State Government for education and cannot be considered a commercial building.

Fire Station cannot be considered a commercial building: AAR

April 18, 2022 1596 Views 0 comment Print

AAR hold that a fire station will be used for fire services function as envisaged in schedule twelfth of our Constitution and cannot be considered a commercial building.

Classification of Tyre Pyrolysis Oil and tyre pyrolysis recovered carbon

April 14, 2022 6618 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pairan Pyrolysis Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Mumbai) CAAR held that the tyre pyrolysis oil and recovered carbon black merit classification under subheadings 27101990 and 28030010 respectively, of the first schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. These items are not covered under the negative list of ISFTA. The goods are exempted from basic customs […]

Classification of fatty substance mixture for developing aqua feed products

April 14, 2022 1032 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (CAAR Mumbai) CAAR held that Light Feed Oil or Distilled Fatty Acid and Heavy Feed Oil or Fatty Substance Mixture merit classification under sub-headings 15042090 and 15161000, respectively, of the first schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. HFO, falling under sub-heading 15161000 is eligible for concessional rate of […]

Ready to Eat’ Popcorn Sold In Retail Packages Attracts 18% GST: AAR

April 13, 2022 2409 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the impact of GST on ready-to-eat popcorn sold in retail packages. Learn about the classification and taxation of this popular snack.

GST on Composite supply of works contract involving predominantly earth work

April 12, 2022 4104 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mahalakshmi BT Patil Honai Construction (JV) (GST AAR Maharashtra) The first question raised by the applicant is whether the impugned contract is covered under the term ‘Earth Work’ and therefore covered under SI No 3A- Chapter No. 9954 as per Notification No. 12/2017-C.T. (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended by Notification No. 2/2018-C.T. (Rate) […]

Supply of Bus body building on chassis owned by customer is supply of Service

April 12, 2022 5529 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vasant Fabricators Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Q1. Whether the activity of fabricating and mounting Tankers, Tippers, etc. on the chassis provided by the owner of such chassis i.e. bus body building would be covered under the category of Supply of Services? A1. Supply of Bus body building on the chassis owned by […]

GST on free of cost bus transport facilities provided to employees

April 12, 2022 5808 Views 0 comment Print

In re Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) Q1. Whether the recoveries made by the Applicant from the employees for providing canteen facility to its employees are taxable under the GST laws? A1. GST, at the hands of M/s Emcure, is not leviable on the amount representing the employees portion of canteen charges, which is […]

AAR cannot substitute word ‘CGST Rules’ for ‘Notification’ referred in section 97(2)(b)

April 12, 2022 924 Views 0 comment Print

We find no reason to substitute the phrase ‘CGST Rules’ for the word ‘Notification’ referred to in section 97(2)(b). We find no merit in this submission and hold that AAR has its carved out functional jurisdiction to pass Rulings as per Section 97(2).

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