Follow Us:

AAR Rulings

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.

Latest Articles


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


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 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


Fire Station cannot be considered a commercial building: AAR

April 18, 2022 1605 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 6672 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 1050 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 2472 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 4155 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 5571 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 5841 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 957 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).

GST on employees portion of 3rd Party canteen charges

April 12, 2022 2598 Views 0 comment Print

In re Cadmach Machinery Pvt Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether recovery of amount from employee on account of third party canteen service provided by assessee, which is obligatory under section 46 of Factories Act, 1948 would come under definition of, outward supply and, therefore, taxable as a supply under GST? Cadmach has arranged a canteen […]

Employer’s Share in Employee Refreshments Not Taxable as Supply of Services: AAR Gujarat

April 12, 2022 2193 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that GST, at the hands of the M/s Cadila, is not leviable on the amount representing the employees portion of canteen charges, which is collected by M/s Cadila and paid to the Canteen service provider.

Search Post by Date
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031