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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 1698 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


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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 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 1341 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


Applicant cannot be treated as fair price shop if not supplying to ration card holders: AAR

March 29, 2022 4596 Views 0 comment Print

In re Provat Kumar Kundu (GST AAR West Bengal) We now proceed to decide whether an agent can be regarded as a fair price shop or not. It appears that a fair price shop is licensed to sell public distribution commodities against ration documents (refer: Para 2.13) i.e., a fair price shop supplies S. K. […]

AAR explains meaning of Fair Price Shop

March 29, 2022 2736 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nathmull Bhagchand Jain (GST AAR West Bengal) We find that in exercise of the power conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955, the Government of West Bengal issued the West Bengal Public Distribution System (Maintenance & Control) Order, 2013 on 8th August 2013. The said order defines fair price shops […]

AAR reject application as question raised in the application was pending

March 29, 2022 657 Views 0 comment Print

Aakash Food Products Private Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) 1.1 At the outset, we would like to make it clear that the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the CGST Act, for short) and the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the WBGST Act, for short) have the same […]

GST on design & development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts for Overseas Customers

March 29, 2022 5868 Views 0 comment Print

In re Precision Camshafts Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question: – Whether the activity of design and development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts, for a customer is a composite supply, the principal supply being supply of services? Answer :- The activity of design and development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts, for a customer is […]

GST on services to State Government for collection & disposal of bio-medical waste

March 29, 2022 6090 Views 0 comment Print

In re SNG Envirosolutions Pvt. Ltd.  (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether services for collection and disposal of bio-medical waste from various clinical establishments provided by the applicant shall be exempted vide serial number 3 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017? Supplies provided by the applicant to State Government for collection and disposal of […]

AAR Telangana cannot give ruling in respect of Supply in Maharashtra

March 29, 2022 1056 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajasekhar Reddy Tummuru (GST AAR Telangana) Questions raised: Whether the person registered in the State of Telangana who is in possession of an immovable property in the State of Maharashtra is required to be registered in the State of Maharashtra for provision of service related to Renting of Immovable property? Held by AAR Telangana: As […]

Value of supply includes interest or late fee or penalty for delayed payment

March 29, 2022 6534 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply And Sewerage Board (GST AAR Telangana) The applicant M/s. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is making payments to the contractors in equated yearly installment manner where in such equated yearly installment consists of both principal amount and interest on such delayed payment. The applicant is desirous ascertaining […]

18% GST payable on ‘Ready to Eat’ popcorn sold in retail packages

March 29, 2022 3435 Views 0 comment Print

In re Agro Tech Foods Limited (GST AAR Telangana) What would be the correct HSN classification and consequently rate of GST applicable on ‘Ready to Eat’ popcorn sold in retail packages? HSN classification is ‘1904’ and the rate of tax is 9% SGST & CGST each. FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, […]

Person not making or proposing to make any supplies of goods or services cannot apply for Advance Ruling

March 29, 2022 1119 Views 0 comment Print

In re Poli Vasudeva Reddy (GST AAR Telangana) Section 95(c) defines applicant as any person registered or desirous of obtaining registration under this Act. And Section 95(a) enumerates that a Advance Ruling needs decision for providing in relation to supply of goods or services undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the applicant. In the […]

AAR Telangana cannot pass ruling for Place of Supply Outside Telangana

March 29, 2022 1350 Views 0 comment Print

In re Growthmode Consulting Limited (GST AAR Telangana) As seen from the material papers submitted by the applicant, the place of supply of service under Section 12(2) of the IGST Act is in the State of Maharashtra and therefore this AAR is not the appropriate forum in terms of Section 96 of the CGST Act, […]

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