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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 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 Agreement Value or on Stamp Duty value

March 14, 2022 34134 Views 1 comment Print

In re Pankaj Enterprises (GST AAR Karnataka) The applicant has sought clarification about determination of taxable value of commercial immovable property for the purpose of GST liability i.e whether the sale consideration mentioned in the sale deed between builder and proposed purchaser or guidance value fixed by the state government authorities for the purpose of […]

Matter already pending before a Custom officer- CAAR rejects Application

March 10, 2022 1758 Views 0 comment Print

In re Multi Channel Inc (CAAR Mumbai) It is clear from a plain reading of proviso (a) to sub-section (2) of section 28-1 of the Customs Act, 1962, that the question involved in the application is already pending in the applicant’s case before an officer of customs, the law does not allow CAAR to pronounce […]

Coating activities done by applicant on goods belonging to customer is Job work

March 10, 2022 3807 Views 0 comment Print

In re lonbond Coatings Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) The applicant is mainly engaged in to coating activities, which is mainly applied on goods belonging to customer and provides high performance Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (PACVD) wear corrosion protection and decorative coatings. The applicant provides standard coating portfolios for […]

GST on Paintings, Old & antique Car/jewellery/watches/Books

March 10, 2022 14943 Views 0 comment Print

Paintings bought from individual art collectors will be classifiable under Heading 9701 and the applicant is liable to pay GST of 12%. Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal will fall under Heading 7113 of the GST Tariff attracting 3% GST.

Commission agent liable to pay tax on supply of raw cotton by an agriculturist on reverse charge basis

March 10, 2022 7782 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bhaktawar Mal Kamra & Sons (GST AAAR Haryana) Whether commission agent, providing services in relation to sale or purchase of agriculture produce, is liable to obtain registration and is liable for tax under reverse charge mechanism on services provided in sale of raw cotton vide notification No. 121/ST-2, dated 14.11.2017 issued under Haryana […]

GST on project survey report services for water supply for Municipalities

March 10, 2022 3381 Views 0 comment Print

In re Aarav Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Chhattisgarh) GST exemption on the service of survey and preparation of detailed project report for water supply schemes for Panchayats/Municipalities under JAL Jeevan Mission. i. The services of survey and preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for water supply schemes for Parchayats/Municipalities under Jal Jeevan Mission […]

Poultry crate classifiable under Chapter 39231090

March 8, 2022 4008 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nilkamal Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The impugned product i.e. poultry crate is an article of plastic. It is used for the conveyance of poultry and from a reading of para 5.5.2 above it is clear that the said product is clearly covered under sub heading 392310 of the Tariff. However it is seen […]

Whether any supply constitutes Continuous supply of Goods- AAR cannot answer

March 8, 2022 2961 Views 0 comment Print

In re AVS Tech Building Solutions India Pvt (GST AAR Karnataka) The applicant has sought advance ruling, in their application, in respect of the question ‘Whether our supply of goods – Ready Mix Concrete (HSN Code: 38245010) is covered under definition of Continuous supply of Goods under Section 2(32) of the CGST Act 2017?’ AAR […]

GST on reimbursement of stipend paid to trainees on behalf of Industry partner

March 8, 2022 4020 Views 0 comment Print

In re Teamlease Education Foundation (GST AAR Karnataka) a. Whether, the Applicant is acting as a pure agent of the Industry partner to the extent of reimbursement received towards stipend paid to trainees on behalf of Industry partner as part of training agreement and therefore the said reimbursement is not chargeable to GST? The Applicant […]

AAR cannot answer Question on ITC Utilisation & ITC claim method

March 8, 2022 2427 Views 0 comment Print

 In re Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. Whether ITC can be claimed on common services which are utilized for both taxable as well as exempted supplies? Ans : This question is not covered under the issues referred to in Section 97(2) of the CGST Act 2017, in respect which […]

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