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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


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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 1350 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


Geomembrane is classified at HSN 5911 & Tarpaulin at HSN 3926

March 7, 2022 3984 Views 0 comment Print

In re Texel Industries Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether the product, namely, Geomembranes merits classification under Heading 5911, Sub Heading 59111000 or Sub Heading 59119090, as Textile products, coated, covered or laminated with plastic, used for technical purposes? Geomembrane is classified at HSN 5911, tariff item 59111000. 2. Whether woven Tarpaulin manufactured by M/s. Texel […]

GST on composite supply of works contract provided to Adani Road Transport Ltd.

March 7, 2022 1746 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tecsidel India Private Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) (i) Whether the composite supply of works contract provided by Tecsidel to M/s. Adani Road Transport Ltd. shall be classified under Entry (vi) of Serial No. 3 of the Notification No. 11/2017-C.T. (R), dated 28th June, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CGST Rate Notification’) liable […]

12% GST Payable on supply of EPABX system for Railways

March 7, 2022 2760 Views 0 comment Print

In re Intellecon Private Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether the Entry no. 3(v) of the Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 (the Notification), as amended from time to time, is applicable to supplies by Intellecon under the Contract I and Contract II and resultantly, whether such supplies are subjected to 12% rate of Goods […]

GST on re-gasification of LNG owned by GST registered customers

March 7, 2022 1092 Views 0 comment Print

Shell’s activity of re-gasification of LNG owned by its GST registered customers amounts to rendering of service by way of Job Work and merits to be covered at entry (‘id’) of Heading 9988 at SI. No. 26 of Notification No. 11/2017-CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended, liable to CGST at 6% and SGST at 6%.

AAR cannot decide on validity of tax invoice issued to Customers

March 7, 2022 474 Views 0 comment Print

In re Acme Holding (GST AAR Gujarat) Q1. For the Job work done during F. Y. 18-19, whether the invoice raised by the applicant considered to be a valid tax invoice as per provisions of GST law? Q2. Whether the taxpayer is rightful to recover the tax from principal supplier of goods upon issuing a […]

Time of supply for discharge of GST in respect of Mobilization Advance

March 7, 2022 16857 Views 0 comment Print

In re SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat)  SPSC desires to obtain Advance Ruling on the question as to what is the time of supply for the purpose of discharge of GST under the CGST Act, 2017 and SGST Act, 2017 in respect of Mobilization Advance ( hereinafter referred to as ‘said advance’ […]

GST Rate on Marine engine falling under HSN 8402 and 8407

March 7, 2022 2277 Views 0 comment Print

In re Global Engineering (GST AAR Gujarat) What GST rate to be charged on Marine engine falling under HSN 8402 and 8407, whether 28% or 5% (As per circular No. 52/26/201-GST dated 9-8-18) AAR held that GST rate on Marine engines is determinable on case to case basis.  In cases where the applicant has conducted […]

Tamarind Kernal Powder classifiable under Tariff Heading 1302 39 00

March 7, 2022 1452 Views 0 comment Print

In re Colourtex Industries Private Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) Applicant supplies Tamarind Kernal Powder (TKP). Colourtex, in Central Excise regime, classified TKP at CETH 1302, as per the CBIC Circular No. 1037/25/2016-CX dated 19th July 2016 vide which clarified that the product TKP shall be classified under tariff item 1302 32 90 of CETA, 1985 […]

No GST on canteen charges collected from Employees & Paid to service provider

March 7, 2022 1146 Views 0 comment Print

In re Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited. (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether GST, at the hands of the applicant, is leviable on the amount representing the employees portion of canteen charges, which is collected by the applicant from employees and paid to the Canteen Service Provider? Appellant has arranged a canteen for its employees, which is run by […]

28% GST & 12% Compensation Cess leviable on Apple & Malt Cola Fizzy

March 7, 2022 7146 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mohammed Hasabhai Karbalai (GST AAR Gujarat) What should be the classification and applicable tax rate on the supply of Ready to Serve Fruit Beverage named as ‘Apple Cola Fizzy’ and ‘Malt Cola Fizzy’ made by the applicant under Notification No. 1/2017 – CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amended up to date? Apple Cola […]

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