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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


GST AAR Maharashtra allows Rotary Club of Nagpur to withdraw application

January 31, 2022 1482 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rotary Club of Nagpur (GST AAR Maharashtra) The present application has been filed under section 97 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [hereinafter referred to as “the CGST Act and MGST Act” respectively] by M/s. Rotary Club of Nagpur, The applicant, seeking […]

GST exempt on supply of pure services for implementation of Integrated Strom Water Drain to a Local Authority

January 31, 2022 2910 Views 0 comment Print

The Pure Services provided by the applicant by way of rendering Consulting Services for Programme Management and Accompanying Measures for implementation of Integrated Strom Water Drain for M1 & M2 Components of Kovalam Basin in the extended area of Greater Chennai Corporation, supplied to the Superintending Engineer, Strom Water Drain Department, Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai vide the contract dated 03rd December 2020 are covered under S.No.3 of the Notification No.12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and SGST Sl.No.3 of the No.II(2)/CTR/532(d-15)/2017 dated 29.06.2017 and exempted from payment of GST.

GST payable on renting of Property to Firm by its partner even without consideration

January 31, 2022 15546 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shanmuga Durai (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Section 15(1) stipulates the transaction value as the value to be adopted in cases where the supplier and recipient are not related. In the present situation, the applicant and the firm are related persons. Therefore, the value to be adopted is to be arrived at following the Valuation Rules […]

GST payable on membership/ subscription fee received from members of a club

January 31, 2022 64413 Views 1 comment Print

AAR held that, club of membership association and its members are distinct persons and the membership/ subscription fee, and annual fee, received from its members are consideration for supply of goods/services as a separate entity covered by the scope of the term ‘business’ and, thus, principle of mutuality is not applicable. Hence, GST would be payable on amounts received from club members.

No GST on Supply of desalinated water for distribution as safe drinking water to public

January 31, 2022 3552 Views 0 comment Print

In re Chennai Water Desalination Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1. Supply of desalinated water by the applicant to CMWSSB for distribution as safe drinking water to public falls under the entry at SI.No.99 of notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017 and attracts ‘NIL’ rate of GST. 2. Transaction of supply of safe drinking water […]

Advance ruling cannot be extended for supply already taken place

January 31, 2022 2727 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rotary District 3231 (GST AAR Tamilnadu) To sum up, the membership fees collected by the applicant from their Members is subject to tax as per Section 7 (1) (aa) of the GST Act as the activities rendered by the applicant to their Members is a supply to its constituents/members and they have to […]

GST on educating & training physical, mental & spiritual practices of Yoga

January 25, 2022 9702 Views 1 comment Print

In re Stonorti Marketplace Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Question: Whether the services supplied by the applicant by way of educating and training physical, mental and spiritual practices of Yoga is exempted under Notification No. 12/2017-CT(R) dated 28-06-2017 under entry number 80? Answer: NO, it is not exempted. It will be covered under service having description […]

Supply of food by eating joints/central kitchen falls under ‘restaurant service’

January 25, 2022 3807 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shrivika Foodcraft (Prop. Mrs. Richa Jalani) (GST AAR Rajasthan) Supply of food by the entity partially or completely cooked in the central kitchen through or from the various eating joints would be covered by ‘restaurant service’ and the supply of all the items of food and beverages offered by the eating joints/central kitchen […]

GST on installation, commissioning, testing, supplying mechanical/electrical work for Machinery attached to concrete base

January 24, 2022 3252 Views 0 comment Print

In re HYT Engineering Company Pvt Ltd (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) We find that the major part of the contract is supply of goods i.e. Machinery and Plant, tools, gauges, instruments, office equipment & furniture and electrical goods. These goods are delivered to the client (JV) by the applicant and such goods are used by […]

ITC cannot be claimed for invoice issued in FY 2020-21 for Services related to FY 2018-19

January 24, 2022 4302 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vishnu Chemicals Limited (GST AAAR Andhra Pradesh) The tax invoice dated 01.04.2020 issued by the supplier of service for the rental service supplied for the period 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019 is hit by the limitation for claiming ITC under Section 16(4) of the CGST/SGST Act, 2017. The appellant is not eligible to claim Input […]

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