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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


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 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


No GST on employee transport recovery: AAR, Maharashtra

January 11, 2022 7071 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of GST on employee recovery has always been under debate. Under service tax regime, companies were paying service tax on recovery from employees and same practice has been continuing under GST regime also. Very recently i.e. on 16th December 2021, the Maharashtra bench of Advance Ruling Authority (AAR) in the case of M/s Integrated […]

GST not leviable on cash discount/incentive/schemes offered by supplier

January 6, 2022 155739 Views 0 comment Print

Since the amount received in the form of credit note is actually a discount and not a supply by the applicant to the supplier, no GST is leviable on receiver on cash discount/incentive/schemes offered by the supplier to applicant through credit note against supply without adjustment of GST.

GST not payable on recovery from Employees for canteen facility at subsidized rates

January 4, 2022 18033 Views 0 comment Print

In re Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1: – Whether the GST would be payable on recoveries made from the employees towards providing canteen facility at subsidized rates in the factory and office? Answer: – Answered in the negative. Question 2: – Whether the GST would be payable on the recoveries made from the employees towards […]

AAR cannot give a ruling if similar issue is pending before DGGI

January 4, 2022 873 Views 0 comment Print

In re Dlecta Foods Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Whether the product ‘Non-Dairy Cream’ manufactured by the Applicant is covered under CH 1517 90 90 or under CH 2106 90 99 of the GST Tariff? Subject classification matter is pending as a dispute in proceedings initiated by the Directorate General GST Intelligence (DGGI), Pune Regional […]

Question of Refund of GST paid on advances not falls in Jurisdiction of AAR

January 4, 2022 1116 Views 0 comment Print

India ITME Society should refund the amount to their customer members with GST and the society should either get tax refund or deduct the amount of GST paid on such transaction from their future tax obligation without any time constraints mentioned in Section 34 of CGST Act 2017.

AAR Maharashtra allows ‘Lonza India Private Limited’ to withdraw application

January 4, 2022 1950 Views 0 comment Print

In re Lonza India Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Application in GST ARA Form No. 01 of M/s. Lonza India Private Limited, vide reference ARA No. 23 Dated 07.09.2020 is disposed of, as being withdrawn voluntarily and unconditionally. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA The present application has been […]

‘Renting/Leasing of immovable property’─Reimbursement of electricity expenses are Part of Taxable Value

January 4, 2022 25287 Views 0 comment Print

ARA, Rajasthan has pronounced judgment on 15.9.2021, in the case of Harish Chand Modi  (2021) 36 J. K. Jain’s GST & VR 500, that; ‘The Principal supply of services by the applicant (Lessor) is ‘Renting/Leasing of immovable property’, attracting GST @18% under SAC code 997212. Collection of electricity & other expenses by the Lessor for […]

Question on tax liability under RCM not liable for admission before advance ruling authority

January 3, 2022 1497 Views 0 comment Print

It is evident that an applicant can seek an Advance Ruling only in relation to supply of goods or services or both undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by them. Accordingly, the question on tax liability under reverse charge mechanism is not liable for admission before the authority of advance ruling.

No GST exemption on accommodation services provided to officials on Election Duty

December 31, 2021 3063 Views 0 comment Print

In re Golkonda Hotels And Resorts Limited (GST AAR Telangana) M/s. Golconda Hospitality Services and Resorts Limited, are in the business of providing accommodation and services and in the course of the business they have supplied the services of boarding and lodging facility for the officials of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for conducting 2018 General […]

AAR rejects application filed by recipient of services

December 31, 2021 1512 Views 0 comment Print

In re U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (GST AAR Karnataka) Applicant raised the issue of  Applicability of GST on Insurance premium paid towards launch services and Applicability of MoF Notification No. 09/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated: 28-06-2017. On hearing AAr observed that we observe that M/s. U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, who have filed the application, is not […]

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