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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


AAR cannot accept application if issue is been raised in audit report

December 31, 2021 1497 Views 0 comment Print

The issue raised in the instant application and the audit objection raised in the audit report are one and the same i.e., applicability of GST on security deposit. Thus first proviso to Section 98(2) of the CGST Act 2017 is squarely applicable to the instant case, as all the conditions therein are fulfilled.

AAR cannot answer questions related to Appropriateness of Invoice

December 31, 2021 1914 Views 0 comment Print

In re Madhus Tyre Care (GST AAR Karnataka) In this Advance ruling assesse asked Whether the tax invoice proposed to be issued by the assesse satisfies section 31 of GST Act?, Whether the tax invoice proposed to be issued by the assesse satisfies Rule 46 of GST Rules? and Whether the total amount (inclusive of […]

GST Rate for Composition tax payer manufacturing Sweets &Namkins

December 31, 2021 30312 Views 0 comment Print

In re Chikkaveeranna Sweet Stall (GST AAR Karnataka) For composition tax payers what is the applicable rate of GST for the manufacturing of sweet and namkins and selling the goods over the counter not having any facility of restaurant or hotel or not a part thereof and not giving for human consumption at the place […]

AAR West Bengal allows Withdrawal of application for advance ruling

December 31, 2021 1095 Views 1 comment Print

In re Dwarka Prosad Agarwala (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 milling of food grains into flour for Food & Supplies Department, Govt. of West Bengal

December 31, 2021 2703 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, value of supply shall be the consideration in money and shall also include all the components towards non-cash consideration, as discussed. This composite supply of services by way of milling of food grains into flour (atta) to Food & Supplies Department, Govt. of West Bengal for distribution of such flour under Public Distribution System is eligible for exemption under entry serial no. 3A of the notification No. 12/2017- CT (R) dated 28.06.2017 only when the value of goods involved in such composite supply does not exceed 25% of the value of supply.

GST on construction of water distribution networks and operation & maintenance for Kolkata Municipal Corporation

December 31, 2021 11796 Views 0 comment Print

In re Suez India Private Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether the supplies provided by the applicant to Kolkata Municipal Corporation shall be considered as divisible supplies and what would be its taxability under the GST Act. The contract for water loss management made by the applicant with Kolkata Municipal Corporation which includes construction of […]

GST on milling of food grains into flour for distribution under Public Distribution System

December 31, 2021 5388 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shiv Flour Mill (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether the supply of service provided by the applicant to Food & Supplies Department, Govt. of West Bengal by way of milling of food grains into flour for distribution of such flour under Public Distribution System is eligible for exemption under entry No. 3A of Notification […]

GST not leviable on handling charges of PDS distribution of Dhothies & Sarees/ School Uniforms to state government

December 30, 2021 2490 Views 0 comment Print

In re Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd. (GST AAR Tamilnadu) GST not leviable on handling charges of PDS distribution of Dhothies & Sarees/ School Uniforms to state government The AAR, Tamilnadu in the matter of M/S. Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd. [Advance Ruling No. TN/47/ARA/2021 dated December 30, 2021] held that, the services rendered by […]

GST on marine engines pertaining to HS code 8407 and its spare parts

December 30, 2021 5592 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of GST rate 5% on marine engines pertaining to HS code without considering its general tax rate as per the entry of Schedule I, SI. No.252 of GST Act dated 28.06.2017, being this engine forms a part of boats of HS code 8906 being supplied to defence department and Naval base, Cochin is available to the applicant when such engines are fit in vessels used for patrolling/flood relief and rescue purposes. Applicability of GST rate at 5% under SI.no.252 cited above is not available for spare parts of marine engines.

Issue of Utilisation of ITC of credit lying in one GSTIN against other not fall in scope of AAR

December 30, 2021 831 Views 0 comment Print

In re Amis Engineers (GST AAR Telangana) The applicant has averred that they have 2 different registration under CGST/SGST Acts for the same business person. That this state of things came into being at the time of migration from the earlier tax regime to GST regime. That they have stopped business in one GSTIN and […]

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