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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


GST on Man power services provided to Central & State Govt departments

November 25, 2021 3621 Views 0 comment Print

Man power services provided by applicant to various Central and State Government departments is liable for GST at applicable rate and is not eligible to ‘Nil’ rate of tax

GST Payable on Services provided by the Club to its members

November 25, 2021 3741 Views 1 comment Print

The Applicant has sought Advance Ruling to confirm the applicability of GST on Services provided by club to its members. The applicant has taken the aid of Judgment delivered by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of State of West Bengal v. Calcutta Club Limited in Civil Appeal No.4184 of 2009.

Boiled/flavored/unflavored Supari classifiable under heading 0802

November 24, 2021 1899 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vaibhav Enterprises (CAAR Delhi) To answer the posed question, I consider the five goods, namely API supari, Chikni supari, unflavored supari, boiled supari and boiled & cut supari together. In these cases, one set of processes are found to be intended for cleaning; the second set for enhancing preservation; and third set for […]

Smart plugs classifiable under sub-heading 85371000

November 24, 2021 1950 Views 0 comment Print

In re Amazon seller services Pvt Ltd (CAAR Mumbai) CAAR held that Smart plugs of model no. C2YY3N are rightly classifiable under sub-heading 85371000 of the first schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and The said smart plugs would be eligible to claim benefit of serial number 490 of notification no. 50/2017-Cus., dated 30.06.2017. […]

Networking Device classifiable under sub-heading 85176290

November 24, 2021 1530 Views 0 comment Print

In re  Amazon seller services Pvt Ltd (CAAR Mumbai) From the functionality perspective, the product under consideration, therefore, appears to perform the function of reception, conversion and transmission in all three different scenarios described above. The first rule of interpretation of customs tariff is that goods under consideration should be classified in accordance with the […]

CAAR ruling on classification of networking device & passive antennas

November 24, 2021 1353 Views 0 comment Print

In re Amazon Digital Services Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Mumbai) CAAR held that  that networking devices model nos. DSN87C (rooftop node or RT node) and D5N87D9 (customer premise node or CP node) are classifiable under sub-heading 85176290; and passive antennas, one high gain and one low gain, having model no. 14D3T2A are classifiable under sub-heading 85177090 […]

Unpreserved & Unprocessed dried Pumpkin Seeds kernels classifiable under CTH 12129990

November 24, 2021 2610 Views 0 comment Print

In re Afrodille Super Foods LLP (CAAR Mumbai) Pumpkin seed kernels, dried but not subjected to any other preparatory or preservation processes are classifiable under Custom Tariff heading (CTH) 12129990. Chapter 12 of the tariff covers ‘Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder’. According to […]

Optoma X400LVe projectors classifiable under sub-heading 85286200

November 24, 2021 861 Views 0 comment Print

In re Audio Distribution House Pvt. Ltd (CAAR MUMBAI) The projector under consideration has got certain additional ports such as HDMI, S-Video, audio-video, which make it capable of being a video projector and consequently classifiable under CTH 85286900 also. GI Rule 3 states that “the heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred […]

PAMAS liquid particle counters classifiable under CTH 90275090

November 24, 2021 2424 Views 0 comment Print

12 models of PAMAS liquid particle counters are classifiable under subheading 90275090 of the first schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

GST payable on services provided by Club to its Members against monthly contribution

November 22, 2021 2274 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rotary Club of Bombay Queen City (GST AAR Maharashtra) Whether the activity of the applicant i.e. collecting contributions and spending towards meeting and administrative expenditures only, is ‘business’ as envisaged u/s 2(17) of the CGST Act, 2017 and Whether contributions from the members in the Administration Account, recovered for expending the same for […]

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