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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 registration not required by Trust if engaged in charitable activities

November 10, 2021 10299 Views 0 comment Print

Services supplied by an entity registered under Section 12AA of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities. Since we have found that the activities undertaken by the ‘applicant do not conform strictly to the definition of a ‘charitable activity, the applicant shall obtain registration under GST Act.’

ITC not available to Co-op Housing Society on works contract service by contractor for repairs, renovations & rehabilitation works

November 10, 2021 6246 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mahavir Nagar Shiv Srushti Co-operative Housing Society Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Where the contractor has provided works contract service for repairs, renovations & rehabilitation, ITC can’t be availed by Housing Society In M/s Mahavir Nagar Shiv Srushti Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. [GST-ARA-19/2021-22/B-94 dated November 10, 2021] Hon’ble Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (MAAR) […]

GST on reimbursement received from MMRDA

November 10, 2021 3723 Views 0 comment Print

To achieve the above objective, applicant is incurring various expenses such as Salary & Wages for employee, Contribution to provident Fund, Training expenses, Canteen expenses, Advertisement expenses, Manpower expenses etc. Currently, no revenue is generated by applicant by incurring these expenses in relation to Operation and Maintenance activity since at present no such activities have started to be undertaken by the applicant. All the expenses incurred by applicant are reimbursed by MMRDA at cost. No additional payment is done by MMRDA.

AAR Maharashtra allows Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula to withdraw application

November 10, 2021 882 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Application in GST ARA Form No. 01 of M/s. Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula, vide reference ARA No. 63 dated  28.12.2020 is disposed of as being withdrawn voluntarily and unconditionally. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA PROCEEDINGS (Under Section 98 […]

Medical Education imparted by Trust is exempt service under GST

November 10, 2021 6855 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kasturba Health Society (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question (i): Whether the applicant, a Charitable Society having the main object and factually engaged in imparting Medical Education, satisfying all the criteria of ‘Educational Institution’, can be said to be engaged in the business so as to cast an obligation upon it to comply with the […]

Coach Work for EMU/MEMU trains of Railway falls under Chapter 86.07 of GST Tariff

November 8, 2021 1896 Views 0 comment Print

In re Prag Polymers (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Ques- ‘Classification of Coach Work like DRIVER CAB AIR CONDITIONER UNIT for EMU/MEMU trains of Railway Rolling Stock’. Ans- The  ‘Classification of DRIVER CAB AIR CONDITIONER UNIT for EMU/MEMU trains’ manufactured as per the specific design and layout provided by the Railways and supplied to the Indian […]

GST not applicable on payment of notice pay and allowed ITC on canteen services

November 8, 2021 6645 Views 0 comment Print

AAAR reversed the ruling of AAR which held that GST is applicable on recovery of Notice pay from an employee by employer in lieu of notice period, Telephone charges, Group Medical Insurance Policy recovered from employees and providing Canteen facility to employees free of cost.

Separate registration not required for supply of works contract service in Karnataka

November 8, 2021 5883 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that no separate registration is required for supply of works contract services in Karnataka by M/s L&T, Karnataka by the assessee registered at Noida, Uttar Pradesh as invoice can be raised by the assessee charging IGST from its registered office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

GST exempt on printing of pre-examination material for educational boards/Universities

November 5, 2021 4380 Views 1 comment Print

In re Hitech Print Systems Limited (GST AAR Telangana) 1. Exam related printing activity rendered by the Appellant: A. Whether printing of pre-examination material items like Question Papers, OMR Sheets [Optical Mark Reading], Answer Booklets with/without OMR, Practical Answer Booklets, Hall Tickets and other examination material specific to various educational boards/Universities amounts to provision of […]

Design, supply, installing, testing & commissioning of train collision avoidance system in locomotives falls under HSN ‘8530’

November 5, 2021 2586 Views 0 comment Print

In re Medha Servo Drives Private Limited (GST AAR Telangana) The applicant Medha Servo Drives are manufacturers of electronics equipments for locomotives and coaches for Indian Railways and Metro Railways. They have submitted that they have entered into contract with south central railway for design, supply, installing, testing & commissioning of train collision avoidance system […]

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