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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 1695 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 834 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 1335 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 123 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 180 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 402 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


Recipient of services/Goods or both cannot apply for advance ruling

October 25, 2021 1092 Views 0 comment Print

In re Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation (GST AAR Maharashtra) Section 95 of the CGST Act, 2017 allows Advance Ruling authority to decide the matter in respect of supply of goods or services or both, undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the applicant. We find that the applicant has not undertaken the supply in […]

Education Services provided are supply if employee-employer relation not established

October 25, 2021 1332 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rahul Goyal (GST AAR Rajasthan) In the instant case, the applicant intends to provide Educational and Training Services to its service recipient i.e. M/s Mentors Eduserv on the basis of section 13 of the agreement dated 10.02.2020. on gone through the section 13 of the agreement, we find that there is no establishment […]

Distillers Wet Grain Solubles (DWGS) classifiable under GST Tariff item 2303

October 25, 2021 3492 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ads Agro Industries Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) As per meaning provided in Wikipedia, the Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley/wheat) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. In the instant case, it is fact […]

AAR allows ‘Hotel OM Tunga Vihar’ to withdraw application

October 25, 2021 627 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hotel OM Tunga Vihar (GST AAR Maharashtra) The applicant has submitted a email letter dated 21.10.2021 and requested that they may be allowed to voluntarily withdraw their subject application filed on 31.12.2019. The request of the applicant to withdraw the application voluntarily and unconditionally is hereby allowed, without going into the merits or […]

AAR cannot give ruling on the basis of incomplete write up

October 25, 2021 666 Views 0 comment Print

We find that except write up provided by the applicant in respect of ‘the subject goods’, no other base is there to classify these goods. We further find that the write up provided by the applicant is incomplete and have no potential to prove ‘the subject goods’ as essential parts of Railway or locomotives or otherwise.

18% GST Payable on activity of reshelling of old sugar mill rollers

October 25, 2021 2217 Views 0 comment Print

In re S.B. Reshellers Pvt.Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1:- The activity of reshelling of old sugar mill rollers whether is treatable as a job work service under SAC 9988 or is treatable as a repair/maintenance service under SAC 9987? Answer: – The activity of reshelling of old sugar mill rollers is treatable as a repair/maintenance service […]

GST payable on Service of repairs & maintenance of vehicles used for sewage

October 22, 2021 3258 Views 0 comment Print

In re M. F. Associates (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Que-1 Whether providing the service of repairs and maintenance of vehicles used for sewage and waste collection, treatment and disposal and other environmental protection services provided to Local Authorities would be covered by Sl. Nov. 3 of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax(Rate) dated June 28, 2017, […]

GST on manufacture & supply of Fortified Rice Kernels to TNCSC

October 21, 2021 6348 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rasi Nutri Foods (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Concessional GST rates not applicable to activity of manufacture and supply of fortified rice kernels till Sep 30, 2021 In Rasi Nutri Foods [Order No. 39 AAR/2021 dated October 21, 2021] Authority for Advance Ruling, Karnataka (KAAR) held that Notification No.39/2017 CT(R) dated 18.10.2017  (Concessional Rate Notification) […]

Advance Ruling application submitted by recipient of services not admissible

October 21, 2021 1083 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tamilnadu Polymer Industries Park Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) From the above, 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. Further, as per Section 103(1) of the GST Act, the ruling is […]

AAR referred case to AAAR In view of difference in opinions of Members

October 21, 2021 1758 Views 0 comment Print

In re Healersark Resources Private Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) In view of the difference in the opinions of the Members as above, the case is referred to the Appellate Authority for hearing and decision on this issue in terms of Section 98(5) of the CGST/TNGST Act 2017, which provides that where the members of the […]

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