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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 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


ITC not admissible on Land leasing services for construction of immovable property

October 18, 2021 14082 Views 0 comment Print

In re J M Chemicals (Trade Name) Manjuben Rameshchandra Gupta (Legal Name) (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether M/s. J.M. Chemicals is eligible to claim Input Tax Credit of GST paid on input services of Lease Premium paid to Ginni Filaments on which they have charged GST under the head miscellaneous receipt under SAC code No. 99979. […]

ITC not eligible on leasing charges of Land to be used for construction of administrative block/ factory etc.

October 18, 2021 5007 Views 0 comment Print

In re GACL NALCO Alkalies & Chemical Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether GNAL is entitled to claim Input Tax Credit of the GST paid on the services provided by GACL in the form of agreeing to surrender/ relinquish its rights in the leasehold property in favour of GNAL? Law makes it explicitly clear that […]

Supply’ to related persons and/or distinct persons will be treated as Supply even if made without consideration

October 18, 2021 2094 Views 0 comment Print

In re Golden Tobie Private Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) As such, the promotional scheme of additional 30 packs of cigarettes on every purchase of 100 packs of cigarettes for the payment of 100 packs of cigarettes is a taxable supply of 130 packs of cigarettes on the price of 100 packs of cigarettes. There […]

Lump-sum amount received for Health care Services exempt from GST

October 18, 2021 1521 Views 0 comment Print

In re Divyajivan Healthcare LLP (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether lump-sum amount received for Health care Services to be provided for 20 years by the applicant as ‘Diamond Plan’ is exempted from Goods and Services Tax as per Sr. No. 74 of Notification No. 12/2017- CT(R)? On careful consideration of the applicant’s submission, we find that […]

Advance ruling cannot be obtained in respect of past & completed supply

October 14, 2021 2319 Views 0 comment Print

Mah AAR rejected the subject application as being non-maintainable as per Section 95 of the CGST Act because the Applicant has firstly raised questions as a recipient of services and secondly the questions are in respect of past and completed supply as on the date of the application and not a supply, which is being undertaken/proposed to be undertaken.

General spray purpose Aaerosol valves merits classification under heading 8424

October 12, 2021 2994 Views 0 comment Print

In Re Spraytec India Ltd (CAAR Delhi) Product in question is a component of spray mechanism, capable of spraying fluid (aerosol) from a bottle/container. Therefore, I am of the considered opinion that goods in question can also be mounted on bottle/can of Scent spray for delivery of Scent/perfume which can be containerized under pressure. Thus, […]

Advance ruling cannot be given if applicant fails to furnish documentary evidence

October 12, 2021 579 Views 0 comment Print

In re SKS Infra Projects (GST AAR Rajasthan) In the case at hand, the applicant had not furnished any documentary evidence to substantiate their proposed scope of work, mode of supply (i.e. whether supply of goods or service or both) in the form of any work Order, quantum of goods or service or both to […]

IGST on import of footwear having a sale value not exceeding Rs.1000 per pair

October 11, 2021 6801 Views 0 comment Print

In re Skechers South Asia Private Ltd (CAAR Mumbai) 45th GST Council meeting was held on 17.09.2021. In the meeting, GST rate changes in order to correct inverted duty structure in footwear was discussed. The fitment committee has proposed increasing the rate on footwear having sale value less than Rs 1000 to 12% from 5%. […]

CAAR Mumbai rejects application on the ground of non-prosecution

October 11, 2021 564 Views 0 comment Print

A conclusion is arrived at in respect of these transferred applications, where the applicants have failed to reaffirm their desire for obtaining an advance ruling. Hence, the applications mentioned in annex to this ruling are rejected on the ground of non-prosecution.

Audio Receiver/Transceiver & Amplifier merit classification under sub-heading 85176290

October 11, 2021 2538 Views 0 comment Print

In re Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd. (CAAR Mumbai) Classification of four different devices, namely, Audio Receiver (Echo Link) having model no. SXP16E, Audio Transceiver and Amplifier (Echo Link Amp) having model no. K9Y29E, Media Transmission Device (Echo Auto) having model no. BP39CN, and Echo Flex having model no. C77A68. Audio Receiver (Echo Link) having […]

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