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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 1710 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 420 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 1356 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


Tamil Nadu AAR ruled that 18% GST applicable on Electronic Toys as against 12% on other Toys

September 30, 2021 4038 Views 0 comment Print

The products Children Scooter, Activity Ride-on, Smart Tri-cycle and Kick Scooter, in which physical force is the primary action and contains an in built electronic circuit, are ‘Electronic Toys’ and the applicable GST Rate is CGST @9% as per SI.No. 440 of Schedule-III of Notification No. 01/2017 C.T.(Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and SGST @- 9% as per SI.No. 440 of Schedule III to Notification No. II(2)/CTR/532(d-4)/2017 vide G.O. (Ms) No. 62 dated 29.06.2017.

GST: Section 17(5)(c) restricts ITC on works contract services

September 30, 2021 16566 Views 2 comments Print

In re Satya Dev Bommireddy (GST AAR Telangana) 1. Given that the supply of under construction of immovable property is specifically defined as a separate and distinct service under clause 5(b) of Schedule II of CGST Act, can the same be treated to be referring to either the supplies or transactions described in 17(5)(c) or […]

Aluminium Composite Panel/Sheet is covered under HSN Code 7606

September 30, 2021 26925 Views 1 comment Print

In re Aludecor Lamination Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question a.  Whether the Aluminium Composite Panel/sheet is covered under: HSN Code 3920 or HSN Code 7606 or HSN Code 7610? Answer:-  In view of the above discussions, the Aluminium Composite Panel/Sheet is covered under HSN Code 7606. Question b.  And what is the rate of […]

GST on land after developing by erecting civil structure or a building or a complex

September 30, 2021 3144 Views 0 comment Print

In re TIF Integrated Industrial Parks PVT Ltd (GST AAR Telangana) 1. If the applicant sells the land after developing by way of erecting a civil structure or a building or a complex then such supply is liable to tax under CGST/SGST Acts. However if land is sold without any development involving any civil structure […]

Supply of cooking gas via pipeline with Maintenance Service is Composite Supply

September 30, 2021 10560 Views 0 comment Print

In re Masterly Kolkata Facility Maintenance Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether supply of cooking gas through pipeline as provided by the applicant should be classified as supply of goods or supply of services. It is submitted by the applicant that the apartment owners are at liberty either to get the supply of cooking […]

GST on Supply of unconnected goods at nominal price against purchase of hosiery goods

September 30, 2021 3717 Views 1 comment Print

In re Kanahiya Realty Private Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) (i) Supply of goods at nominal price to retailers against purchase of specified units of hosiery goods pursuant to a promotional scheme would qualify as individual supplies taxable at the rates applicable to each of such goods as per section 9 of the GST Act. […]

GST: AAR explains when definition of ‘affordable residential apartment’ not applies

September 30, 2021 17388 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pioneer Associates (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether the definition of ‘affordable residential apartment’ is applicable in respect of flats (having carpet area of 60 sqm and value up to Rs. 45 lacs) of an ongoing projects and tax can be collected  @ 8% on all advances received after 01.04.2019. The definition of “affordable residential apartment” […]

Manpower services: GST payable on entire billing amount inclusive of EPF & ESI etc.

September 30, 2021 27990 Views 0 comment Print

In re Exservicemen Resettlement Society (GST AAR West Bengal) GST is payable on complete billing amount including employer portion of EPF & ESl Amount West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling has held that GST is payable on the entire billing amount, including the Employer’s contribution of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) or Employee State Insurance (ESI), if […]

Services provided by the Club to its members is taxable under GST

September 27, 2021 3507 Views 0 comment Print

In re UMED Club (GST AAR Rajasthan) GST laws expanded the scope of ‘supply’ to tax supplies between the club/association and its members, to overcome the principle of mutuality. A retrospective amendment (w.e.f. July 1, 2017) has been made vide Finance Act, 2021 by inserting a new clause ‘(aa)’ after clause (a), in Section 7(1) […]

GST Payable on service of transportation of goods by road as part of EPC package 

September 24, 2021 1524 Views 0 comment Print

In re Toshiba JSW Power Systems Private Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) The arguments of the applicant regarding exemption on the transportation service is in fact based on the assumption that the supply of service is in total isolation from the whole contract and without considering the terms and obligations created under all the contracts […]

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