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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


Supply of ‘Tertiary Treated water’ to NMC is ‘taxable supply’

September 24, 2021 1374 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nagpur Waste Water Management Pvt Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1: – Whether the Royalty paid or payable by the applicant to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for supplying ‘Tertiary Treated Water’ to Mahagenco, by treating the Sewage Water supplied by NMC is liable to tax under the GST Law? Answer: – Answered in the affirmative. […]

GST registration not mandated if supplies not liable to tax or exempt

September 22, 2021 3099 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mekorot Development & Enterprise Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) As per Section 23 (1) (a) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, any person engaged exclusively in the supplying of goods or services or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this act or under the […]

Crumb rubber/granule is classifiable under Heading 4004

September 22, 2021 6291 Views 0 comment Print

In re Green Rubber Crumb Private Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) The applicant is producing crumb rubber/granules from used/waste tyres and has submitted during the course of the hearing that, the waste/used tyres are not usable because they are worn our tyres due to wear and tear. In view of the above discussions, we find that […]

Cotton Stored by CCI in Warehouses taxable @ 18% GST

September 20, 2021 4530 Views 0 comment Print

The warehousing services rendered by the applicant to CCI do not fall under Entry 24B NN 21/2019 and hence are taxable at the rate of 9% under CGST and SGST eac

Composite Coaching Services Issues Clarified in Advance Ruling

September 19, 2021 2049 Views 0 comment Print

Coaching services, as an aid or facilitator to main stream education system in India, are popular so much so that these are now considered as a necessary input for students pursuing education at secondary and above level in schools or at higher level who are also preparing for competitive examinations. Coaching services are popular in […]

CKD kits falls under heading 8703 & eligible for 30% rate of BCD

September 19, 2021 7404 Views 0 comment Print

In re Volvo Auto India Private Limited (CAAR Delhi) vehicle kits being imported by the applicant would be covered under sub-category 1 as Completely Knocked Down kit or under sub-category 2 as motors cars in any other form; and if under sub-category 1, whether under 1(a) or 1(b), attracting effective rate of BCD of 15% […]

Advance GST Rulings of Kerala State from July 2017 to July 2021

September 17, 2021 5691 Views 3 comments Print

Author compiled Advance Rulings of KERALA State from July 2017 to July 2021. Author compiled such rulings as per upload by Kerala State GST authority in their State GST Site. Kerala State Advance Rulings Authority have uploaded rulings year wise as below: 2017: NIL, 2018: 22 Rulings, 2019: 36 Rulings, 2020: 17 Rulings and 2021: […]

Supply of services even by unincorporated association to its members for consideration is supply under GST

September 15, 2021 3855 Views 0 comment Print

In re Gujarat Hira Bourse (GST AAR Gujarat) Supply of services even by unincorporated association to its members for consideration is supply under GST Scheme of law, as enacted by Competent legislature. Thus GHB reliance on Service tax era case law is misplaced in the subject matter. Even if we want to delve into the […]

18% GST payable on setting up of a ‘Sulphate Removal Plant’

September 15, 2021 1587 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ion Exchange India Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) AAR held that services provided under EPC contract awarded to the applicant by M/S Vedanta for setting up of a ‘Sulphate Removal Plant’ broadly ranging from designing, engineering, Surveys, procurement, fabrication, manufacturing, erection & installation, facilities construction, Pre commissioning & Commissioning, training etc. and satisfactory hand […]

GST payable on reimbursement of electricity expenses if not on actual basis

September 15, 2021 11661 Views 0 comment Print

In re Harish Chand Modi (GST AAR Rajasthan) Q. (a) Whether reimbursement of electricity expenses, on actual basis, by the lessee to lessor would form part of taxable value? Ans:- Yes. In the instant case, reimbursement of electricity expenses, on by the lessee to lessor would form part of taxable value as it is not on actual […]

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