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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


GST on managerial & leadership services provided by Registered/Corporate Office to Group Companies

September 9, 2021 2379 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the managerial and leadership services provided by the Registered/Corporate Office to its Group Companies can be considered as ‘supply of service’, in terms of Section 7 of CGST Act, 2017?

GST on batteries for use in warship applications of Indian Navy

September 9, 2021 1656 Views 0 comment Print

In re Exide Industries Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Batteries will be considered as parts of vessels falling under heading 8901, 8902, 8904 to 8907, only if they are used in manufacturing goods falling under Tariff Headings 8901, 8902, 8904 to 8907. We agree with the applicant’s contention that the batteries supplied by them for exclusive […]

Analysis of MH AAR Ruling in World Economic Forum – India Liaison Office

September 9, 2021 1650 Views 0 comment Print

Recently Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (‘AAR’) has issued an advance ruling in the matter of The World Economic Forum (WEF) – India Liaison Office (herein after referred as the Applicant). The applicant had approached Maharashtra AAR seeking a ruling on taxability of services rendered by its Head Office (H.O.), Switzerland to India Liaison Office (L.O.) and requirement to obtain GST registration.

ITC not eligible on medical/health insurance done for employees

September 8, 2021 20991 Views 0 comment Print

Textile company cannot claim input tax credit of GST charged by the Medical/ Health Insurance Company in respect of insurance done for employees

GST under TDS not applicable if applicants supply to specified categories of persons notified by Government

September 8, 2021 9018 Views 0 comment Print

In re Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan Nigam Ltd. (GST AAR Uttarakhand) On perusal of legal provisions of Section 51 of CGST Act, 2017, we find that the Government has authorized following persons , to deduct tax at the rate of two per cent (1% CGST + 1% SGST) from the value of supply excluding the central […]

Gujarat AAR Ruling on Provision of Canteen Facility to employees – Tata Motors Limited

September 8, 2021 10980 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Motors had approached the Gujarat bench of AAR seeking a ruling on whether Goods and Services Tax (GST) is applicable on the nominal amount recovered by it from employees for the usage of canteen facility and whether input tax credit (ITC) is available on GST charged by the service provider on the canteen facility provided to employees working in the factory.

MH AAR Ruling on applicability of GST on Hiring of Motor Vehicles

September 8, 2021 6879 Views 0 comment Print

Authority has rightly observed that, in the case of transportation of passengers, the recipient of service would be the passenger whereas in the case of renting any motor vehicle, like buses in the subject case, the recipient would not be the passenger.

GST on man power services provided to Govt Schools/Colleges/Hospitals/Offices

September 6, 2021 13161 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sankalp Facilities and Management Services Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) 1. The Subject Supply for the purpose of Security, Cleaning and Housekeeping services provided to the cited schools are exempt from GST. 2. GST is liable to be paid on subject supply provided to all cited Government Colleges providing education services of above […]

IGST Payable on supply of Import services under RCM

September 6, 2021 3273 Views 0 comment Print

In re GSPC (JPDA) LTD (GST AAR Gujarat) On reading the Section 2(14) IGST Act, we find that the location of the recipient (GSPC(J)) in subject matter is Gujarat, which is a taxable territory. Further, as per entry 1 to Notification 10/2017-Integrated Tax(R), we find that the applicant, being the recipient of service, is liable […]

GST on payment of settlement fees against demand

September 6, 2021 6216 Views 0 comment Print

In re GSPC (JPDA) LTD. (GST AAR Gujarat) Issue: Whether payment of settlement fees against demand made by Autoridade Nacional do Petroleo E Minerais (ANP) vide letter dated 15.07.2015 attract levy of GST under GST regulations. Ans. GSPC (J) is liable to pay IGST, vide Reverse Charge Mechanism, on Import of Subject supply of Service […]

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