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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


Transfer on a going concern is supply of service & exempted from GST

August 27, 2021 7731 Views 0 comment Print

In re Airport Authority of India (GST AAR Gujarat) 1. Whether the transfer of business by the AAI to the M/s. Adani Ahmedabad International Airport Limited be treated as Supply u/s. 7 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (“CGST”) viz-a-viz Gujarat State Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (“GSGST”)? The Subject Supply […]

Partially Coated Polyester Fabric (Knitted or Woven) classifiable at HSN 5903

August 27, 2021 1905 Views 0 comment Print

In re Supercoat India (Trade Name) Ayush Baid (Legal Name) (GST AAR Gujarat) i. The applicant supplies partially coated Polyester fabric ( knitted/woven) or partially coated fabric. ii. Said fabric is scattered with micro-dot printing. iii. The subject goods are used as interlining fabric. iv. The resultant fabric is partially coated on one side with […]

No GST on Hostel Rent of less than Rs. 1000 per day per Student

August 27, 2021 19623 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant is providing hostel on the rent to various students where fees charged per student per day per room is much less than Rs. 1000/- per day per person. Therefore, considering the provisions of notification Entry No. 14, and clarification given by CBIC in circular No. 32/06/2018-GST dated 12th February 2018, it is held that, the applicant’s activity is satisfying the conditions of Entry Sr.no. 14 of said Notification and hence would be exempt from taxes.

‘Other Services’ not part of Composite supply with Main Construction Service, chargeable to GST @ 18%

August 27, 2021 10899 Views 0 comment Print

Other Charges are different from the service of construction of residential flats. It cannot be said to be naturally bundled and supplied in conjunction with each other. The amount and consideration is separately for different services. Therefore, the Other Charges are not covered under Composite Supply of Services

Cost of refurbishment not includible in purchase price for calculation of margin for Valuation & Levy under GST

August 27, 2021 2325 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tej Jain (GST AAR Rajasthan) Amount paid to the owner of the car and amount incurred for the refurbishment of the said car are not includible in the purchase price so as to deduct the same from the selling price of the old and used refurbished car to arrive as the margin for […]

ITC not available on Canteen Services provided to Employees

August 25, 2021 8418 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Motors Ltd has sought a clarification whether ITC will be available on GST charged by service provider on canteen facility provided to employees working in factory and whether the same would be restricted to extent of cost borne by the Applicant. Along with that it has also been sought if GST is to be applicable on Nominal amount received by Applicant for usage of the canteen facility by the employees.

Liaison Office not liable to pay GST on Services Rendered by Head Office

August 25, 2021 3528 Views 1 comment Print

In The World Economic Forum, India Liaison Office, [GST-ARA- 11/2019-20/B-50 dated August 20, 2021], the World Economic Forum, India Liaison Office (the Applicant) has sought clarification on whether the activities carried out by the Applicant’s Head Office (HO) located outside India would amount to Supply under Section 7 of the Central Goods and Services Tax […]

GST applicable on R&D Activities on Goods made available by Foreign entities

August 25, 2021 11718 Views 0 comment Print

In M/s. Hilti Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd. [ADVANCE RULING NO. GUJ/GAAR/R/26/2021 dated July 09, 2021], M/s. Hilti Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd ( Applicant) has sought a clarification on the liability to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Research and Development (R&D) Sciences on goods physically made available by foreign entities. The Hon’ble Gujarat Authority […]

Lassi is Exempted under GST

August 24, 2021 4104 Views 0 comment Print

In M/s. Sampoorna Dairy and Agrotech LLP. [Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/30/2021 dated July 19, 2021], M/s. Sampoorna Dairy and Agrotech LLP. (Applicant) has sought an Advance Ruling on whether the product ‘Lassi’ but named as ‘Laban’ is to be classified as Lassi itself and whether the same is exempted under the Central Goods and Services […]

Purchaser has no locus standi to file Advance ruling application

August 24, 2021 1788 Views 0 comment Print

In pursuance to Section 95(a) CGST Act, We hold that the Question raised by the applicant does not fall under the gamut of said Section 95(a). Thereby, in pursuance to Section 95(a) and Section 103(1) of CGST Act, we hold that the applicant has no locus standi to file subject application.

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