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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


Latest News


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


Classification of Gypsum Board made-up of Gypsum, glass fibre & additives

August 24, 2021 2967 Views 0 comment Print

In re USG Boral Building Products (India) Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) We find that the applicant has submitted the technical specification with respect to contents of the impugned product. The applicant submitted that the proposed new variant of Gypsum Board is made-up of Gypsum, glass fibre and additives, the main raw material is Gypsum […]

ITC not available on Air Conditioning & Cooling System by applying Test of Permanency

August 23, 2021 6033 Views 3 comments Print

Applicant in process of establishing new factory has sought an Advance Ruling on applicability of Input Tax Credit (ITC) on various assets for their installation and commission in the factory under provisions of Section 16 and 17 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 (CGST Act).

Contract for supply of manpower for managing solid waste not come under definition of ‘Composite supply of Goods & Service’

August 23, 2021 2016 Views 0 comment Print

In re Green Cleaning Solutions (GST AAR Uttarakhand) 1) The contract for supply of manpower for managing solid waste does not come under the definition of ‘Composite supply of Goods and Service’ at Entry No. 3A of Chapter 99 as mentioned in notification number 12/2017 – Central Tax (rate) dated 28th June 2017 as amended by Notification […]

‘Senses iPERL smart meter’ merit classification under HSN 90261010

August 22, 2021 1119 Views 0 comment Print

From the product catalogue, it appears that this flowmeter measures the mass flow of liquid. The flowmeter appears to be capable of measuring the value and the measured parameter(s) are displayed visually or provided as digital output.

No GST on reimbursement received of stipend paid to trainees

August 20, 2021 2652 Views 0 comment Print

In re Yashaswi Academy for Skills (GST AAR Maharashtra) Regarding the issue before us in respect of stipend paid to the trainees by the applicant, by the industry partner which provides training to the trainees and is required to pay stipend to the trainees. This stipend is not directly paid to the trainees by the […]

Stipends reimbursed by Trainer Companies doesn’t attract GST

August 20, 2021 5211 Views 0 comment Print

In re Yashaswi Academy For Skills (GST AAR Maharashtra) No GST on reimbursement received by applicant of stipend paid to trainees  M/s. Yashaswi Academy for Skills (the Applicant) has sought a clarification on the issue as to whether the reimbursement by the companies to the Appellant of the stipend paid to students attract Goods and […]

GST on services by World Economic Forum to its Liaison office in India

August 20, 2021 2574 Views 0 comment Print

In re World Economic Forum, India Liaison Office (AAR Maharashtra) Question 1. Whether the activities carried by the Applicant’s Head office located outside India and rendered to the Applicant will amount to supply as envisaged under Section 7 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 considering that the Applicant is not engaged in any […]

GST on hiring of Non-AC buses to Company for Transport of Staff

August 20, 2021 14880 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shailesh Ramsunder Pande (GST AAR Maharashtra) Iin the instant case, the applicant has an agreement with RIPL for supplying Non-AC buses to transport staff of RIPL and the buses are owned by the applicant. Further, the applicant also incurs expenses on fuel and maintenance of the buses and for all these services provided […]

Is Purified Drinking water supplied at affordable price taxable @ 18%

August 17, 2021 2727 Views 0 comment Print

Application for advance ruling was filed to determine whether supply of drinking water to general public in unpacked/unsealed manner through dispensers/mobile tankers by a charitable organization at a concessional value is covered under exemption of GST as per SI. No 99 of the Notification 02/2017-Central tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017

Others cannot make AAR application for Joint Venture Company

August 17, 2021 1383 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mukesh & Associates (GST AAR Tamilnadu) From the submissions made by the applicant we find that it is the Joint Venture with the Registered seat of the Association at Cologne, Germany is the ‘Person’ to whom the ‘Project’ is awarded and not the applicant. As per existing laws of the land, a Joint […]

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