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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


IGST payable on R&D services on goods physically made available by foreign entities

July 9, 2021 7044 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hilti Manufacturing India Pvt.Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) On careful reading of the Service contract between the applicant and service receiver, applicant’s submissions, even those during the personal hearing, we find that goods were sent by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (hereinafter referred to as recipient) to the applicant which are required to be made physically available […]

Seed dressing, coating & treating drum machine classified under HSN 84368090

July 9, 2021 2310 Views 0 comment Print

In re Adarsh Plant Protected Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) As per HSN Notes, the other agricultural machinery includes seed dusting machines usually consisting of one or more hoppers feeding a revolving drum in which the seeds are coated with insecticidal or fungicidal powders. We find that this Chapter Heading is more appropriate for classifying the […]

GST on development & construction of sports complex for AUDA

July 9, 2021 3369 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tirupati Construction (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether the activity of composite supply of work contract service by way of development and construction of sports complex at Maninagar, Ahmedabad for the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority, and as detailed in the tender document merit classification at Sr. No. 3(vi)(a) of Notification No. 11/2017-CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 […]

Advance ruling cannot be given on matter which is sub-judice

July 9, 2021 2043 Views 0 comment Print

In re Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) 1. The applicant, M/s. Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. sought Advance Ruling on the applicability of IGST on the Ocean Freight services provided by a person located in a non-taxable territory by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India upto the […]

GST on amount collected from employees towards canteen charges

July 9, 2021 2055 Views 1 comment Print

In re Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether it is required by the applicant to charge GST on the amount collected from the employees towards canteen charges? applicant has arranged a canteen for its employees, which is run by a third party Canteen Service Provider. As per their arrangement, part of the Canteen […]

GST on transportation service for temporary period till extension of railway siding to mine location

July 9, 2021 2412 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pachhwara Coal Mining Private Limited (GST AAR Jharkhand) Question – Whether the provision of such transportation service for the temporary period till extension of the railway siding to the mine location is an independent activity, and exempted from the payment of GST under SI. No. 18 of Notification No. 12/2017-CT(R) dated 28 June 2017? […]

Papad of any size and shape will attract NIL GST: AAR Gujarat

July 8, 2021 4227 Views 0 comment Print

In re Global Gruh Udyog (GST AAR Gujarat) Authority for advance ruling, Gujarat, held that For classification of a product its ingredients, manufacturing process and trade parlance is important and not it’s size and shape. Accordingly, papad of any size and shape will attract NIL GST. Earlier it was held that fryums attracts 18 % […]

Mango pulp/puree’ attracts 18% rate of GST

July 7, 2021 3474 Views 0 comment Print

In re Foods and Inns Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question: Can the Mango Pulp/puree be treated as fresh fruit and exemption be claimed on it? If not whether the mango pulp/puree falls under the heading 20079910 or 0804 or 2008? Answer: Negative. Question: What is the rate of tax payable on outward supplies of […]

GST payable on Hostel Services by Mody Education Foundation: AAR

July 7, 2021 3720 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mody Education Foundation (GST AAR Rajasthan) In the instant case, we find that the exemption to accommodation service is applicable in respect of a unit of accommodation where tariff is below Rs. 1000/- per day. Notification No. 11/2017-CT(Rate) as discussed above provides applicable GST rate as per declared tariff of a unit of […]

Services by ‘Airbus Group India’ are ‘Intermediary service’: AAR

July 1, 2021 3213 Views 0 comment Print

In re Airbus Group India Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the activities proposed to be carried out in India by the Applicant would constitute as a supply of ‘Other professional, technical and business services’ falling under HSN code 9983 or as ‘Intermediary service’ classifiable under HSN code 9961/9962 or any other classification of services as […]

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