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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


GST on Contract Services by Sub-contractor for Govt project before 25.01.2018

January 20, 2021 15996 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kunal Structure (India) Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) The moot issue here is to decide whether the construction service provided by the applicant in the capacity of sub-contractor to the main contractor who were in turn providing services to Central Government, State Government, Union territory, a local authority, a Governmental Authority or a […]

Classification of ‘Flavored Milk’ sold under trade name of Power Sip

January 20, 2021 2061 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vadilal Industries Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Question: What would be the classification of ‘Flavored Milk’ sold under trade name of Power Sip? Answer: ‘Flavoured milk’ is classifiable under Tariff Item 2202 99 30 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as a ‘beverage containing milk’. Also Read AAAR Order: ‘Power Sip’ […]

GST on Capital Subsidy for Green Field Public Street Lighting System

January 20, 2021 3096 Views 0 comment Print

In re Surya Roshni LED Lighting Projects Limited (GST AAR Odisha) Question No. 1 Whether Capital Subsidy (90 per cent of Project Capital Expenditure, received by the Applicant as per SIOM Agreement and Escrow Agreement from Odisha Government / ULBs for the Green Field Public Street Lighting System in the State of Odisha is not […]

Capital Subsidy for Public Street Lighting System includible in Transaction Value for GST

January 20, 2021 852 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pinnacles Lighting Project Private Limited Question No. 1 Whether in facts and circumstances of the case, the activities of supply installation, operation and maintenance of Greenfield Public Street Lighting System (GPSLS) carried out by the Applicant is classifiable as a supply of Works Contract Services? Answer: – Answered in the negative. Question No.2 […]

‘Flavoured milk’ classifiable under Tariff Item 22029930

January 20, 2021 4266 Views 0 comment Print

In re Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) Question: What would be the classification of Flavoured Milk? Answer : ‘Flavoured milk’ is classifiable under Tariff Item 2202 99 30 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as a ‘beverage containing milk’. Also Read AAAR Order:  Flavoured Milk’ classifiable under Tariff Item […]

GST on Solar HT XLPE & LT XLPE Cables- No Decision by AAR due to non-submission of details

January 20, 2021 1752 Views 0 comment Print

In re Apar Industries ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Question: Whether the applicability or determination of liability to pay Tax on supply of ‘Solar HT XLPE & LT XLPE Cables’, for use as Parts in the manufacture of Solar Power Generating System at 5% GST rate is legally correct and in order in terms of Schedule-I […]

GST on supply installation, operation & maintenance of Greenfield Public Street Lighting System

January 20, 2021 1845 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nexustar Lighting Project Private Limited (GST AAR Odisha) Question No. 1 Whether in facts and circumstances of the case, the activities of supply installation, operation and maintenance of Greenfield Public Street Lighting System (GPSLS) carried out by the Applicant is classifiable as a supply of Works Contract Services? Answer:- Answered in the negative. […]

GST on Solar DC Cables- No Decision by AAR due to non-submission of details

January 20, 2021 1791 Views 0 comment Print

In re Apar Industries Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) Question: Whether the applicability or determination of liability to pay Tax on supply of ‘Solar DC Cables’, for use as Parts in the manufacture of Solar Power Generating System at 5% GST rate is legally correct and in order in terms of Schedule-I of Notification No.01 / […]

GST on reverse charge basis on amount paid for reimbursement of Stamp tax as pure agent

January 20, 2021 4332 Views 0 comment Print

 The applicant is liable to pay GST on reverse charge basis on amount paid for reimbursement of Stamp tax paid by the supplier M/s. Enpay Turkey on behalf of the applicant, since the supplier of the applicant does not fulfil/satisfy all the conditions required for being a ‘Pure agent’ in terms of the provisions of Rule 33 of the CGST Rules, 2017 for the reasons discussed hereinabove.

NO ITC on construction material to provide constructions services for furtherance of business

January 19, 2021 3660 Views 0 comment Print

In re Karthikeya Projects (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) We find that the basic issue before us is to determine the eligibility of Input tax credit on the purchases made by the applicant on their own account for furtherance of business under the provisions of the Section 17 sub-section (5) (d) of the CGST/APGST Act, 2017. […]

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