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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 would be levied on recovery of canteen services regardless of “profit-making” aspect

January 19, 2021 4209 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Gujarat AAR, in the matter of M/s Amneal Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. [Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/50/2020, dated July 30, 2020] held that GST would be levied on recovery of amount from employee on account of third party canteen services provided by a company to their employees which is obligatory under Factories Act 1948 (Factories […]

GST payable on Charges for arranging trucks to goods transport agency

January 18, 2021 8697 Views 0 comment Print

In re Deeraj Goyal (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether the applicant will be classified under transportation of goods by road, which is exempt or commission agents or goods transport agencies and under what HSN code his services are classified and what will be the turnover? The applicant is engaged in the business of transportation of […]

AAR rejects application as same issue was pending before revenue

January 18, 2021 1242 Views 0 comment Print

In re Continental Engineering (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether GST is applicable on the proposed receipt of money in case of arbitration claims awarded for works contract completed in the Pre-GST regime and If the answer to the above Question is yes then under what HSN Code and GST rate the liability is to be […]

GST on construction/widening of Roads for NHAI as Sub-Contractor

January 18, 2021 4779 Views 0 comment Print

In re Building Roads Infrastructure & Construction Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question: What is the classification of the ‘works contract’ services pertaining to construction, erection, commissioning and completion of ‘Bridges and Roads’ provided by the applicant as a subcontractor to the Contractors who have been awarded the construction contract pertaining to construction/widening of roads […]

GST on ‘Iron Tubular Trevis’ | Classification of product & HSN code

January 18, 2021 1410 Views 0 comment Print

In re S.K.M.L. Industries (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) What is rate of tax applicable for iron tubular trevis and Classification of the product and HSN code of this item? The taxability of the goods and services supplied or to be supplied, as governed under the provisions of respective GST Acts are examined to decide the […]

AAR cannot give ruling on technical/procedural issues

January 18, 2021 714 Views 0 comment Print

In re Jaideep Ispat and Alloys Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) The applicant’s question whether the procedure adopted and the documents/records maintained by applicant can be deemed to be a sufficient compliance of conditions and restrictions for admissibility of input tax credit of tax paid on inward supply of local scrap and sponge iron […]

Business cannot be treated transferred as going concern if liabilities not transferred

January 12, 2021 7137 Views 0 comment Print

In re SCV Sky Vision (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether Sl.No.2 of the Notification No. 12/2017–Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28th, 2017 (‘Service Exemption Notification’) granting exemption to ‘Services by way of transfer of a going concern as a whole or an independent part thereof’ is applicable on the business transfer undertaken in the present […]

Milling of Red gram liable to GST @ 5%

January 12, 2021 3975 Views 0 comment Print

In re Seetharamanjaneya Dal And Fried Gram Mill (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question: Whether the supply of red gram dall 2600 MTs by receiving 3823.529 MTs of red gram under barter system attracts any tax under GST? Answer: Applicant is appointed as “miller cum transporter”, for the purpose of conversion of red gram whole to red gram […]

ITC eligible on works contract service to Municipal Corporation

January 11, 2021 2475 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sital Kumar Poddar (GST AAR West Bengal) The applicant is eligible to claim the input tax credit on the inward supplies of the goods and services used for supplying the works contract service to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for construction of an immovable property. This ruling is valid subject to the provisions under […]

GST payable on commission received in Foreign currency for rendering services as an ‘Intermediary’ 

January 11, 2021 2127 Views 0 comment Print

In re DKV Enterprises Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether the marketing and consultancy services supplied by the applicant are liable under export of service or not? The service provided by the applicant is intermediary service as per section 2(13) of the IGST Act, 2017. The applicant is covered and fits into the definition […]

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