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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 1716 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 420 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 1356 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 2256 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: Value in respect of transfer to branches located outside state

December 18, 2020 3675 Views 0 comment Print

In re Thirumalai Chemicals Limited (GST AAR Tamil Nadu) Q. The value to be adopted in respect of transfer to branches located outside the state? Ans: The applicant can adopt any one of the following three methods provided under Rule 28 of the CGST/ TNGST Rules 2017 read with Section 15 of the CGST/TNGST Act […]

Letting out of compressors for pumping of water from borewells to agricultural field is not ‘Support Service for agriculture

December 18, 2020 1140 Views 0 comment Print

 In re Vallalar Borewells (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Q1. Whether the following supply of services provided by the applicant are in relation to agricultural operations directly in connection with raising of agricultural produce i.Drilling of Borewells for supply of water for agricultural operations like cultivation including seeding, planting and ploughing. ii. Letting out of compressors for […]

Drilling of Borewells for supply of water in agricultural land is not ‘Support Service for agriculture

December 18, 2020 12807 Views 0 comment Print

In re Aravind Drillers (GST AAR Tamil Nadu) 1. Drilling of Borewells for supply of water in agricultural land is not ‘Support Service for agriculture classifiable under ‘SAC 9986’ for the reasons stated in para 8.3 above 2. Letting out of compressors for pumping of water from the borewells to the agricultural field is not […]

No Ruling by AAR on issue under investigation with DGGSTI

December 18, 2020 882 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Faiveley Transport Rail Technologies India Limited (GST AAR Tamil Nadu) DGGSTI has taken up investigations on the classifications adopted by the applicant on their supplies to Indian Railways and classified under CTH 8607. The subject goods are supplied to `Indian Railways’ and the applicant classify the same under CTH 8607. The application […]

Advance ruling cannot be given on admissibility of ITC on procedural issue

December 18, 2020 1032 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sumeru Infra Solution (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) This Authority is of the view that based on the detailed reading and understanding of Section 97 of the CGST Act, an application for Advance Ruling can only be made to determine the ‘admissibility of input tax credit (ITC)‘ on any goods or services or both. […]

GST on supplies on contracts : No ruling as copy of contracts not furnished

December 18, 2020 1146 Views 0 comment Print

In re Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) In respect of first question, regarding classification of supply in Entry No. 6 of Schedule II to the GST Act we are unable to answer the question on account of insufficient information provided by the applicant. Further in respect of first question, regarding […]

AAR HP rejects application not accompanied by requisite fee

December 18, 2020 849 Views 0 comment Print

In re Smt Vimla Devi, C/o M/s Sai Steel Co & Consultants (GST AAR Himachal Pradesh) application in this case is not accompanied by requisite fee of Rs 10,000/- (i.e Rs 5,000/- each under CGST and SGST), therefore the same is rejected. This ruling however does not in any way affect the right of the applicant […]

Has the AAAR fixed the ‘fixed establishment’ under GST?

December 18, 2020 7548 Views 1 comment Print

The ‘fixed establishment’ could pose yet another challenge to the ‘One nation One tax’ theory unless more clarity is brought to the definition similar to (or even better than) ‘Permanent Establishment’ defined under the Income Tax Act, 1961 read with DTAAs entered into with various countries.

AAR application rejected as question raised in application is already pending

December 16, 2020 657 Views 0 comment Print

In re Dempo Diary Industries Limited (AAR Karnataka) The applicant themselves admitted that M/s KMF hold 90% shares and hence have management / administrative control over the applicant. M/s KMF are the owners of `Nandini’ brand, against whom an offence case is pending before DGGI, Bengaluru on classification of flavoured milk. Thus it is very […]

Classification of Flavored Milk : AAR rejects application U/s. 98(2)

December 16, 2020 1530 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bengaluru Co-Operative Milk Union Ltd (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the Flavored Milk is liable to be classified under HSN 0402 99 90 or under 2202 99 30 or under any other Chapter? The applicant themselves admitted that they are one of the share holders of M/s KMF, who are the owners of `Nandini’ […]

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