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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 1710 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 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


AAR cannot give ruling on issue which is under Investigation

December 16, 2020 1425 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri. V. Mohandas Pai – Prop. Dheeraj Enterprises. (GST AAR Karnataka) We examine the records and observe that the instant application has been filed on 22.09.2020 and the question raised there in is about the classification of the services being provided by the applicant. It is an undisputed fact that a search, of […]

GST on NMET & DMF contributions for Mining License by Govt

December 16, 2020 4539 Views 0 comment Print

In re Manyam Venkata Rajini (GST AAR  Andhra Pradesh) Question: Whether in the facts and circumstances the contributions to National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR) read with National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 (‘NMETR’) and Mines and Minerals (Contribution to […]

GST Payable on consideration for Mining services to Government under RCM

December 16, 2020 1842 Views 0 comment Print

In re Manyam Venkateswara Rao (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question: Whether in the facts and circumstances the contributions to National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR) read with National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 (‘NMETR’) and Mines and Minerals (Contribution to […]

Contributions to NMET & DMP is consideration for supply of mining service: AAR

December 16, 2020 960 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vempati Veerraju (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question: Whether in the facts and circumstances the contributions to National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR) read with National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 (‘NMETR’) and Mines and Minerals (Contribution to District […]

Contributions to NMET & DMF qualifies as consideration for supply of mining service

December 16, 2020 11733 Views 0 comment Print

In re Andru Sujatha (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) The contributions to National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) qualify as consideration towards supply of mining service by Andhra Pradesh Government and they being includible under value of supply, are chargeable to GST under the Reverse Charge Mechanism in the hands of the […]

GST under RCM payable on supply of Mining Services by Government to business entity 

December 16, 2020 4824 Views 0 comment Print

In re Andru Usha Rani (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Argument of the applicant that Royalty is only a measure of NMET and DMF contributions and cannot be equated with NMET and DMF and that NMET and DMF are not in respect of single supply of service i.e. licensing that warrants clubbing of all amounts i.e. […]

Mining Services | Compulsory payment of DMF & NMET | GST Payable under RCM

December 16, 2020 7545 Views 0 comment Print

In re Andru Anantha Padma KotiSatyavathi (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) The service provided is only the license to extract mineral ore and also the right to use such minerals extracted is a single service where the consideration is payable under three heads and in case any one of the payments is not made, the service […]

Contribution to NMET & DMF | GST Payable under RCM on mining service

December 16, 2020 6480 Views 0 comment Print

In re Andru Ramesh Babu (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh)  The contributions to National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) qualify as consideration towards supply of mining service by Andhra Pradesh Government and they being includible under value of supply, are chargeable to GST under the Reverse Charge Mechanism in the hands of […]

AAR Karnataka allows ‘Alfa Granites’ to withdraw Application

December 15, 2020 750 Views 0 comment Print

In re Alfa Granites  (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the applicant has to discharge GST on the total amount being collected by them from Virat Associate LLP, which incldes DMG Royalty, DMF and Owner’s Royalty, under forward charge mechanism or on Owner’s Royalty only? (The Applicant requested to permit them to withdraw the application filed for […]

ITC on promotional material given to franchisees & retailers

December 15, 2020 16437 Views 0 comment Print

In re Page Industries Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the promotional products/Materials and Marketing Items used by the Applicant in promoting their brand and marketing their products can be considered as “inputs” as defined under Section 2(59) of the CGST Act, 2017 and GST paid on the […]

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