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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


Advance ruling cannot be given if both members have different views

October 22, 2020 855 Views 0 comment Print

In re Abhishek Darak (GST AAR Uttarakhand) In this case both the members have different views on the taxability of ‘sale of developed land/plot’, the other issues related to it becomes irrelevant and hence, the ruling cannot be given to such related issues. In light of above discussion & findings, we have different views in […]

Solid Waste Management services classifiable under SAC 9994

October 21, 2020 14937 Views 0 comment Print

In re Zigma Global Environ Solutions Private Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Q. Classification of the services viz ‘Solid waste management – Revamping of existing dumped Garbage in compost yards by Bio -mining process’ provided by the applicant to M/s. Erode City Municipal Corporation, Erode?  A. Solid Waste Management-Revamping of Existing Dumped Garbage in Compost Yards by […]

Nizam Pakku merits classification under Chapter 08028090

October 21, 2020 4065 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Abdul Razak Safiullah (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Q. Whether the ‘Nizam Pakku’ bought and sold by the Applicant, the manufacturing process of which has been explained by them, is classifiable under Chapter heading 0802 8030 of the Customs Tariff and hence attract 2.5 % CGST as per Sl.No.28 of Schedule I of Notification 1/2017 Central […]

5% GST on sale of Micafunign Sodium by DTA unit of BIOCON: AAAR

October 21, 2020 1407 Views 0 comment Print

Sale of Micafunign Sodium by the DTA unit of Appellant is covered under Serial No. 114 of Entry No. 180 of Rate Notification No 01/2017 CT (R) and therefore, is leviable to GST at the rate of 5%’.

Non-woven fabric bags classifiable under Tariff item 63053300

October 20, 2020 1377 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shivalika Enterprises (GST AAR Himachal Pradesh) Chapter Note 2(a) of Chapter 63 states that Sub Chapter 1 does not cover goods of Chapter 56 to 62. However, it does not exclude goods manufactured from raw material falling under Chapter 56 to 62. Therefore, non-woven fabric bags are not excluded from Chapter 63 by […]

Overseas Commission Agent is covered within the definition of term intermediary’

October 15, 2020 3780 Views 0 comment Print

In re Midas Foods (P) Ltd (GST AAR Uttarakhand) (a) Whether Overseas Commission Agent is covered within the definition of the term ‘intermediary’ as provided under section 2(13) of the IGST Act, 2017; Overseas Commission Agent is covered within the definition of the term intermediary’ as provided under section 2(13) of the IGST Act, 2017; […]

‘Healthcare services’ classifiable under service code 9993

October 15, 2020 9666 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shubham Sarvam Medical Projects LLP (GST AAR Uttarakhand) On perusal of aforesaid legal provisions , we find that all the healthcare services by a clinical establishment or authorized medical practitioner or para medics by way of diagnosis or treatment or care for illness, injury, deformity, abnormality or pregnancy and services by way of […]

GST on Refining & testing of purity of gold from old jewellery & coins/biscuits

October 14, 2020 15753 Views 0 comment Print

In re Uday Laxman Jadhav (GST AAR Gujarat) 1. Whether services of; (i) Refining of gold from old jewellery and coins/biscuits, and (ii) Conversion of old gold jewellery into coins/biscuits as per specification given by service recipient; Provided to registered person will be covered under the definition of job work under section 2 (68) of […]

GST payable on non-returnable Common Maintenance Fund (Deposit)

October 14, 2020 3030 Views 0 comment Print

In re Capital Commercial Co-op. (Service) Society Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) In the instant case, we find that the applicant is a registered entity as an Association of Persons and has a legal existence separate from its members. The applicant is collecting the amounts towards “Common Maintenance Fund (Deposit)” @ Rs.250/- per square foot of […]

IGST on Supply taking place beyond Customs frontiers of India

October 14, 2020 2643 Views 0 comment Print

In re SPX Flow Technology (India) pvt. ltd (GST AAR Gujarat)  In view of the amendment in Schedule-III of the CGST Act, 2017, supply of goods from a place in the non-taxable territory to another place in the non- taxable territory without such goods entering into India shall be treated neither as a supply of […]

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