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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


N0 GST exemption on manpower services to Seth L.G. General Municipal Hospital

September 24, 2020 1419 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vishv Enterprise (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether services of providing Para-medical Administrative, Technical and other Staff on Outsource basis to Seth L.G. General Municipal Hospital are exempted or not? As no evidence has been provided by applicant to establish that Seth L.G. General Hospital falls under definition of ‘Central Government’ or ‘State Government’ or […]

AAR not maintainable if not accompanied by requisite fee of Rs 10,000

September 21, 2020 723 Views 0 comment Print

In re Himachal Pradesh Horticulture (GST AAR Himachal Pradesh) Section 97(1) of CGST Act, 2017 provides that an applicant desirous of obtaining an advance ruling may make an application in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed, stating the question on which the advance ruling is sought. Similar provision […]

Period for filing appeal against AAR order to be counted from Original Order & not from date of ROM rejection order

September 21, 2020 2460 Views 0 comment Print

In re NMDC Ltd (GST AAAR Karnataka) An appeal can be filed before the Appellate Authority only against an advance ruling pronounced in terms of Section 98(4). In this case, the ruling pronounced in terms of Section 98(4) is the advance ruling order No KAR ADRG 69/2019 dated 21-09-2019. An appeal is maintainable only against […]

GST payable on Penal Interest/Penalty collected by foreman to chit

September 21, 2020 3969 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ushabala Chits Private Limited (GST AAAR Andhra Pradesh) For the record, it may be noted that under Section 15(2)(d), the said interest or late fee or penalty for delayed payment of any consideration is for any supply. It is not necessary that it flows out of a ‘taxable supply’. Further the word “consideration” […]

All About Advance Ruling Authority Under GST

September 21, 2020 12981 Views 0 comment Print

All about Advance Ruling under GST i.e. Section 95 to Section 106 of the CGST Act, 2017 Article explains Basic understanding of Advance Ruling, The broad objectives for setting up a mechanism of Advance Ruling, Applicability of Advance Ruling, Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) & Appellate Authority for Advance Ruing (AAAR), Questions for Advance Ruling […]

12% GST payable on supply of Answer Booklets/copies for exam to Educational Institutions

September 18, 2020 1476 Views 0 comment Print

In re Markk Business Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) The activity of printing of Answer Booklets/ Answer copies and supplying it to Educational Institutions to be used in examinations by using its own raw material consisting of paper, printing ink etc. is Supply of Goods falling under Heading/Tariff item 4820 of entry no. 123 of […]

AAR cannot give a ruling on whether Forest Department is correct in not giving GST to applicant on composite supply?

September 18, 2020 3558 Views 0 comment Print

In re Om Prakash Sharma (GST AAR Uttarakhand) On perusal of aforesaid legal provisions, we find that a works contract is essentially a contract of service which may also involve supply of goods in the execution of the contract. It is basically a composite supply of both services and goods, with the service element being dominant […]

GST on Design & Comprehensive Consultancy Services to Municipal Corporation

September 17, 2020 5481 Views 0 comment Print

In re INI Design Studio Pvt. ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Question-1: Whether Design and Comprehensive Consultancy Services from concept to completion for State-of-Art High rise office building provided to Surat Municipal Corporation covered under Entry No.3 of Notification No.12/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated 28.06.2017? Answer: Answered in the negative for the reasons discussed hereinabove. Question-2: Whether Consultancy […]

No GST on electricity or incidental charges collected by Landlord

September 17, 2020 3888 Views 0 comment Print

In re Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Vs (GST AAR Gujarat) Question 1. When landlord charges electricity or incidental charges in additional to rent as per Lease Agreement for immovable property rented to the tenant, is landlord liable to pay GST on electricity or incidental charges charged by it? Answer : The facts […]

Service to RUDA is Pure Service or not cannot be decided without relevant documents: AAR Gujarat

September 17, 2020 759 Views 0 comment Print

In re Anandjiwala Technical Consultancy (GST AAR Gujarat) Q. Whether the Rajkot Urban Development Authority (RUDA) (Accredited Department of Gujarat State Government) falls under the definition of Government Authority or a Government entity as defined under para 2(zf) & 2(zfa) of the Notification No.12/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and consequently Pure Service which the applicant is […]

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