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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 explains GST Rate applicable on Non Woven Bags

September 17, 2020 11163 Views 1 comment Print

In re Max Non Woven Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) Q.1 Whether the product Non Woven Bags manufactured through the intermediate product Non Woven fabric classifiable under Heading No. 5603 are properly classifiable under Heading No. 6305 or under Heading No. 3923? Ans. The product Non Woven Bags manufactured through the intermediate product Non Woven […]

Concessional GST rate not applicable to medicine or drugs, not ready for administering in human being

September 17, 2020 1905 Views 0 comment Print

In re Altis Finechem Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Gujarat) Q. 1 Classification of goods and determination of tax liability of product under HSN 2919 of following goods: Calcium-3-methyl-2oxo-valerate (Alpha-Ketoanalogue Isoleucine Calcium Salt), Calcium-3-methyl-2oxobutyrate (Alpha-Ketoanalogue Valine Calcium Salt), Calcium-4-methyl-2oxo-valerate (Alpha-Ketoanalogue Leucine Calcium Salt), Calcium-DL-2-hydroxy-4(Methylthio) butyrate (Alpha-Ketoanalogue Methionine Calcium Salt), Calcium -2 oxo-3-phenyl propionate (Alpha-Ketoanalogue phenylalanine Calcium […]

GST can be levied on notional interest on security deposit: AAR

September 16, 2020 18093 Views 0 comment Print

Notional interest has to be considered as part of value of supply of service, if and only if the said notional interest influences the value of supply i.e. value of RIS service / monthly rent and is leviable to GST along with monthly rent at the rate applicable to monthly rent.

GST advance ruling cannot be given on issue already decided

September 15, 2020 693 Views 0 comment Print

In re B and R & Co (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) In this case Deputy Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Sagar Division Madhya Pradesh had already decided the issue of getting credit of Entry Tax in TRAN-1 in his order dated 24.02.2020 in the applicant’s case of Entry Tax Act pertaining to period 01.04.2017-30.06.2017. Now having regard […]

Date of allotment of mines is time of supply under GST for Upfront payment

September 15, 2020 3021 Views 0 comment Print

In re Essel Mining and Industries Ltd. (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) Upfront payment made to the state Government is in the nature of advance from the date Of allotment of mines on lease to the applicant for the purpose of determining the time of supply under GST Law as per the Section 13(3) of MP […]

No GST on Scanning of answer sheets for educational institution

September 11, 2020 1614 Views 0 comment Print

In re Datacon Technologies (GST AAR Karnataka) Applicant were awarded a contract by the Bihar School Educational Board (BSEB) vide Work Order No. ST/281/18 DT dated 16.12.2018 for scanning of OMR Flying slip, OMR Marks Foil, OMR attendance sheet, OMR absentee sheet and finalisation of data. In view of the above, the applicant sought Advance […]

Land filling Pit is not a plant & machinery but a civil structure

September 11, 2020 3627 Views 1 comment Print

Civil structure involves engineering work at both levels i.e above and below the ground. We find that the applicant has performed civil work to create the landfill pits below the ground and therefore it is a civil structure.

GST on services provided by Housing Society to Members

September 11, 2020 3846 Views 0 comment Print

In re Gnanaganga Gruha Nirmana (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. The activity of maintaining the facilities at the layout from the funds collected from the members of the Society is a service attracting GST. The answer is Yes. 2. The contributions collected by the applicant from the member of the housing society either annually or once […]

No rectification of Advance Ruling if no error / apparent mistake

September 11, 2020 894 Views 0 comment Print

In re Durga Projects 86 Infrastructure Pvt (GST AAR Karnataka) We find that the applicant filed the instant application for ROM in the order No.17/2019 dated 25.07.2019, without bringing anything on record to negate the findings in the said order that the possession of land owner’s share of flats was not handed over to the […]

ITC restriction against diagnostic or investigative services

September 7, 2020 6738 Views 0 comment Print

In re Siddalingappa Palalochana Rakshit (Bangalore Medical System) (GST AAR Karnataka) In the instant case the applicant established a medical diagnostic laboratory to carry out diagnostic or investigative services of diseases. Thus the applicant qualifies to be a clinical establishment. It is clear, from the foregoing, that the services provided by the applicant are covered […]

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