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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 on Quarrying lease/license agreement for ‘BLACKTRAP’ material with State Govt

May 19, 2020 9168 Views 1 comment Print

In re Raj Quarry Works (GST AAR Gujarat) The Applicant has entered into Quarrying lease/license agreement for ‘BLACKTRAP’ material with the Government of Gujarat. Following are the Questions Raised by Applicant and Replied by AAR- (i) What is the classification of service provided in accordance with Notification 11/2017-CT (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 read with annexure attached […]

GST registration applicable to Medical Store run by Charitable Trust

May 19, 2020 5373 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nagri Eye Research Foundation (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether applicant is required to be register Medical Store run by Charitable Trust and whether any particular thing done by the applicant with respect to any goods or services or both amounts to or results in a supply of goods or services or both, within the […]

Supply under Automatic Fare Collection project qualifies as ‘composite supply’

May 19, 2020 1356 Views 0 comment Print

In re NEC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) Question 1: Whether the supply made by the applicant under the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) project would qualify as: (a) ‘works contract’ defined under section 2(119) of the CGST Act, 2017; or (b) ‘composite supply’ defined under section 2(30) of the CGST Act, 2017? Answer: The supply […]

No ITC on transportation of employees which is not obligatory under Law

May 19, 2020 3111 Views 0 comment Print

 If the facility provided by a taxpayer for transportation of employees is not obligatory under any law, for the time being in force then no ITC will be available to such a taxpayer. The applicant will however be eligible to claim ITC for the service supplied at 12% GST Rate if the conditions laid down in the second proviso to section 17 (5)b are satisfied.

GST on supply, erection, testing and commissioning of materials/equipments for providing rural electricity infrastructure

May 14, 2020 6204 Views 0 comment Print

In re ARG Electricals Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) 1. Whether the contract entered into with AVVNL as per the work orders combine of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of materials/equipments for providing rural electricity infrastructure qualifies as a supply for work contract under Section 2(119) of the CGST Act? ♦ The work undertaken by […]

Mining Support Service falls under HSN 998622 & attracts 18% GST

May 14, 2020 24810 Views 1 comment Print

Applicant is providing supporting service related to mining. The said service is classifiable under HSN 998622. The rate of GST on the said service is 18% (CGST 9% + SGST 9%) as provided under the Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 (as amended).

GST exempt on Project Management Consultancy’ Services to APRRP

May 13, 2020 5280 Views 0 comment Print

In re Consulting Engineers Group Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Project Management Consultancy’ Services provided to Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Engineering Department for Andhra Pradesh Rural Road Project (APRRP) for Road Construction can be termed as ‘Pure Services’ as referred in SI. No. 3 – (Chapter 99) of Table mentioned in Notification No. 12/2017 – […]

Reimbursement for Lost in hole/Damage Beyond repair of equipment /tools is classifiable as ‘Supply of Goods

May 13, 2020 8082 Views 1 comment Print

In re Halliburton Offshore Services Inc. (LIH) (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) It is observed that under Caluse-31 of the Contract, the Contractor (herein the Applicant) receives reimbursement from the Operator (herein the OIL) for loss of or damage to the down hole equipment and tolls. Sub-clauses (a) and (b) of the said Clause -31 specifies […]

GST on supply of mud engineering services along with supply of imported mud chemicals and additives

May 13, 2020 4086 Views 0 comment Print

In re Halliburton Offshore Services Inc. (Oil India) (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) (a). Whether the supply of mud engineering services along with supply of imported mud chemicals and additives provided on consumption basis by the Applicant under the Contract qualify as composite supply. it is observed that there are independent qualitative, quantitative and logistic (mobilization, […]

GST on supply of Dress, School Bag, Boots etc to students without consideration to Govt/Govt Aided schools

May 12, 2020 9048 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1 & 2 Whether the supply of educational aids to students such as school bags, footwear, geometry box, wooden colour pencils, crayons, woollen sweater to government and government aided schools based on the State Government educational policy for which the consideration is paid […]

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