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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


GST on development of land and sale of plots

May 4, 2020 15699 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case there are two activities involved, viz: development of land and sale of plots. The transaction relating to the sale of land is not a supply of either goods or service under GST (entry 5 of Schedule III of the CGST Act refers).

HC accepts plea challenging validity of provisions related to Constitution of AAR/AAAR

May 3, 2020 2544 Views 0 comment Print

Chambal Fertilisers And Chemicals Limited Vs Union Of India (Rajasthan High Court) The petitioner has challenged the constitutional validity of Section 96(2) of the Rajasthan Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 for short, ‘the RGST Act’) and Section 96 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (for short, ‘the CGST Act’) to the […]

GST Payable on auctioning of right to collect charges for vahana pooja

April 28, 2020 4686 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Malai Mahadeshwara Swamy Kshethra Development Authority (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. Regarding question no.1 related to the auctioning for collection of vehicle entry fees, question no.4 related to auctioning of service of tonsuring the heads of devotees, question no.8 related to the auctioning of right to collect service charges and question no. 10 […]

LED stem classifiable under CTH 94054090; 12% GST Payable

April 24, 2020 24822 Views 0 comment Print

In re INVENTAA LED Lights Private Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) What is the applicable GST Tariff code and GST rate for the supply of patent-applied LED stem (long bulb) with fittings when both are manufactured in the applicant’s factory and supplied as a single unit? Supply of ‘LED stem (long bulb) i:e. outdoor lighting fixtures […]

GST on IT software related consulting services in Oracle ERP

April 24, 2020 3213 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajesh Rama Varma (GST AAR Tamilnadu) In the instant case, the applicant provides IT software related consulting services in the area of Oracle ERP w.r.t Oracle Financials to Doyen for a consultancy fee laid down in the consultancy agreement. Therefore, the said activity satisfies the conditions of Section 7(1)(a) and is a supply […]

AAR Ruling on Applicability of GST Composition Scheme & Applicable Tax Rate

April 23, 2020 2991 Views 0 comment Print

In re Empathic Trading Centre (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. The applicant is eligible to be in the composition scheme under section 10 of the CGST Act, 2017 if the turnover of services of the applicant does not exceed ten per cent of turnover in a State or Union territory in the preceding financial year or […]

GST on parched / puffed gram Hurigadale / Putani

April 23, 2020 16257 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Bhagyalakshmi Trading Corporation (GST AAR Karnataka) What is the applicable rate of tax (GST) on parched / puffed gram (Hurigadale / Putani)? The puffed gram, commonly called as “Fried Gram” and as “Hurigadale” or “Putani” in Kannada are a. Exempt from tax under the CGST Act and Karnataka GST Act if they are […]

No GST on Selling of printed religious books

April 23, 2020 23331 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ideal Industrial Synergy Solutions Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether selling of religious books attracts GST?  If taxable, what would be the rate of GST and HSN Code & If exempted, the category of exempted goods and HSN Code? The supply of books by the applicant to the religious schools are supply of […]

Supply of software not designed specifically for any customer is Supply of goods

April 23, 2020 4794 Views 0 comment Print

In re Solize India Technologies Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. Whether software supplied by the applicant qualifies to be treated as Computer software resulting in Supply of goods? The supply of software supplied by the applicant which is not designed and developed specific to any customer and sold without any customisation, qualifies as “supply […]

HLA Typing received from overseas laboratory is health care services & Exempt from IGST

April 23, 2020 2247 Views 0 comment Print

In re DKMS BMST Foundation India (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. The services of HLA Typing received by DKMS BMST Foundation India from the overseas laboratory is covered under the definition of “health care services by a clinical establishment” and thereby is exempted from IGST leviable thereon and accordingly not taxable in the hands of the […]

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