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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


No export of service if testing services are performed in India

February 25, 2020 5883 Views 0 comment Print

In re Syngenta Biosciences Private Limited (GST AAAR Goa) The Authority held that in terms of Section 13 (3) the place of supply of service is in Goa, India, since in the given factual situation, the samples/goods on which the testing service is to be performed by the appellant were made available by the service […]

IGST on vessel charter hire charges

February 24, 2020 21135 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ocean Sparkle Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Basic issue before AAR is whether the Tug Jupiter that the Applicant has let out under a charter for 730 days (with an option to extend the contract one year more) is classifiable under SAC 996602 as ‘Rental Services of water vessels including passenger vessels, freight […]

GST on transfer of Business unit from one state to other with Capital Assets & ITC utilisation

February 24, 2020 16833 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shilpa Medicare Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) From the record we find that the business of the applicant i.e., Shilpa Medicare Limited of Andhra Pradesh unit, as a whole along with the capital assets is being transferred as going concern to Shilpa Medicare Limited of Karnataka Unit for a monetary consideration. The applicant […]

GST on marketing & consultancy services to foreign company for Indian Customers

February 24, 2020 55830 Views 9 comments Print

In re DKV Enterprises Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether the marketing and consultancy services supplied by the applicant are liable under export of service or not? The applicant submitted that in the capacity of consultant, they will promote the sale of and solicit orders for the products throughout the Territory in accordance with […]

GST on additional facilities provided with accommodation services

February 23, 2020 2559 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri DMS Hospitality Private Limited (GST AAAR Karnataka) As regards the taxability of the charges for the additional facilities provided by the Appellant to Sodexo Food Solutions, it is seen that in terms of the agreement, the Appellant charges an amount of Rs 1,22, 893/- towards the following facilities:- (i) Washrooms and toilets […]

Remuneration to director attracts GST under RCM

February 20, 2020 25740 Views 0 comment Print

In re Clay Crafts India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) Clay Craft India Pvt Ltd has filed an application before the Rajasthan bench of the AAR to sought clarification on  Whether GST is payable under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) the salary paid to Director of the company who is paid salary as per contract and  […]

Services for facilitating supply of products without supply on own account is intermediary services

February 18, 2020 3987 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajendran Santhosh (GST AAAR Karnataka) In the pre-GST regime, an intermediary referred to a person who facilitates the provision of a main service between two or more person but did not include a person who provided the main service on his account. Similarly, in the GST regime, an intermediary refers to a person […]

Synopsis of 18 recent advance rulings under GST

February 17, 2020 10929 Views 0 comment Print

Article contains synopsis of 18 recent advance rulings under GST pronounced by Advance Ruling Authorities of Various States ‘Advance ruling’ means a decision provided by the Authority or the Appellate Authority to an applicant on matters or on questions specified in sub-section (2) of section 97 or sub-section (1) of section 100 of the CGST […]

18% GST on commercial services to electricity distribution companies

February 17, 2020 7101 Views 0 comment Print

Services being provided by the Applicant to BESCOM, MESCOM and HESCOM by way of construction erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, repair, maintenance, renovation or alteration of a civil structure or any other original works must predominantly be for use other than for commerce, industry, or any other business or profession.

GST on printing of content provided by customer on PVC banners & Supply of Such Banner

February 17, 2020 5895 Views 0 comment Print

In re Macro media Digital Imaging Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. The transaction of printing of content provided by the customer, on Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) banners and supply of such printed trade advertisement material is supply of service. 2. The classification of aforesaid supply of service is 9989 of the scheme of classification […]

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