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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 1698 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 126 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 180 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 408 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 1341 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


Whether crushing of grains for distribution through PDS is exempt supply

February 10, 2020 1899 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sakshi Jhajharaa (GST AAR West Bangal) The Applicant intends to make the composite supply as above to the State Government. The recipient is, therefore, the State Government. The Applicant intends to crush the food grains belonging to the recipient and deliver the crushed grains to the recipient after packing. If the terms of […]

Question raised in application already pending or decided- AAR rejects application

February 10, 2020 831 Views 0 comment Print

In re Saisanket Enterprises (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) The judicial citations relied upon by the applicant have been duly perused and considered by us. However, we find that as per the proviso to Section 98(2) of CGST Act, the Authority shall not admit the application where the question raised in the application is already pending […]

GST on Online Supply of educational material to educational institutions

February 10, 2020 8493 Views 1 comment Print

The supply of services in the nature of subscription to the J-Gate by the educational institutions is eligible for exemption from GST under sub-item (v) of item (b) of serial no.66 of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 as amended by Notification No. 2/2018- Central Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018.

ITC not admissible on goods and services used in construction of warehouse used for letting out on rent

February 10, 2020 13677 Views 0 comment Print

ITC is not admissible on the goods and services received and used in the construction of warehouse used for letting out on rent as per the Section 17(5)(d) of CGST Act, 2017.

Carbonated beverages with fruit juice classifiable under CTH 22021020 or 22021090

February 10, 2020 9975 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Rich Dairy Products (India) Pvt Ltd (GST AAAR Tamil Nadu) AAAR upheld the order of AAR and held  that The products ‘Richyaa Darner Lemon’ and ‘Licta Lemon’ to be supplied by the applicant are classifiable under CTH 22021020 and all others i.e. ‘Richyaa Darner Cola’, ‘Licta Cola’, ‘Richyaa Darner Jeera Soda’, ‘Licta […]

‘A la carte’ services relating to employee relocation is neither a composite nor a mixed supply

February 9, 2020 1977 Views 1 comment Print

The ‘a la carte’ services provided by the appellant, relating to employee relocation is neither a composite supply nor a mixed supply in view of our discussions above.

AAR held supply of water as part of maintenance services despite separate contract

February 7, 2020 3297 Views 0 comment Print

In re Latest Development Advisory Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) In the instant case, we find that the applicant is providing services to the society (RWA) in two parts viz. all services of maintenance (other than supply of water) and supply of water. We further observe that as a general practice across trade and market, the […]

Warranty services with Volvo bus supply is composite supplies: AAAR

February 6, 2020 2307 Views 0 comment Print

The activities performed by the Appellant with regard to repair and servicing of Volvo vehicles for Indian customers during the warranty period is an activity amounting to a composite supply of goods and service for Volvo Sweden with the principle supply being a supply of service. The recipient of the supply of service is Volvo Sweden.

No ITC on goods or services used in construction of shopping Mall for leasing: AAAR

February 6, 2020 5319 Views 0 comment Print

In re Tarun Realtors Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAAR Karnataka) Restriction contained in Section 17(5)(d) is applicable to goods and services received by a taxable person for construction of an immovable property. When goods and services are received by a taxable person for construction of plant or machinery, there is no bar on eligibility to input […]

Commission earned from auctioning of flowers not eligible for GST exemption

February 5, 2020 1926 Views 0 comment Print

In re International Flower Auction Bangalore Ltd (GST AAAR Karnataka) The appellate authority for advance ruling set aside the ruling passed under section 98(4) of the CGST Act 2017 vide NO.KAR.ADRG 87/2019 dated 26-09-2019 i.e. Contention of the department appeal is allowed where in the question on which the advance ruling was sought for is […]

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