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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 201 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 426 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 1359 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


Pattadar Pass Book cum Title Deed classifiable under CH 4820: AAAR

February 4, 2020 15645 Views 0 comment Print

In re Manipal Technologies Limited (GST AAAR Karnataka) Section 6B of the Telangana Records of Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 mandates that any person effecting transaction on the land such as sale or purchase or mortgage, such sale or purchase or mortgage document has to be registered before the registering authority by […]

Non-woven fabric bags called as ‘Rice Bag’ falls under HSN 63053300

January 31, 2020 6360 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ponraj (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Whether the category of product ‘Non-woven PP Rice Bags / Sacs’ falls under the classification of HSN 63053300 and its applicable of rate of tax is at 5%? 1. The Non-woven fabric bags called as ‘Rice Bag’ falls under HSN 63053300. 2. The applicable rate for the bag of […]

GST on Access Card printed & supplied based on contents provided by customers

January 31, 2020 6876 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pattabi Enterprises (GST AAAR Karnataka) (i) The ‘Access Card’ printed and supplied by the Appellant based on the contents provided by their customers is a supply of goods and is rightly classifiable under HSN code 4901 10 20 under the description brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter whether or not in single sheet. […]

GST on Contracts by Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board

January 31, 2020 3993 Views 0 comment Print

In re The Indian Hume Pipe Company Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1. Whether Notification No,12/2017- CT(R) as amended by Notification No. 02/2018-C.T.(R) dated 25.01.2018 S.No.3A is applicable to operation and maintenance part of Contract/s entered prior to implementation of GST? The exemption from CGST under Sl.No. 3A of the Notification No. 12/2017-CT (Rate) dated 28th […]

Electroplating is Supply of service classifiable under Heading 9988

January 31, 2020 25671 Views 0 comment Print

1. The activity of electroplating undertaken by the applicant is ‘Supply of service’ and is classifiable under Heading ‘9988- Manufacturing services on Physical Inputs owned by others’.

GST applicable on transfer of title in moulds

January 31, 2020 5511 Views 0 comment Print

‘Transfer of the title in goods’ is supply of goods. In the case at hand there is transfer in title of moulds for a consideration and the supply is in the course of business therefore, the same constitutes supply of goods and GST is liable to be paid on such supply.

GST on Mobilization Advance received prior to implementation of GST

January 31, 2020 4752 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1. Whether the Transitional Provisions under Section 142(11)(c), (Chapter XX) of TNGST Act, 2017/CGST Act, 2017 is correctly applicable for the remaining installments of “Mobilization Advance’, which transitioned into the GST regime and to be adjusted/deducted by the applicant post the implementation of GST […]

ITC on works contract services for leasing- AAR Allows Application withdrawal

January 31, 2020 1242 Views 0 comment Print

In re Smt. Kamalavadani Udayakumar (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Whether input tax credit can be claimed on works contract services when the output service is not for the purpose of sale but leasing out? The applicant vide her letter dated 16.01.2020 has stated that she had gone through the decision of the Hon’ble Authority for Advance […]

Question raised already pending before HC: AAR rejects Application

January 31, 2020 1116 Views 0 comment Print

In re Padmavathi Hospitality & Facilities Management Service (GST AAR Tamilnadu) The decision of the Honb’le High Court on the writ will be applicable on the GST authorities who are also the respondents in the writ. This Authority functions within the limitations prescribed under Section 97 and 98 of the GST Act 2017. In as […]

AAR have no jurisdiction to rule on place of supply of Goods/Services

January 22, 2020 1890 Views 0 comment Print

On perusal of the provision of section 97(2), we find that the question on the determination of place of supply has not been covered in the above set of questions, on which advance ruling can be given. Therefore, we do not have jurisdiction to pass any ruling on such questions which involve the determination of the place of supply of goods or services or both.

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