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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 1362 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 leviable on sale of TDR/FSI received for surrendering joint rights in land

January 15, 2020 9948 Views 0 comment Print

GST is payable at the rate of 18% (9% + 9%) on transfer of development rights or FSI (including additional FSI), under SI. No. 16, item (iii) of Notification No. 11/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated 28-06-2017 (Heading 9972).

Transformers’ supplied to Indian Railways covered under HSN ‘8504’

January 15, 2020 4488 Views 0 comment Print

Transformers’ supplied to Indian Railways, by the applicant, are covered under HSN ‘8504’ and Sr. No. 375 of Schedule III of the Notification 1/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and therefore subjected to GST@ 18%.

18% GST on Restaurant services at a place where Room Tariff is Rs. 7500 & above

January 15, 2020 9693 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kutting Fusion Hospitality LLP (GST AAR Maharashtra) As per Sr. No. 7(iii) of Notification No. 11/2017-CT(Rate) dated 28.06.2017. as amended, supply of food or drinks in a restaurant for consumption within the restaurant premises or away from the restaurant premises, where the restaurant is located in the premises of hotels, inns, guest houses, […]

12% IGST payable on import of Pharmaceutical Reference Standards

January 14, 2020 2412 Views 0 comment Print

The Pharmaceutical Reference Standards (Prepared Laboratory Reagents) imported and supplied by the Appellant and classified under Tariff Item 3822 00 90 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is covered under Entry No. 80 of Schedule-II to Notification No. 1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28th June 2017 attracting a levy of Integrated Tax at the rate of 12%.

No GST supply of coal or other inputs for electricity generation by JSL to JEL

January 13, 2020 6912 Views 0 comment Print

In re JSW Energy Ltd. (GST AAAR Maharashtra) The Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling is, hereby, held that the proposed arrangement of supply of coal or any other inputs by the principal i.e. JSL to the Appellant i.e. JEL for generation of electricity will be construed as job work. Accordingly, no GST will be leviable […]

GST on Filters manufactured solely for use by Indian Railways

January 10, 2020 1653 Views 0 comment Print

Filters manufactured by the Appellant solely and principally for use by the Indian Railways and supplied directly to the Indian Railways are classifiable under Chapter Heading 84.21 of the Customs Tariff. The classification of the subject goods will not change if the same are supplied to a distributor instead of Indian Railways and the distributor in turn affects the supply to the Indian Railways.

GST on transfer of business as a going concern

January 9, 2020 10611 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Rajeev Bansal and Sudershan Mittal (GST AAR Uttarakhand) Whether business transfer agreement as a going concern which consists of transferring under construction building project is covered under S. No. 12 of the Notification No. 12/2017 Central Tax (Rate) and its thus exempt from the applicability of GST? From the record we find […]

GST AAR cannot be filed by recipient of Services or Goods or Both

January 9, 2020 837 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case the questions, on which the applicant seeks advance ruling, are not in relation to the supply of goods or services or both being undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the said applicant, but in relation to the service/ s being received by them. Therefore the instant application is beyond the jurisdiction of this authority and hence is liable for rejection.

Exchange when goods are supplied within India and billing is to be done in foreign currency

January 8, 2020 38400 Views 0 comment Print

In case where goods are supplied within India and billing is to be done in foreign currency, which exchange rate to be applied rate prescribed for export of goods or for import of goods?

Fabrication of body building on Tippers, Trailers classifiable under SAC 998881

January 7, 2020 6129 Views 0 comment Print

The activity of fabrication of body building on Tippers, Trailers etc., merits classification under SAC 998881, under ‘Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing services’, in terms of Sl.No. 535 of Annexure to Notification No. 11/ 2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017.

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