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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


Rubber Pad falls Under Chapter 4016 of GST Tariff Act 2017

December 11, 2019 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Rubber Pad falls under Chapter 4016 of the GST Tariff Act 2017 and attract GST @ 18% [9% CGST + 9% SGST] as on date. In re V K Enterprises (GST AAR Uttarakhand);

GST on printing of content provided by customer on poly Vinyl Chloride banners

December 10, 2019 3957 Views 0 comment Print

In re Macro Media Digital Imaging Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) 1. Whether the transaction of printing of content provided by the customer, on poly Vinyl Chloride banners and supply of such printed trade advertisement material is supply of goods? The applicant in the instant case takes up the supply of trade advertising material […]

Tamarind Seed falls under HSN Code 1207; 5% GST Applicable

December 10, 2019 15303 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Venkata Vijaya Durga Traders (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether Tamarind Seed attracts Nil Rate under HSN Code 1209 (Forest Trees Seed) or not? The Tamarind Seed as referred by the applicant is classified under schedule -I as per Sl-No. 70 of Chapter / Heading/ Sub – Heading/ Tariff Item of 1207 as […]

Tamarind kernel falls under HSN Code 1207

December 10, 2019 1374 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kalagarla Suryanarayana Son (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether Tamarind Seed attracts Nil Rate of Tax under HSN Code 1209 (Forest Trees Seed) or Not? Basic issue before us is whether Tamarind Seed attracts Nil Rate of Tax under HSN Code 1209 (Forest Trees Seed) or not. The appellant at the time of Personal Hearing admitted […]

Baked food having more than 20% by weight meat is classifiable under HSN 1601

December 9, 2019 2883 Views 0 comment Print

Chicken meat is used as a filling in most of the above products where bread or baked flour is used as the base. The baked product (sandwich, puff, patty, burger etc.) as distinct food preparations will survive even if the chicken meat is excluded from the filling. They are, therefore, not food preparations based on chicken meat. Such bakers’ wares cannot, therefore, be classified under HSN 1601.

Supply of print on flex material is supply of goods

December 9, 2019 18915 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sree & Co (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question 1: Whether supply of print on flex is classifiable as supply of goods or service? Answer 1 : The supply of print on flex is classified under Goods only as per Section 7 of CGST Act, 2017 read with Schedule -II SI.No.1 (a) of CGST […]

‘Flavoured milk’ merits classification under beverage containing milk

December 9, 2019 2757 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Chakra Milk Products LLP (GST AAAR Andhra Pradesh) Ruling of AAR is upheld. ‘Flavoured milk’ merits classification under beverage containing milk under tariff heading 2202 90 30 with the applicable rate of tax @ 12% GST (6% CGST + 6% SGST) under entry no. 50 of Schedule II of Notification No.1/2017 – […]

Time barred ARA order rectification application not maintainable

December 3, 2019 780 Views 0 comment Print

Further, the applicant has filed rectification application on 10.10.2019 which is beyond the statutory limit of six months as prescribed under Section 102 of CGST Act/MGST Act, 2017. It is delayed and barred by limitation. Therefore, the said application is not found tenable under scope of rectification. Hence it is rejected.

AAR allows ‘Life Health Foods’ to withdraw application

December 3, 2019 848 Views 0 comment Print

In re Life Health Foods India Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Application in GST ARA Form No. 01 of M/s. Life Health Foods India Pvt Ltd., vide reference ARA No. 44 dated 18.09.2019, is disposed of, as being withdrawn voluntarily and unconditionally. FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA PROCEEDINGS (under […]

AAR not allowed to answer question raised by Non-supplier

December 3, 2019 996 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant have themselves submitted that the scrap is the property of the vendors. Hence question with respect to taxability of sale/supply of such scrap can be raised only by the concerned vendors and not by the applicant. Hence in view of the provisions of Section 95 of the GST Act, since the supply of scrap, will not be undertaken/is proposed to be undertaken, by  the applicant, we are of the opinion that this authority is not allowed to answer the question raised by the applicant, being out of the purview of sec. 95 of CGST Act.

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