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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 1719 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 204 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 1368 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


ITC on Goods embossed with brand name given free of cost- CGST & SGST members differed

October 22, 2019 2055 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sanofi India Limited (GST AAAR Maharashtra) ITC eligible on Shubh Labh Trade Loyalty Program it is manifest that the Appellant’s act of providing the promotional goods and services under the Shubh Labh Trade Loyalty Program is certainly not an act of generosity, as the Appellant is not giving these goods and services to […]

Whether supply of stores in foreign going vessels is export under GST

October 21, 2019 10671 Views 0 comment Print

The Applicant’s supply of stores to foreign going vessels, as defined under section 2(21) of the Customs Act, 1962 Act, is not export or zero-rated supply, unless it is marked specifically for a location outside India. The Applicant is, therefore, liable to pay tax on such supplies under the GST Act or the IGST Act, as the case may be.

TDS under GST on supply of solid waste conservancy service to a municipality

October 21, 2019 1227 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Singh Transporl Agency (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether TDS is deductible on supply of solid waste conservancy service to a municipality under GST? The Applicant’s supply to the Howrah Municipal Corporation, as described in para 3.5, is exempt from the payment of GST under SI No. 3 of Notification No. 12/2017 – […]

Whether co-owners of a jointly held property are liable to pay tax as AOP

October 21, 2019 7368 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri Rabi Sankar Tah (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether co-owners of a jointly held property are liable to pay tax as an association of persons (AOP)? The Applicant and the other two co-owners cannot be treated as an association of persons and, therefore, as a person defined under section 2(84)(f) of the GST […]

No ITC of GST related to setting up of MRO facility for applicant

October 21, 2019 1425 Views 0 comment Print

In re Indag Rubber Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Q. Whether the applicant is eligible to claim credit of the GST charged by vendor at the time of supply of goods and services to it, which are used for carrying out the following activities for setting up of MRO facility which will be rented out: a. […]

Rejection of application by AAR without giving opportunity of hearing to Appellant is invalid

October 21, 2019 1311 Views 0 comment Print

The issue before us for determination is whether, the rejection of the application filed by the Appellant seeking Advance Ruling by the Lower Authority is as per the provisions of Law and Principles of Natural Justice.

AAR rejects application as same issue was already pending before another authority

October 18, 2019 969 Views 0 comment Print

The application filed by the applicant is rejected as not admissible in terms of first Proviso to Section 98(2) of the GST Act 2017, since the issue was already pending before another authority when the application was made before AAR.

GST on Services provided by Ordnance Factory Bhandara: AAAR

October 18, 2019 3432 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ordnance Factory (GST AAAR Maharashtra) Question: 1) Being a part of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, whether our organization Ordnance Factory Bhandara is liable to pay GST on the following supply of services: – a) Liquidated damages deducted from the payments to be made to suppliers in case of delayed delivery […]

GST on Starter Ring Gear, Universal joint Cross & Starter Ring Gear Flywheel Assembly

October 18, 2019 6192 Views 0 comment Print

In re EI-Chico Clutch Pvt. Ltd. (AAR GST Haryana) 1.  Whether parts namely Starter Ring Gear Flywheel Assembly, Starter Ring Gear and Universal joint Cross (U.J. Cross) supplied for use in motor vehicle is classifiable under HSN 8708 or 8483 and  What is the applicable rate of GST i.e. 28% or 18% on parts namely […]

AAR cannot give ruling on issue pending with SGST Authorities

October 18, 2019 774 Views 0 comment Print

Since the question raised in the application is pending with SGST Authorities under the provisions of this Act, therefore as per proviso to section 98(2) of the Act the said application filed by the applicant is hereby not admitted.

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