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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 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 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 payable on Receipt of prize money from horse race conducting entities

October 4, 2019 5385 Views 0 comment Print

Whether receipt of prize money from horse race conducting entities, in the event horse owned by the applicant wins the race, would amount to ‘supply under section 7 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 or not and consequently, liable to GST or not?

GST payable on amount collected by Rotary club for convenience of members

October 4, 2019 5640 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Rotary Club of Mumbai Western Elite (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question: – The amount collected by Rotary club is towards convenience of members and pooled together for paying meeting expenses, communication expenses, RI per capita dues, subscription fees to the Rotarian or Rotary regional magazine, district per capita assessment and the same is […]

AAR cannot determine levy of GST on Fees collected from overseas Investors

October 4, 2019 1692 Views 0 comment Print

It can decisively be concluded that the question posed by the Appellant i.e. whether the GST is applicable on the Investment Advisory and Management Fees collected from the overseas Investors, is beyond the jurisdiction of the Advance Ruling, and hence cannot be decided by the Advance Ruling Authority

GST Advance Ruling in case of Mohana Ghosh- Interesting facts

October 3, 2019 5223 Views 4 comments Print

In a recent ruling by the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), West Bengal, two interesting things occurred and this article tries to highlight the 3rd interesting thing which is missed out in the ruling of the AAR, so this is an interestingly interesting matter. The ruling was in the case of Mohana Ghosh, In Re […]

GST Registration requirement in another state is beyond AAR jurisdiction

October 3, 2019 2400 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant has raised a question, whether separate registration is required in the State of Karnataka for the work contract awarded to him in the State of Karnataka? In this regard we observe that the question raised by the applicant is outside the purview of this authority. The authority for Advance Ruling is created under SGST/UTSGST Act and thus ruling pronounced are applicable within the particular state only, it is for this reason that questions relating to requirement of GST registration in another state is beyond the jurisdiction of this authority and hence no ruling can be given.

GST payable on development of land into residential layout and sale as per JDA

September 30, 2019 19335 Views 4 comments Print

In re Maarq Spaces Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. Whether the activity of development and sale of land attract tax under GST?  In the instant case what the applicant receives as their remuneration for the provision of the services of development of the land and their subsequent activities related to the sale of the […]

GST on machines given to customers under RRC/PRC models

September 30, 2019 4554 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the applicant is liable to pay GST on the machines given to the customers under RRC/PRC models? The applicant is liable to pay GST on the machines / equipments given to the customers under the PRC Model but is not liable to pay GST on the machines / equipments given to the Customers under the RRC model.

Packaged food products are goods hence not classifiable HSN Code of Services

September 30, 2019 7101 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mountain Trail Foods Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) a) Applicability of rate of GST on the packed food products The sale of packed items like packaged food products which cannot be consumed as is basis and that needs further cooking operations and other packaged food products which are not processed by the applicant […]

Bus passes distributed to commuters & facilitation charges includable in value of service

September 30, 2019 1845 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Ascendas Services (India) Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) a) Whether the value of bus passes distributed by the applicant to the commuters is to be included in the value of facilitation charges as per section 15(2) of the CGST Act, 2017 and KGST Act, 2017?  The Value of the bus passes distributed […]

Air handling units & Air Ventilators are classifiable under HSN 84145910

September 30, 2019 13314 Views 0 comment Print

The Air handling units which are supplied by the applicant is classified under HSN 8415 90 00 and  The Air Ventilators which are supplied by the applicant is classified under HSN 8414 59 10.

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