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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 1713 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


Classification of Pulpwood supplied to paper mills and rate of GST

September 12, 2019 4968 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shree Rajarajeshwari and Company (GST AAR Karnataka) What is the Classification of Pulpwood supplied to paper mills and the rate of tax (GST) thereon? In this regard a Circular was issued by the Government of India bearing Circular number 80/54/2018-GST dated 31-12-2018 stating that representation had been received seeking clarification on applicability of […]

Warranty services with Distribution of Volvo buses is composite supplies

September 12, 2019 2460 Views 0 comment Print

In re Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the supplies made by the Applicant to Volvo Sweden is a supply of services and Whether the supplies by the Applicant amounts to export of services to Volvo Sweden and hence zero rated under GST law? Applicant-M/s Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles Limited  is not charging […]

Pre-sales marketing services by Indian Subsidiary to foreign parent are intermediary services

September 12, 2019 2655 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s Infinera India Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the activities carried out in India by the applicant would render the applicant to qualify as an “intermediary” as defined under Section 2(13) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter “IGST Act, 2017”) and consequently be subject to the levy of […]

Marketing & Pre-Sales Technical Support Services classifiable as Intermediary services

September 12, 2019 4962 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ansys Software Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) a) Whether Marketing & Pre-Sales Technical Support Services provided by the applicant will be classified as Intermediary services in terms of Section 2(13) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017? The Marketing and Pre-sales Technical Support Services provided by the applicant will be classified […]

GST on Agricultural Tree Climbing apparatus-Unipole Manually operated

September 12, 2019 3357 Views 0 comment Print

In re S.R.K Ladders (GST AAR Karnataka) What is the Classification of the goods manufactured by the dealer ‘Agriculture Tree Climbing Apparatus-Unipole Manually operated’- Principal raw material being Aluminium. In the instant case the goods in question “Agricultural Tree Climbing apparatus-Unipole Manually operated” is an agricultural implement and hence in common parlance it can be […]

ITC not eligible on incentives provided as gifts of goods & services

September 12, 2019 5499 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant is not eligible to avail input tax credit on the inward supplies of goods and services which are attributable to the incentives provided in the form of gifts of goods and services to the painters and dealers and other persons under the CGST / SGST / IGST Act.

TDS under GST not deductible by Co-op society not established by government

September 12, 2019 3546 Views 0 comment Print

In re Karnataka co-Coperative Milk Producers Federation Limited. (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether Karnataka co-Coperative Milk Producers Federation Limited is liable to deduct GST TDS under section 51 of CGST Act on the payments made to suppliers? The issue before us to decide is whether the applicant falls under any of the categories of the persons […]

ITC on capital goods used in erection, commissioning & installation of solar power plant

September 12, 2019 20502 Views 0 comment Print

Applicant seeks clarification on the eligibility of input tax credit in respect of inputs, input services and capital goods received towards erection, installation and commissioning of the solar power plant.

Value of components supplied by contractor to job worker for free not form part of Supply value

September 12, 2019 3663 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hical Technologies Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the value of free of cost supplied by principal not to be included in value of supply by job worker? The nature of supply done by the applicant is one composite supply consisting of two supplies – one relating to the manufacturing service on the […]

AAR cannot give ruling on GST on PMS Services Fee Paid by Non-resident client

September 12, 2019 3384 Views 0 comment Print

In re Banayan Tree Advisors (p) Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether they need to charge GST on the Portfolio Management Services provided to Non-resident client, where the client pays fee in foreign currency from their overseas account to the account of the Portfolio manager? It is clearly evident from the above that the place of […]

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