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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 1722 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 429 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


When mobilization advance for works contract will be treated as supply

August 19, 2019 33840 Views 0 comment Print

In re Siemens Ltd (GST AAR West Bangal) Whether mobilization advance for works contract is supply on the date on which it stands credited on the supplier’s account? After the GST comes into force, the works contract is no longer divisible into a contract for the supply of goods and a service contract. It is […]

GST on loading and unloading services of yellow peas at port

August 19, 2019 4935 Views 0 comment Print

In re TP Roy Chowdhury & Company Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR West Bangal) Whether service of loading and unloading of yellow peas at the port is exempted supply? The Applicant renders the service of loading, unloading etc. after the cargo of yellow peas, imported from a foreign land, reaches the port of entry. The produce […]

GST on evacuation & disposal of ash from ash pond of thermal power station 

August 19, 2019 16290 Views 0 comment Print

In re Novel Engineering & Technical Works Private Limited (GST AAR West Bangal) Whether evacuation and disposal of ash from ash pond of a thermal power station is an exempted supply? Scrutiny of the work as described in para 2.2 reveals that the work involves earthwork, excavation, sloping and earthmoving services involving making of embankments […]

Whether printing of advertising material is a supply of service?

August 19, 2019 2901 Views 0 comment Print

In re Macro Media Digital Imaging Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR West Bangal) The Applicant prints billboards, building wraps, fleet graphics, window graphics, trade show graphics, office branding, in-store branding, banners, signage graphics etc., commonly known as trade advertising material, classified under heading 4911 of the Tariff Act. The recipient provides on a digital media the […]

Membership fee collected by Lions Club Poona will not be subject to GST

August 14, 2019 4371 Views 0 comment Print

Membership fee, collected by the Respondent from its members, will not construed as consideration for levy of GST; rather it is the registration fee, collected by the Respondent from its members for organising the skill oriented workshops, will be construed as consideration against the supply made by the Respondent to its members, and accordingly will be leviable to GST

GST Payable on Contributions from Club members for expending on meetings

August 13, 2019 4284 Views 1 comment Print

In re Rotary Club of Mumbai Nariman Point (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1:- Whether contributions from the members in the Administration Account, recovered for expending the same for the weekly and other meetings and other petty administrative expenses incurred including the expenses for the location and light refreshments, amounts to or results in a supply, […]

GST on Electricity reimbursements by Tenants to the landlords

August 9, 2019 35454 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Keysight Technologies International India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Much-awaited clarity was recently provided by AAR- Haryana wherein the applicant raised questions on Taxability of Electricity reimbursements by the Tenants to the landlords. There is this general practice wherein the Electricity connection is in the name of the building owners and Lease/Rent […]

No GST exemption on Deposit Work undertaken by State Transmission Utility

August 8, 2019 2994 Views 0 comment Print

In re Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) i. Whether the Deposit Work undertaken by Applicant is an integral part of supply of services of transmission or distribution of electricity? Ans: No. ii. Whether the Deposit Work undertaken by Applicant is ancillary to the principal supply of transmission or distribution of […]

Nicotine Polacriliex Lozenge classifiable under heading 38.24

August 7, 2019 2178 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Strides Emerging Markets Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) The instant product, Nicotine Polacriliex Lozenge, is rightly classifiable under the heading 38.24. Accordingly the product is covered under Serial number 97 of Schedule III to Notification No. 01/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and attracts GST at the rate of 18% (9% CGST, 9% SGST). […]

GST on Braided textile yarns used for making ‘Kalava Raksha Sutra’

August 7, 2019 1755 Views 0 comment Print

In re Malli Ramalingam Mothilal (GST AAAR Tamilnadu) Lower authority has held that the commodity manufactured by the appellant is a braided yarn made using a braiding machine and classified the Product under `CTH 5607- Twine, cordage, Ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed […]

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