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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 1698 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 414 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 1344 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


GST under RCM Payable on transportation Charges of cotton seed oil cake

July 2, 2019 17067 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Sanjay Kumar Jain (GST AAR Rajasthan) The applicant uses service of GTA for transportation purpose, hence the applicant is recipient of service and concerned GTA is service provider. Being recipient of services the applicant is liable to pay GST as per the provisions mentioned in the above said Notification. Further, during the […]

No separate registration is required where imported goods are cleared under invoice from head office  

July 1, 2019 4521 Views 0 comment Print

It was held that as the Applicant need not take any separate registration in Odisha and can facilitate the transaction through Mumbai Head Office GSTIN, it appears to be correct to mention the GSTIN of Mumbai in the E-Way Bill and Dispatch place as Customs warehouse situated at Paradip, Odisha.

NDDB cannot be treated as Governmental Authority in absence of sufficient information: AAAR

June 29, 2019 2565 Views 0 comment Print

In re National Dairy Development Board (GST AAAR Gujarat) Member (Central) held that in absence of sufficient information, it cannot be determined whether M/s. NDDB is ‘Governmental Authority’. It is also held that exemption in not admissible to M/s NDDB for providing services of “Renting of Immovable property” Member (State) agreed with findings on first […]

Bengal AAR revisits its own ruling on ITC of GST on Motor Car to Cab Operator

June 29, 2019 4266 Views 1 comment Print

ANALYSIS OF AMENDMENT OF ITS OWN RULING BY AAR-WEST BENGAL ON NON ADMISSIBILITY OF ITC OF GST PAID ON INWARD SUPPLY/PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLE USED FOR SUPPLYING RENT-A-CAB/RENTING/LEASING/HIRING SERVICE Case Name : Mohana Ghosh, In Re Appeal Number : 06/WBAAR/2019-20 & 08/WBAAR/2019-20 Date of Judgement :  Original on 10/06/2019 & suo motto amended by AAR […]

Hotel accommodation services provided outside India attracts GST

June 28, 2019 31326 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s TUI India Private Limited (GST AAR Delhi) The applicant is supplying booking of hotel accommodation services. They are admittedly paying GST @ 18% (9% CGST + 9% SGST) on service fee / convenience fee commission received from clients and also on target based sales commission received from the foreign hotel aggregators (DOTW). […]

GST payable on amount received by society from Company for CSR programmes

June 28, 2019 8853 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (GST AAR Delhi) Q1. Whether Goods and Services Tax shall be leviable / chargeable on the transaction / agreement as per provisions of Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. . The amount received by the applicant from AICL is not in the nature of grant-in aid […]

No GST TDS on conservancy & waste management service to municipality

June 27, 2019 15894 Views 1 comment Print

Whether TDS notifications applies to conservancy and waste management service to a municipality and and whether he is required to obtain registration under the GST Act even if he is making exempt supplies only.

No GST on Renting of residential property for residence to company

June 27, 2019 57189 Views 1 comment Print

Whether renting a residential property for residential purpose to a company is an exempt supply under GST? It appears that the dwelling units rented to individuals, as described in the relevant contracts, are meant for residential accommodation. The dwelling unit rented to M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd is a flat in the housing complex named South City. The South City Apartment Owners’ Association certifies that the Applicant owns the flat and it is a residential flat and cannot be used for any other purpose. The said association further confirms that an employee of M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd is staying at the flat.

GST on dredging to improve navigability of river-bed and channels

June 27, 2019 1380 Views 0 comment Print

In re Arihant Dredging Developers Private Limited (GST AAR West Bangal) It appears from the description of the work that it improves the navigability of the river-bed and channels – an activity toward development of irrigation and waterways. It is, therefore, an activity in relation to the function listed under SI No. 5 of the […]

No GST on notional processing fees on loan to various Gujarat Government entities by GSFS

June 27, 2019 3000 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) Question – 1 The Applicant is providing financial assistance in the form of loan to various Government of Gujarat entities, whether all such Gujarat Stated owned entities and GSFS become related persons in GST? Answer: The relationship between Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd. and […]

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