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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


AAR cannot specify how invoices are to be raised for composite supply

June 26, 2019 4065 Views 0 comment Print

In re Thirumangalam Sengodan Kumarasamy, Propreitor of Christy Fried Gram Industry (GST AAR Tamilnadu) . The applicant has asked a query whether it will be still a composite supply even if the invoices are raised separately for supply of food and delivery of the food. It is seen from the bid document that payment will […]

GST on interest, late fee penalty for services rendered before 01.07.2017

June 26, 2019 2190 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Chennai Port Trust (GST AAR Tamilnadu) The amounts received on or after 01.07.2017 towards interest, late fee penalty relating to the services of lease/rent, due to delayed payment of consideration for those services rendered by the applicant before 01.07.2017, are liable to GST. FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, […]

GST Payable on subscription received by Banking Institute from RBI for improvement in banking operations 

June 25, 2019 1398 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. National Institute of Bank Management (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1:-Whether consideration paid as subscription or contribution towards recurring or capital expenses or reimbursement or by whatever name called to National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM); a society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 by its members (being Banks) for its recurring and […]

28% GST on mere mounting of body on chassis supplied by owner

June 25, 2019 2775 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) i. The supply of ready built body and the activity of mere mounting the body on chassis supplied by the owner amounts to supply of goods and merits classification under HSN 8707, attracting 28% of GST. ii. The activity of step by step building of […]

GST on oil used for lighting lamp for God

June 25, 2019 20949 Views 0 comment Print

What is rate of tax for ‘Non- perfumed Deepam Oil’ which is prepared by mixing Gingely Oil, Palmoline Oil, Rice Bran Oil or any one oil without perfurme or chemical and used for lighting lamp for God (not for cooking) with HSN Code?

18% GST payable on railway pushing and towing service: AAR

June 25, 2019 3834 Views 0 comment Print

In re Champa Nandi (M/s Industrial Handling) (GST AAR West Bangal) Art 366(20) of the Constitution excludes from the ambit of ‘railway’ only (a) a tramway wholly within a municipal area and (b) any line of communication wholly situates in one State and declared by Parliament by law not to be a railway. The Parliament […]

18% GST payable on land filling and site preparation work: AAR

June 25, 2019 7980 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ashis Ghosh (GST AAR West Bengal) In terms of the description of the work, contained in the work orders, the Applicant is required to fill in the foundation or plinth by silver sand in layers and consolidating the same by saturation with water ramming. The work also involves earth work for filling in […]

GST: Ancillary supplies shall take colors from principal supply

June 25, 2019 2721 Views 0 comment Print

In this case stock broking service is the principal supply and all other ancillary supplies shall take colors from the principal supply itself and it shall be classified as principal supplies i.e. Stock Broking Services.

GST paid on inward supply of motor vehicles for supplying rent-a-cab service not admissible

June 25, 2019 2589 Views 0 comment Print

GST paid on the [inward supply] of motor vehicles for supplying rent-a-cab service is not admissible for credit in terms of section [17(5)(a)] of the GST Act.

Value for GST on goods to be adopted in respect of transfer to branches located outside the state

June 24, 2019 2187 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Specsmakers Opticians Private limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) The value in respect of supply of goods i.e. Lenses, Frames, Sun Glasses, Contact Lenses as well as Reading Glasses, Complete spectacles by the applicant to distinct persons being branches outside the state of Tamil Nadu shall be the open market value of such supplies […]

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