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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


Latest News


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 132 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 1377 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


ITC on pre-engineered structure used in construction of warehouses

June 18, 2019 16326 Views 0 comment Print

In re Embassy Industrial Parks Private Limited (GST AAR Haryana) Q. Whether input GST credit can be availed by the Applicant on pre-engineered structures which is movable in nature and accounted as ‘Plant and machinery’ and not capitalized as an immovable property? Ans. As per the definition of immovable property contained in the General Clauses […]

No GST on Supply of goods from bonded warehouse to vessels 

June 15, 2019 20721 Views 0 comment Print

Supply from Bonded warehouse will fall under Schedule III of CGST Act and exempted from GST and supply from Non-Bonded warehouse will not fall under Schedule III of CGST Act and therefore not exempted from GST

No GST on Tanker water supply services with GPRS system help to local authority

June 13, 2019 20151 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the contract from Nagpur Environmental Services Ltd (NESL) Nagpur (a 100% subsidiary of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur) for providing services for the management of Non-Network Tanker with the help of GPRS system at Nagpur would be exempt from GST since it falls under the various exempt services in the article 243 W of the constitution of India as well as services rendered to a local authority,

GST rate on selling of space/ time for advertisement in print media for advertising companies

June 12, 2019 10854 Views 0 comment Print

In re Harmilap Media (P) Ltd. (GST AAR Uttarakhand) (a) applicability of GST rate on selling of space/ time for advertisement in print media in case of advertising companies; Selling of space for advertisement in print media by advertising company/ agency shall attract GST @ 5% [2.5% CGST + 2.5% SGST] in case of advertising […]

Notification No. 20/2018-CT (Rate) deals with refund of inverted duty structure only

June 12, 2019 9747 Views 0 comment Print

In re Uttaranchal Filament (India) (GST AAR Uttarakhand) Whether the meaning of word ‘lapse’ in Notification No. 20/2018-Central Tax (Rate) would mean lapse for refund or lapse for utilization of input tax credit for payment of output tax liability. Held- Notification No. 20/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 26-7-2018 deals with refund of inverted duty structure only. […]

Notification on TDS under GST not applicable on exempt supplies

June 10, 2019 20253 Views 0 comment Print

As Applicant is making an exempt supply, provisions of section 51 and, for that matter, Notification No. 50/2018-Central Tax dated 13/09/2018 to the extent they mandate and deal with mechanism of TDS, do not apply to his supply.

Input tax credit on motor vehicle purchase for supplying rent-a-cab service?

June 10, 2019 16608 Views 1 comment Print

GST paid on the purchase of motor vehicles for supplying rent-a-cab service is not admissible for credit in terms of section 17(5)(b)(i) of the GST Act.

No ITC for GST paid on purchase of motor vehicles for supplying rent-a-cab service

June 10, 2019 5166 Views 0 comment Print

In Re Mohana Ghosh (GST AAR West Bengal) GST paid on purchase of motor vehicles for supplying rent-a-cab service is not admissible for credit in terms of section 17(5)(b)(i)  The applicant was supplying cabs on a rental basis. It submitted that people take the car on rent for the transportation of passengers. Rent-a-Cab was, therefore, […]

Whether resuscitation of a river is an exempt supply under GST

June 10, 2019 3072 Views 0 comment Print

In re Neo Built Corporation (GST AAR AAR West Bengal) The recipient is engaged in the development of irrigation and waterways, which includes activities in relation to the function listed under SI No. 5 of the Eleventh Schedule. Resuscitation of a river means reviving the water flow. It is, therefore, relatable to the function listed under […]

Whether drainage of channels and riverbeds is an exempt supply?

June 10, 2019 3927 Views 0 comment Print

The recipient is engaged in the development of irrigation and waterways, which includes activities in relation to the function listed under SI No. 5 of the Eleventh Schedule, and, therefore, entrusted to a panchayat under Article 243G of the Constitution of India. The recipient certifies that the work awarded to the Applicant, involving drainage of channels and riverbeds, is an activity undertaken in relation to the function referred to above.

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