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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


Instrument Cluster is covered under HSN 8708 as parts of motor vehicle

June 10, 2019 10797 Views 0 comment Print

In re Imperial Motor Stores (GST AAR Maharashtra) Undisputed facts of the present case is that the applicant supply ‘clusters’ in which several instruments are clustered. Thus, there is no supply of individual instrument. We agree with the contention of the jurisdiction officer that Electronic cluster is the distinct product having distinct name, use from […]

Upgrading navigability of Mandarmoni River is exempt supply under GST

June 10, 2019 1005 Views 0 comment Print

The recipient is engaged in the development of fisheries. The term ‘fisheries’ is typically defined in terms of the people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats, the purpose of the activities or a combination of the preceding features.

Online / Offline tendering is Supply of Goods & Services

June 10, 2019 21240 Views 0 comment Print

In re Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (GST AAR Maharashtra) Q. 1. Whether online tendering to be considered as Supply of Goods or Supply of Services. Ans: Online tendering will be considered as Supply of Services, Q 2. Whether offline tendering to be considered as Supply of Goods or Supply of Services. Ans: Offline tendering in […]

Residue left after peeling of wood is waste/scrap attracting 5% GST

June 10, 2019 5637 Views 0 comment Print

In re Parvatiya Plywood (P) Ltd. (GST AAR Uttarakhand) (i) The residue left after peeling of wood is to be called as wood waste/scrap and is classifiable under Chapter Heading 4401 31 00 or 4401 39 00 and will attract GST @ 5% as on date. (ii) The forfeited amount pertains to service and is […]

Question on Assessment of supplies based on taxability out of purview of AAR

June 7, 2019 954 Views 0 comment Print

In re Cummins Technologies India Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The applicant has sought clarification in respect of various services rendered by them to their group company situated abroad, as to whether such services being supplied by them for consideration to an overseas group company, the liability to pay tax on the subject supplies can […]

AAR cannot decide on whether member or Non member of Society will be at par

June 4, 2019 1956 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kabra Galaxy Star 3 Co-Op Housing Society (GST AAR Maharashtra) The question asked is, whether members of the society will be at par with the other individual flat owners who are not members. Section 97(2), which encompasses the questions, for the ruling by the AAR does not cover the question raised by the […]

GST on printing of question papers on behalf of educational institution

June 3, 2019 2886 Views 0 comment Print

In re Maxwell Co. Pvt (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Question 1 Whether activity of printing of question papers on behalf of educational institution can be classified as activity of supply of goods or supply of services? Answer 1:- The activity of printing of question papers by the applicant is activity of supply of services classifiable […]

Supply of packed Food items/Drinks & cooked item at railway platforms is Supply of Services

June 3, 2019 2967 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajeev Kumar Garg (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) (1) Whether supply of food items at GMUs (General Minor Units) at Railway Platforms which include only counter sale of packed food items, drinks and cooked item shall be treated as ‘Sale of Goods’ or ‘Sale of Service’? Ans 1:– Supply of Food items at GMUs […]

GST on Filter Elements & Air Filter Assembly as parts for Diesel Electric Locomotives

June 3, 2019 4842 Views 0 comment Print

In re G S Products (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) (a) Whether they are correct in their classification of the filter Elements & Air Filter Assembly mentioned above as parts for Diesel Electric Locomotive for Indian Railways under Tariff Heading 8607 in GST regime or not? Ans: Yes, The correct classification of the Filter Elements & […]

GST on goods and services supplied to implement and maintain Software VC up to Gram Panchayat Government offices

June 3, 2019 4017 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/S Vedant Synergy Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) The goods and services supplied by the applicant are classifiable under HSN 998316 (Information technology infrastructure and network management services) attracting GST @ 18% (SGST 9% + CGST 9%). FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING RAJASTHAN Note: Under Section 100 of the CGST/RGST […]

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