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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


Marketing services under Foreign Immigration Advisor to Consultant Manager constitutes Intermediary services

June 1, 2019 9129 Views 0 comment Print

In re Mayank Jain (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1) Whether the Marketing services to he supplied by the Applicant under the Foreign Immigration Advisor to the Consultant Manager constitutes a supply of Support services classified under SAC 99S5 or Intermediary service classifiable under SAC 9961 /9962 or any other heading? Answer :- The services to be […]

18% GST Payable on Plastic handles for motor vehicle doors

June 1, 2019 4446 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Nexture Technologies Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The issue before us is in respect of classification of goods manufactured by the applicant. namely: Plastic handle for motor vehicle doors (including lever handle); Plastic fittings for such for motor vehicle’s doors such as Bracket, Housing, Bracket housing, Gasket, Stator; and Glove box locking. […]

GST Authorities of Advance/Appellate Rulings-Status Upto April 2019 

May 29, 2019 1137 Views 0 comment Print

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) constituted under the provisions of a SGST/ UTGST Act, in terms of the provisions of Section 96 of the CGST Act, 2017 to render ruling on issues specified under Section 98 of the CGST/SGST Act which are binding on respective tax authority and tax payers. Being aggrieved by said Ruling, […]

18% GST payable on leasing of immovable property for 99 years

May 28, 2019 28320 Views 0 comment Print

In re Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) Whether the Lease Agreement between the Applicant Company i.e. the lessor and the lessee for a period of 99 years is a sale of immovable property and outside GST and is exempt from levy of GST? If the present transaction of giving land on […]

GST on shifting of power transmission towers/lines to widen National highways

May 28, 2019 6336 Views 1 comment Print

In re National Highway Authority of India (Regional Office) (GST AAR Rajasthan) We observe that the applicant is a Central Government entity whose primary work is building roads and bridges. Shifting, dismantling and raising of transmission lines is done by the applicant as and when required for safe electrical clearances during the widening of the […]

18% GST payable on establishment of Solar PV Power Project

May 27, 2019 3129 Views 0 comment Print

In re McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether the activities carried out by the applicant under all 3 contracts entered for establishment of Solar PV Power Project can be treated as Composite Supply? If yes, whether the said supply can be classified under SI. No.234 of Schedule I of the Notification […]

AAR cannot decide which supply constitutes Export of Service

May 24, 2019 2106 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Sutherland Mortgage Services Inc. (GST AAR Kerala)  From the statements and arguments of the applicant, it is evident that the question raised is whether the supply made by the applicant would qualify as export of service as defined in Section 2(6) of the IGST Act, 2017. Therefore, the question essentially involves the […]

Services for Environment Protection of Forest exempt from GST

May 24, 2019 22023 Views 0 comment Print

In re Sri. Puthoor Unnikrishnan (GST AAR Kerala) The services for setting up fire lines, plantation of trees in forest, river maintenance in forest, clearing of truck path in forest are pure services that are clearly falling within the purview of the term “Protection of Environment ‘Road’ / ‘Fire Services’ as covered in 12th Schedule under […]

GST on Services of printing or reproducing contents of customers

May 24, 2019 26247 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the activity of merely printing or reproducing the content given by the photographers / retail customers on pen drive, CD, memory card or any other storage media will be classifiable under Service Code 998912 or 998386?

GST on supply/installation/erection and assembly of complete Air Conditioning plants

May 24, 2019 44562 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s Nikhil Comforts (GST AAR Maharashtra) We observed from the Contract submitted by the applicant that the major part of the contract is supply of goods. i.e. VRF Indoor & Outdoor Units, refrigerant piping with insulation, drain piping with insulation, MS stands, Cabling, Additional Refrigerant and associated electrical works etc. These goods are […]

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