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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 1827 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 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 1380 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


GST Payable on Sale of Religious books, DVD & CD by Charitable Trust

December 24, 2018 9009 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shrimad Rajchandra Adhyatmik Satsang Sadhana Kendra (GST AAAR Maharashtra) Appellant has contended that it is a public charitable trust with the main object of advancement of religious and spiritual teaching and is not engaged in any trade, commerce, manufacture, profession, vocation, wager or in other similar activities. Also, it is put forth by […]

Zero GST on Supply of printed Educational books specified by education dept.

December 24, 2018 54753 Views 0 comment Print

 In re M/s Shri Ashok Chaturvedi (GST AAR Chhattisgarh) Supply of specified printed Educational books by CHHATTISGARH TEXT BOOK CORPORATION as per the instructions of School Education Department CG [Loksikshan Sanchnalay] or as per instruction of various agencies of school Education Department CG such as Rajiv Gandhi Siksha Mission/SCERT/ office of District Education officer etc. […]

GST on retro-fitment of Twin Pipe Air Brake System on Railway Wagons

December 21, 2018 1500 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pew Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether retro-fitment of twin pipe air brake system is composite supply and what is the rate of tax thereon? The Applicant’s contract for retro-fitment of Twin Pipe Air Brake System on Railway Wagons is to be treated as Composite Supply, where the Twin Pipe Air Brake […]

GST on printing of Bible against order from foreign entity & supply in India

December 21, 2018 2502 Views 0 comment Print

In re Swapna Printing Works Private Limited (GST AAR West Bangal) The Applicant’s activity of printing the Bible under the specific orders received from The Gideons International is a supply of service classifiable under SAC 9989. The above service is supplied to the recipient located in India and the consideration is apparently received in INR. […]

GST on Construction of private railway siding for carriage of coal & oil fuel

December 21, 2018 6261 Views 0 comment Print

In re RITES Limited (GST AAR West Bangal) Whether construction of a railway siding by an entity other than railways is taxable under Sl No. 3(v) of Rate Notification on service Construction of a private railway siding for carriage of coal and oil fuel to Raghunathpur TPS, as described in the agreement between the Applicant […]

AAR cannot admit application where question raised is already pending or decided

December 21, 2018 801 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ashok Rubber Industries (GST AAR West Bangal) 1st proviso to section 98(2) prohibits this Authority from admitting any application where the question raised is already pending or decided in any proceedings in the case of the applicant under any provisions of the GST Act. It does not distinguish between stages or nature of […]

RCM U/s. 9(4) on transactions effected from 1.7.2017 to 12.10.2017

December 21, 2018 89076 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ms. Famous Studios Ltd. (GST AAR Maharastra) Question:- 1. Whether the exemption from payment of GST on reverse charge basis under section 9(4) of the CGST Act / SGST Act for receipt of supply of goods and / or services by us from an unregistered person is applicable irrespective of any threshold limit […]

ITC on Gold coins distributed to customers for Sales Promotion

December 20, 2018 50307 Views 0 comment Print

In re Biostadt India Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question :- The question or issue before Your Honor for determination is whether Input Tax Credit (“ITC”) can be claimed by the applicant on procurement of Gold coins which are to be distributed to the customers at the end of scheme period for achieving the stipulated lifting […]

Transaction under MSA between NES India & NES Abu Dhabi is a Zero rated supply

December 19, 2018 10908 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nes Global Specialist Engineering Services Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question :- Whether the transaction in question is a Zero Rated Supply or a Normal Supply under GST ACT? Answer :- In view of the discussions we hold that the transaction covered under the MSA dated between the applicant and NES Abu Dhabi […]

GST on installation of Comprehensive ‘CCTV based City Surveillance System’ for Maharashtra Govt.

December 19, 2018 15318 Views 0 comment Print

In re Allied Digital Services Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Comprehensive ‘CCTV based City Surveillance System’ can be termed as immovable property for following reasons: 1) CCTV based Surveillance System have permanently been fastened to the things attached to the earth. 2) The CCTV based Surveillance System cannot not be shifted without first dismantling it and […]

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