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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


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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 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


GST on Non-Laminated Bags manufactured from HDPE/PP Strips

December 14, 2018 1470 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hariom Enterprises (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Whether non Laminated Bags manufactured by the Applicant from HDPE/PP Strips of width not exceeding 5mm, used for packing sugar (sugar bag), Flour (Flour bag), Food grain (Grain Bag) and other similar bags are classifiable under Tariff Heading 6305 or heading 3923 of the Customs Tariff Act […]

Contract involving supply of goods & services which are inter-connected & inter¬dependent is Composite Contract

December 14, 2018 864 Views 0 comment Print

In Re Data Matics Global Services Ltd. (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) (i) Whether a contract can be treated as Composite Contract under GST if it involves making of supply of goods and services which are inter- connected and inter- dependent on each other even though BOQ mentions separate value of goods and services. A contract […]

GST payable on reimbursement of delayed payment charges under SEBI regulation: AAR

December 14, 2018 933 Views 0 comment Print

In re SPFL Securities Ltd. (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Question – Taxability on delayed payment charges on reimbursement of amount by client to applicant, where client failed to pay amount paid to stock Exchanges for purchase of securities with T+1 (Trading day plus one day) under SEBI regulation norms and deducted by Stock Exchange from […]

Transitional ITC not eligible on Computers, Laptops etc.

December 14, 2018 12714 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ms Geojit Financial Services Ltd. (GST AAAR Kerala) The Computers, Laptops etc. used for providing output service would not qualify as inputs, though they are physically available as on 30th June, 2017, for the purpose of availing transitional ITC input tax credit of the VAT paid during the pre-GST period, under Section 140 […]

GST on Placement of specified medical instruments for use without consideration

December 14, 2018 4185 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Abbott Health Care Private Ltd. (GST AAAR Kerala) Placement of specified medical instruments to unrelated customers like hospitals, labs etc. for their use without any consideration, against an agreement containing minimum purchase obligation of products like reagents, calibrators, disposals etc. for a specific period constitute a composite supply, the principal supply being […]

GST on supply of medicines etc. via pharmacy of hospital run by taxpayer

December 14, 2018 34566 Views 0 comment Print

The supply of medicines and allied items to the outpatients through the pharmacy attached to the hospital run by the appellant is taxable under GST.

GST Payable on Cross Charge of Employee Salary : AAAR

December 12, 2018 24873 Views 1 comment Print

The India Management Office (IMO) of the Appellant is providing a service to its other distinct units by way of carrying out activities such as accounting, administrative work, etc with the use of the services of the employees working in the IMO, the outcome of which benefits all the other units and such activity is to be treated as a taxable supply in terms of the entry 2 of Schedule I read with Section 7 of the CGST Act.

Plastics Broom-Sticks is classifiable under HSN Code 96032100

December 11, 2018 26145 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Aristoplast Products Pvt Ltd (GST AAR Daman/Diu/DNH) 1. In the first case against Application dtd 12.09.2018 filed by M/S Aristoplast Products Pvt Ltd, Survey No 45/2-8, Vapi Daman main road, Dabhel, Nani Daman, Advance Ruling is given that the product Plastics Broom-Sticks is classifiable under HSN Code 96032100 as “Others” and the […]

18% GST Payable on Cheese Balls’ having up to 55% Cheese

December 10, 2018 3720 Views 0 comment Print

We find from the label/packaging of the goods that the percentage of cheese is not more than 55%, which indicates that though cheese is the major component of the goods but it cannot be said to be present in such quantity that it predominates or overwhelms the presence of other ingredients. It is observed that the percentage of other ingredients is as high as 45%, which should prevent the goods from retaining the character of cheese. Therefore acceptance of these goods as cheese would not be the correct position.

No GST Exemption on warehouse services used for packing & storage of tea: AAAR

December 10, 2018 7743 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Nutan warehousing Company Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAAR Maharashtra) Products stored in the warehouse of the appellant are not the agricultural produce, we come to the question asked in the advance ruling application filed by the them i.e. Whether the supply of warehouse services used for packing & storage of tea, under above […]

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