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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 1695 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 834 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 1335 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 198 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 123 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 180 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 402 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 1341 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 2253 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 bags made of Non-woven fabrics of Polypropylene/ 100% Cotton

November 28, 2018 3510 Views 0 comment Print

In re Senthilkumar Thilagavathy [M/s. JVS Tex] (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Classification of bags made of Non-woven fabrics of Polypropylene/ 100% Cotton (Grey Fabrics) used for packing of goods, commonly called as ‘Stick bags/Wedding Gift Bags/ Reusable Shopping Bags/ Draw-String Gift Bags/ Garment Bags, etc and its rate of tax payable under the GST Acts 1. Non-Woven […]

HSN code & GST Rate for Non-Woven and Cotton Bags

November 28, 2018 87036 Views 1 comment Print

In re Balu Ramamoorthy Sekar Proprietor of M/s.Savani Screens (GST AAR TamilNadu) 1. Non-Woven carry bags supplied by the Applicant are classifiable under CTH 4202 22 10 and cotton carry bags supplied by the Applicant are classifiable under CTH 4202 22 20. 2. Upto 14.11.2017, Non-woven and cotton carry bags supplied by the applicant were […]

GST payable on services by Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India

November 26, 2018 2847 Views 1 comment Print

In re The Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India (GST AAR Kolkata) The Applicant’s activities involve supply of services classifiable under SAC Heading 99959 against consideration received in the form of subscription and membership fees. Services classifiable under SAC Heading 99836 are also supplied. Sale of souvenirs is to be considered as a supply […]

GST on transportation service in contacts for erection of transmission towers

November 26, 2018 3486 Views 0 comment Print

In re Skipper Ltd (GST AAR West Bangal) The Applicant supplies works contract service, the value of which includes inter alia consideration paid for transportation and in-transit insurance. GST is to be paid on the entire value of the works contract, including the supply of materials, transportation, in-transit insurance, erection, commissioning etc. The exemption under […]

GST Advance ruling application rejected as not filed as per Rules

November 26, 2018 813 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant has already been reminded twice. The Application is hereby REJECTED as it has not been filed as per the act and rules of State GST act and/or Central GST act.

AAR cannot allow grouping of a Good under different HSN code

November 22, 2018 1209 Views 0 comment Print

In re Oriental Carbon & Chemicals Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Although, the applicant has submitted that it is supplying the goods in question in domestic market (i.e. within the Country) under the heading 2802 and charging GST @ 18% and intends to continue doing same yet it doesn’t seem logical that the same good for […]

External & Infrastructural Development Charges forms part of value of taxable supplies

November 22, 2018 4947 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ashiana Housing Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Q. Whether the amount of statutory charges, i.e. External Development Charges and Infrastructural Development Charges, recovered by the Applicant from buyers and paid further to respective government authorities will form part of value of taxable supplies being made by the Applicant? Ans: The clause (a) of sub-section […]

No AAR ruling on applicability of GST notification due to insufficient information

November 22, 2018 954 Views 0 comment Print

In re Madhya Pradesh Pashchim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) We find from the application that the Applicant has made a specific mention of Sr. No.3A to notification no. 12/2017, which provides NIL rate of GST for composite supply of goods and services where the value of supply of goods constitute […]

No AAR ruling can be given in absence of specific mention of services

November 22, 2018 855 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of provisions of Sr.no.3 and 3A shall depend upon the nature of supply and no carte blanche ruling can be given to the Applicant without mention of specific service.

No GST on Late payment surcharge related to electricity distribution & transmission

November 22, 2018 6660 Views 0 comment Print

The Delayed payment surcharge/ Late Payment Surcharge/ Surcharge on outstanding amount (by whatever name called) cannot be treated as separate service and same shall be included in the value of initial supply to which such charges relate, and the portion of Delayed payment surcharge attributable to exempted supply will be exempted and the portion of Delayed payment surcharge attributable to taxable supply is taxable at the rate on which the corresponding supply is taxed.

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