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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


Toll charges not deductible from the value of supply under rule 33

November 2, 2018 2919 Views 0 comment Print

In re Premier Vigilance & Security Pvt Ltd (GST AAR West Bangal) Toll charges paid are not to be excluded from the value of supply under Rule 33. GST shall, therefore, be payable at the applicable rate on the entire value of the supply, including toll charges paid. The Applicant is not acting as a […]

Food supply to employees of unit in SEZ is not zero rated supply: AAAR

November 1, 2018 12195 Views 2 comments Print

Dive into the detailed analysis of the GST Appellate Authority ruling on Merit Hospitality’s service provision to SEZ employees. Learn about the implications and conclusions.

GST on street light services to municipal corporation not treated as pure services

October 31, 2018 9192 Views 0 comment Print

In re Superwealth Financial Enterprises (P) Ltd. (GST AAR Odisha) The services provided by the applicant by way of providing energy efficient street lighting services including OM of the street lighting infrastructure during the contracted period to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) do not constitute supply of pure services as it involves significant use of goods/materials […]

Slump sale of business as going concern to related party qualifies as supply

October 30, 2018 10617 Views 0 comment Print

Seller has agreed to sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to the applicant or to any affiliates as directed by applicant for the BPL business which would be transferred as a slump sale on going concern basis. BPL business means BP business, LS Business and PM business as going concern as outlined in ‘Definitions and Interpretations’.

GST on composite supply under ESCO model

October 29, 2018 2091 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shri Kailash Chandra (GST AAR Rajasthan) Whether the activity of Operation and Maintenance (O & M) of Fluoride control project on ESCO Model and O & M work supply of goods or supply of services and what shall be the rate of GST on it?  In the given contract, the activity of O […]

Recipient of services cannot file Application for GST Advance Ruling

October 29, 2018 1446 Views 0 comment Print

In the case at hand, the applicant is the recipient of the services and not supplier of such service. Accordingly, the Application is not liable for admission and therefore rejected without going into the merits of the case.

GST: Classification of automotive chains used in petrol & diesel engines

October 29, 2018 3993 Views 0 comment Print

In re Borgwarner Morse Systems India Private Limited. (GST AAR Tamil Nadu) Whether automotive chains (i.e., silent chains used in petrol engines and roller chains used in diesel engines) manufactured by the applicant are classifiable under HSN 8409 or 7315? “Roller chains” supplied by the applicant are classifiable under CTH 73151100 and ‘Inverted tooth chains […]

GST on long duration post graduate diploma/ degree granting programmes by IIM, Bengaluru

October 25, 2018 3564 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the long duration post graduate diploma/ degree granting programmes offered by the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru other than specifically mentioned in Sl.No.67 of Notification No. 12/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated 28th June 2017 as amended by Notification No. 2/2018 dated 25th January 2018 are exempted from the GST output liability on education as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognized by any law for the time being in force in the light of enactment of the Indian Institute of Management Act, 2017?

GST payable on amortised cost of tools which are re-supplied back for free

October 25, 2018 10641 Views 0 comment Print

The amortised cost of tools which are re-supplied back to the applicant free of cost shall be added to the value of the components while calculating the value of the components supplied as per the Section 15 of the CGST / SGST / IGST Act 2017.

GST on compensation cess supplied by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

October 25, 2018 1701 Views 0 comment Print

In re Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Question:-Whether HEVs supplied by the Applicant are leviable to compensation cess at the rate of 15% as prescribed under S.No.48 of Notification No.1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate) dt.28.06.17, as amended vide Notification No.05/2017-Compensation (Cess) Rate dt. 11.09.17? Answer – the HEVs supplied by the applicant are not covered […]

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