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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


GST on Sale by Sweetshop which also runs a restaurant

October 22, 2018 11049 Views 0 comment Print

In re Kundan Misthan Bhandar (GST AAR Uttarakhand) (a) whether supply of pure food items such as sweetmeats, namkeens, cold drink and other edible items from a sweetshop which also runs a restaurant is a transaction of supply of goods or a supply of service? The supply shall be treated as supply of service and […]

Comprehensive AMC is a composite part of supply & can be taxed: AAR

October 20, 2018 9972 Views 1 comment Print

(a) Whether supply of comprehensive annual maintenance service which may also involve incidental supply of spare parts/goods should be classified as a composite supply or mixed supply? (b) In case the said contract is considered as composite supply, what is the principal supply between goods or services?

GST on parts of fishing or floating vessels, Marine propellers etc.

October 20, 2018 3360 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Saraswathi Metal Works (GST AAR Kerala) i) The tax rate of Marine propellers, Rudder set, Stern tube set, Propellers shaft, MS shaft for couplings used as part of fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products are taxable @5% GST. ii) All parts of fishing / floating […]

GST on processing natural gas and other inputs received from BPCL

October 20, 2018 4587 Views 0 comment Print

In Re M/s. Prodair Air Products India (P) Ltd (GST AAR Kerala) i. The activity undertaken by the applicant of processing natural gas and other inputs received from BPCL free of cost basis and manufacturing industrial gases from them shall fall under the scope of ‘job work’ under GST. ii. The activity of the applicant […]

Industrial gases produced out of major materials supplied is Job Work

October 20, 2018 1482 Views 0 comment Print

The industrial gases are produced out of the major materials or inputs supplied by the applicant. The job worker uses some minor, ancillary goods to complete the process. The application of minor items by the job worker would not detract it being a job work. Therefore the processing undertaken by M/s. Prodair Air Products on the goods belong to the applicant, another registered person qualifies as job work even if it amounts to manufacture.

No GST on medicines, consumables etc provided during treatment

October 20, 2018 5925 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. KIMS Health Care Management Ltd (GST AAR Kerala) The supply of medicines, consumables and implants used in the course of providing health care services for diagnosis or treatment is exempted under the category ‘Health Care Services’. (GST AAR Kerala) The supply of medicines, consumables and implants used in the course of providing […]

No GST on Quit / lease rent to Kerala Govt for land used for agriculture

October 20, 2018 1950 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. The Cochin Plantations Ltd (GST AAR Kerala) As per Notification No.12/2017-CT (Rate)  Government has exempted intra-state supply of services covered under Heading 9986. As per this notification services relating to cultivation of plants or agricultural produce by way of ‘vacant land with or without a structure incidental to its use’ is exempted […]

Composite supply of materials & erection work is supply of service

October 18, 2018 1689 Views 0 comment Print

The composite supply of works contract as defined at Section 2 of CGST Act ‘2017 and MPGST Act, 2017 is treated as supply of service in terms of serial no.6, Schedule II of CGST Act ‘2017 and MPGST Act, 2017.

18% GST payable on Construction of residential flats for MPPGCL

October 18, 2018 3108 Views 0 comment Print

The activity in question definitely does not have any relation to the principal work of power generation entrusted by the state government to MPPGCL, and therefore the works contract service of construction of residential quarters would attract GST @18% (9% CGST + 9% SGST) in terms of Notification No.11/2017-CT Rate dtd.28.06.2017 and corresponding notification under MPGST Act 2017.

GST on services by Corporate Office to unit in other states as well

October 17, 2018 8529 Views 0 comment Print

The big question is whether activities performed by the employees at the corporate office in the course of or in relation to employment such as accounting, other administrative and IT system maintenance for the units located in the other states as well i.e. distinct persons as per Section 25(4) of the Central Goods and Services […]

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