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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 1716 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 201 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 1365 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 Rate on supply of Solar Power Generating System

September 24, 2018 33138 Views 2 comments Print

In re Frizo India Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Applicable GST Rate on supply of Solar Power Generating System- In instant case the nature of work is of Erection, Procurement and Commissioning of Solar Generating System which falls under the ambit ‘Works Contract Services’ (SAC 9954) of Notification no. 11/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 […]

AAR cannot give ruling on how to Transfer ITC for claiming refund

September 24, 2018 786 Views 0 comment Print

In re Varun Beverages Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) How to transfer the portion of input tax credit as belonging to Sandila unit (covered by the infrastructure & industrial investment policy 2012 of the State of Uttar Pradesh for claiming refund of UP GST component paid in cash in the prescribed percentage of policy), lying […]

IGST payable on service given in Goa to person registered in Maharashtra

September 20, 2018 9888 Views 1 comment Print

In re Grasshopper Production (GST AAR Goa) Whether Event Management support services provided in Goa to a registered person in Maharashtra is governed u/s 12(7)(i) of the IGST Act, 2017? The Event Management support services provided in Goa to a registered person in Maharashtra is governed u/s 12(7)(i) of the IGST Act. Hence same should […]

GST on advance for sale of villas prior to issue of completion certificate

September 20, 2018 6300 Views 0 comment Print

In re Quattroporteluxury Homes LLP (GST AAR Goa) Determination of liability to pay tax on sale of villas after completion and obtaining necessary approvals from the competent authority The applicant has failed to produce supporting documents to prove that he has borrowed money from Mr. Zubin Dubash and the amount received by the applicant is […]

18% GST payable on Services for issuing PUC Certificate

September 20, 2018 32235 Views 2 comments Print

In re Venkatesh Automobiles (GST AAR Goa) Whether the service provided for issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate for Vehicles on behalf of State Government is exempted from the GST or not? The Activity of issuance of Pollution Under Control Certificate for vehicles issued by the applicant is not covered under SAC 9991 and is […]

After sale support services cannot be treated as composite supply: AAR

September 19, 2018 2994 Views 0 comment Print

In re Toshniwal Brothers (SR) Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) a) Whether pure and mere promotion and marketing services will be “intermediary services” for the purposes of section 12 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for determining the place of supply of such services? The contract of services supplied are not pure […]

AAR related to GST on eating joint / mess / canteen withdrawn

September 19, 2018 1527 Views 0 comment Print

In re Compass Group (India) Support Services Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) The Applicant vide their letter dated 10.08.2018 requested to permit them to withdraw the advance ruling application, filed by them on 20.04.2018, stating the reason that all the transactions of the applicant, that were subject matter of the questions raised in the advance […]

Tile adhesive and joint filler are taxable @ 18% GST

September 19, 2018 8688 Views 0 comment Print

The tile adhesive and joint filler manufactured by mixing natural products like silica sand, dolomite powder, cement and chemicals come under the category of ‘prepared binder’ specified under HSN 3824 which is taxable @18% GST.

GST on medicines & surgical items supplied through pharmacy by a hospital

September 19, 2018 7803 Views 3 comments Print

In re M/s. Ernakulam Medical Centre Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Kerala) i) Supply of medicines and allied items provided by a hospital through pharmacy to in-patients is part of composite supply of health care treatment and hence not separately taxable. ii) Supply of medicines and allied items provided by hospital through pharmacy to out-patients is […]

Transitional ITC not eligible on Computers, laptops etc. : AAR

September 19, 2018 2259 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant is engaged in providing various retail financial services like stock broking, share broking, marketing of initial public offering of companies and mutual funds, corporate advisory services etc. which were not taxable under VAT Law. Based on the transitional provisions

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