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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 1827 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 1380 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 Abhivahan Shulk, Khanij sampada shulk, fee collected by UEPPCB

September 11, 2018 3504 Views 0 comment Print

In re Purewal Stone Crusher (GST AAR Uttarakhand) (i) Abhivahan Shulk is different, from toll tax and is covered under Service Code 9997 and to be “treated as ‘other services’ and is liable for GST. The applicant is liable to pay GST @ 18% as on date on the same under reverse charge in terms […]

IGST leviable on sale of Mizoram lottery tickets by distributor in Maharashtra: AAR

September 10, 2018 1134 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ecool gaming solutions private limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) In the present case, applicant is recipient of supply in the form of lottery and is located in Maharashtra. The supplier of lottery is the State Government of Mizoram which is located outside State .Therefore as per the provisions of Section 7(1) of the IGST […]

Input Tax Credit not admissible in respect of GST paid for hotel stay

September 7, 2018 102633 Views 1 comment Print

In re Posco India Pune Processing Center Private Limited (GST AAR Maharastra) Q.1. Whether Input Tax Credit is admissible in respect of GST paid for hotel stay in case of rent free hotel accommodation provided to General Manager and Managing Director of the company? Answer:- Answered in the negative. Q 2. Whether invoice for quality claim […]

Surveying Indian market for foreign group co. is Market Research not Support Service

September 5, 2018 6456 Views 0 comment Print

In re Asahi Kasei India Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question:- 1. Whether the service supplied by the Applicant under the Service Agreement dated 1 March 2013 constitute a supply of ‘Support services’ falling under HSN code 9985 ‘Intermediary service’ classifiable under HSN code 9961 /9962? Answer (i) The services provided by the applicant in the […]

Levy of GST Rate applicable in case of “Neem Seed”

September 5, 2018 15732 Views 0 comment Print

The Neem fruit is known as ‘Nimouli’ in Chhattisgarh and is collected in both fresh and dry forms and is used for making neem oil only, after drying the neem seed. Dry neem fruit is not generally used for trading for horticulture or agro-based commercial purpose i.e. dry neem fruit is not identifiable with seed commercially.

GST Rate on sale of Flats/Units under Affordable Housing Project

September 5, 2018 8415 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ideal Construction (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1.What is the rate of tax to be levied on the sale of Flats/Units to the prospective buyers? And whether registration of project under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is required? Answer :- The rate of tax to be levied is 12% (8% GST after deducting value of […]

GST on Job work Charges Related to Beer and supply of beer

September 4, 2018 4401 Views 0 comment Print

Supply of beer per se is not taxable under GST. What is taxable in the subject case is the job work which is a service provided by PIL to the applicant, for which they are receiving consideration.

GST on e-procurement Transaction Fee collected on behalf of ITE&C department

September 4, 2018 1824 Views 0 comment Print

In re Andhra Pradesh Technology Services Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Whether the e-procurement Transaction Fee collected on behalf of IT E&C department results in supply of goods or services or both, within the meaning of Supply as defined law? Reply : It is “Supply” as defined in SGST Act,2017 and CGST Act,2017. Whether the […]

GST on Excavation of Sand & Transportation service

September 4, 2018 30831 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. R. Vidyasagar Rao Constructions (GST AAAR Telangana) Broad category of Goods Transport services are classified with a 4-digit Code as Heading 9965. Under the said classification, ‘Land Transport services’ is a sub-classification with 5-digit Code i.e, Group 99651. The said sub-classification is further divided into four categories of services, each with a six-digit Service Code (Tariff). […]

Rate of GST on Ramming Mass & crushed quartz stones

September 1, 2018 9018 Views 0 comment Print

In re Raghav Productivity Enhancers Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Ramming Mass which is a Refractory Material, is classifiable under HSN code 3816 and would attract 18% rate of tax under GST (9% CGST + 9% SGST). Quartz powder obtained by crushing Quartz stones falls under HSN code 2806 and would attract 5% rate of tax […]

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