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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


Lions clubs not required to register under GST: AAR

August 28, 2018 9333 Views 2 comments Print

In re Lions Club of Poona Kothrud (GST AAR Maharastra) Question :- Since the amount collected by individual Lions clubs and Lions District is for convenience of Lion members and pooled together only for paying Meeting expenses & communication expenses and the same is deposited in single bank account. As there is no furtherance of […]

ITC of goods & services used in erection of infrastructure for leasing to Telecom operators

August 28, 2018 14796 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vindhya Telelinks LTD (GST AAR Uttarakhand) Whether applicant is eligible for ITC of goods and services used for erection of infrastructure to which fibre cables are connected for leasing to Telecommunication operators? we observe that if the goods are movable from one place to another in the same position or liable to be dismantled […]

Blasting services are composite supply of goods and services: AAR

August 27, 2018 3633 Views 0 comment Print

In re Khedut Hat (GST AAR Gujarat) Whether the blasting activity carried out by the applicant is to be considered as a ‘supply of goods’ or ‘supply of service’? In the present case applicant uses explosives in the blasting activity at their client’s site. Thus it would be evident that blasting activity is carried out […]

GST Rate on Supply of minerals & erection work as work contract services

August 27, 2018 3240 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the applicant had awarded work to the successful bidder for Supply of Materials and Erection respectively. Therefore, the contract entered by the applicant is squarely falls under the works contract and falls under entry no. (ii) of S. No. 3 of the table of notification no. 11/2017 — Central Tax (Rate), Dated — 28th June 2017 as amended from time to time and corresponding notifications under and MPGST Act, 2017, the applicable rate of tax is 18% (9% under Central tax and 9% State tax).

GST on food, soft drink & ITC on Movie Distributor revenue share bill

August 27, 2018 16890 Views 0 comment Print

In re Jabalpur Entertainment Complexes Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) Q1. Whether GST @5% can be charged on food, soft drinks, and snacks sold in the Snack Bar & Food Court in terms of Notification no.46/2017; In respect of Question 1, we hold that the items supplied in Snack Bar and Food Court shall […]

18% GST Payable on works contract undertaken by MPPKVVCL

August 27, 2018 2997 Views 0 comment Print

In re Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd. (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) The applicant – Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited (MPPKVVCL) wishes to know whether clause (vi)(a) of Sr. No. 3 of table of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated the 28th June, 2017 is applicable on the works contract undertaken […]

IGST payable on transportation of goods by vessel under RCM

August 25, 2018 11667 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s Chambal Fertilizers And Chemicals Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) a. The applicant is liable to pay IGST on transportation of goods by vessel under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) under Notification No. 10/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. b. Regarding exclusion of any component of expenditure upon imported goods (Ocean freight) while determining their […]

Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is a Governmental Authority: GST AAR Rajasthan

August 25, 2018 4815 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/S PDCOR Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Whether service provided by the applicant is correctly classified under SAC Code 9983. Whether JDA falls under the definition of Local Authority or Governmental Authority or Government Entity.   Whether the services being provided by M/s PDCOR Ltd. in the said case are exempted from GST under the serial […]

No GST on Reimbursement of salary on behalf of foreign entity

August 24, 2018 5763 Views 0 comment Print

Whether GST is applicable on Reimbursement of salary on behalf of foreign entity? Applicant will not be liable to pay GST on Salary amount received from RMS and disbursed to the Crew.

GST on Service of printing of question papers for educational institutions

August 23, 2018 22554 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s. Edutest Solutions Private Limited (GST AAR Gujarat) The service provided  to educational institutions by way of printing of question papers for conduct of examination by such institutions would be covered by Sr. No. 66 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), as amended and Notification No. 12/2017-State Tax (Rate), as amended. Thus, as […]

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