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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 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 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 1377 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 Payable on Penal Interest for default in EMI payment: AAR

August 6, 2018 8001 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bajaj Finance Limited (AAR GST Maharashtra) Exemption for financial transactions under GST laws is only in respect of the interest/discount earned or paid for loans, deposits or advances. If the transaction, as in the subject case deviates from the above the same fails the test of being a ‘loan’, ‘deposit’ or ‘advance’, or […]

GST Payable on Cheque Bounce Charges

August 6, 2018 26910 Views 0 comment Print

In re Bajaj Finance Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Whether the Bounce Charges collected by the Applicant should be treated as a supply under the GST regime? In the present case, as per details presented before us, we clearly find that there is a clear understanding or agreement between the parties in the present case to […]

18% GST Payable on ‘Parts of Fuel Injection Pumps’ : AAR

August 6, 2018 7131 Views 0 comment Print

In re Maini Precision Products Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) Question 1-  Whether the ‘Parts of Fuel Injection Pumps’ are classifiable under Tariff Heading 8413 91 90? The Parts of Fuel Injection Pumps for diesel engines are classifiable under Tariff Heading 8413 91 90 as per the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 Question 2-  Whether the applicable […]

GST on landscaping & gardening Work Contract from government

August 6, 2018 46209 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nursery Men Co-operative Society (GST AAR Karnataka) Q. Whether landscaping and gardening work for government departments like BBMP, KSRTC, etc, through works contract attracts GST from this society? A. 1. The service of maintenance of parks provided by the society to the State Government, Central Government or a Local Authority (including BBMP) or […]

12% GST payable on Pallets & Box Pallets: AAR

August 6, 2018 24177 Views 1 comment Print

In re V Pac Cartoons India Pvt. Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) The applicant is desirous of knowing the GST rate applicable on the finished goods ‘Pallets and Box Pallets’  to enable him to levy and collect the correct rate of applicable GST. AAR held that The commodity “pallets and box pallets” are covered under HSN […]

Sale and purchase of DFIA licenses attract GST: AAR

August 6, 2018 60366 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/S Spaceage Syntex Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Duty Credit Scrips and DFIAs are not one and the same or similar at all. They are different incentives given to exporters with different conditions and have been separately defined and explained in different Chapters of the FTP. Even though both are an incentive to […]

Input Tax Credit not available on purchase of ‘Cash carry vans’

August 6, 2018 5898 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the GST AAAR Maharashtra ruling on Input Tax Credit for CMS Info Systems Ltd. on purchase of cash carry vans used for cash management business.

GST on whole (Sheep/Goat) animal carcass in its natural shape in frozen state supplied to Army

August 4, 2018 2124 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Monrovia Leasing and Finance Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Q.1 Whether the whole (Sheep/Goat) animal carcass in its natural shape in frozen state in different weight and size packed in LDPE bags without mentioning the weight and one or two such LDPE bags further packed in HDPE bags being supplied to Army […]

Admissibility of ITC- AAR allowed withdrawal of Application

August 2, 2018 1074 Views 0 comment Print

In re The KCP Cements Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Issues Under Consideration 1. Admissibility of Input Tax Credit of tax paid on inputs/ input services 2. Used in manufacturing cement  which is in turn used for setting up a Silo, and other bought out items used for setting up a Silo. 3. Classification of […]

GST on membership & registration fees paid by BCSBI members

August 1, 2018 13686 Views 0 comment Print

In re The Banking Codes And Standards Board Of India (GST AAR Maharashtra) Whether GST is liable to be paid on the contribution made by Members towards ‘Annual Membership Fees and registration fees’ to the Corups Fund of Banking Codes And Standards Board Of India (BCSBI) and recurring expenditure  being incurred? We find that the […]

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