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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


AAR Not Admissible on Issue which is already pending before department

July 30, 2018 1287 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case as the question raised by the applicant in the application is already pending proceedings, in the case of the applicant themselves, the application is not admissible under the said provisions and therefore liable for rejection.

Recipient of service cannot apply for Advance Ruling

July 30, 2018 1059 Views 0 comment Print

In re Dr. Dathu Rao Memorial Charitable Trust (GST AAR Tamilnadu) An applicant can seek an Advance Ruling Authority in relation to supply of goods or services or both undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the applicant. In the case at hand, the applicant is the proposed recipient of the proposed works contract and […]

GST on deposit of diamond with safe vaults, Conversion in e-Units and vica versa

July 27, 2018 1725 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajarathnam’s Jewels (GST AAR Karnataka) a) Whether mere deposit of diamond with safe vaults acknowledged by Electronic Vault Receipts (EVR) would be treated as supply for the purpose of levy of GST? The mere deposit of diamond with safe vaults acknowledged by Electronic Vault Receipts (EVR) does not constitute of supply of diamonds […]

GST on Services by corporate office to unit in other states as well i.e. distinct persons

July 27, 2018 9882 Views 0 comment Print

In Re M/S Columbia Asia Hospitals Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the 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 […]

GST payable on amount billed by Taxi Aggregator on behalf of taxi operators

July 27, 2018 3618 Views 0 comment Print

In re Opta Cabs Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the money paid by the customer to the driver of the cab for the services of the trip is liable to GST and whether the applicant company is liable to pay GST on this amount? The applicant is liable to tax on the amounts billed […]

GST not payable on Good supplied outside taxable territory from a place located outside taxable territory

July 26, 2018 4119 Views 0 comment Print

In re Jotun India Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Q1. Whether the supply of goods which are moved from a place located outside taxable territory and are delivered at a place outside taxable territory, would be liable to tax in India under section 7(5)(a) of IGST Act? Answer :- Answered in the negative. FULL TEXT […]

Supply to SEZ units using coffee vending machines do not qualify as zero rated supply

July 26, 2018 5538 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s Coffee Day Global Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether supply of non-alcoholic beverages to SEZ units using coffee vending machines is in the nature of zero rated supply as defined under Section 16 of the IGST Act 2017 ? The supply of non-alcoholic beverages / ingredients to such beverages, to SEZ units using […]

Activity of pooling (amalgamation) of individual parcels of land is not a supply

July 26, 2018 2628 Views 2 comments Print

In re Gowra Ventures Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR Telangana) 1. Whether in the facts and circumstances the pooling of land by way of amalgamation of the separate parcels viz Land 1 and Land 2 as described in the ‘Statement of relevant facts’ would constitute a supply under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017and […]

GST on Printing / Supply of cheque books, Aadhaar Cards & Polyvinyl chloride cards

July 26, 2018 8565 Views 2 comments Print

In re K L Hi-tech Secure Print Ltd (GST AAR Telangana) 1. The supply of service to ‘educational institutions’ for conducting of examinations are eligible for exemption under entry No.66 of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dt. 28.6.2017. 2. The supply of ‘Printing of cheque books’ (where the paper is being supplied by the […]

GST on facilitating process for sale of CRS Software of foreign parent company

July 26, 2018 2463 Views 0 comment Print

The marketing, promotion and distribution services provided by the applicant to Sabre APAC would be subject to tax under the provisions of the GST Act.

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