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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 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


Conversion of Coal supplied in Electricity is Manufacture not Job work: AAAR Maharashtra

July 2, 2018 3732 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the implications of the GST AAAR Maharashtra ruling on M/s JSW Energy Limited regarding coal processing into electricity. Learn about GST applicability and manufacturing considerations.

18% GST on EPC Contract of solar power plant treated as ‘Works contract’

July 1, 2018 11796 Views 0 comment Print

The contract for Erection, Procurement and Commissioning of Solar Power Plant falls under the ambit Works Contract Services (SAC 9954 ) of Notification no. 11/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 June, 2017 and attracts 18% rate of tax under IGST Act, or 9% each under the CGST and SGST Acts, aggregating to 18%.

GST: Works Contractor to register in state where he has fixed establishment

July 1, 2018 11304 Views 2 comments Print

In re Jaimin Engineering Pvt Ltd (GST AAR Rajasthan) A supplier of service will have to register at the location from where he makes Taxable supplies or is supplying Taxable services if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds twenty lakh rupees (ten lakh rupees in any of special category states). While supplying services […]

GST on Supply of bus body on chasis supplied by principal on job work basis

June 30, 2018 2931 Views 1 comment Print

Activity of Body Building undertaken by the Applicant, carried out on the chasis supplied by the principal in the capacity of a job worker, would amount to ‘Composite Supply’ as define under CGST Act 2017/MPGST Act 2017;

GST on merger of proprietorship firm as a going concern with a private limited company

June 29, 2018 15873 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s B. M. Industries (GST AAR Haryana) The applicant, on merger of his proprietorship firm as a going concern with a private limited company, is not liable to pay tax under CGST/SGST Act on the fixed assets and currents assets including stocks of raw material, semi-finished and finished goods. The input tax credit […]

AAR cannot decide if a transaction is an inter-state supply or intra-state supply

June 27, 2018 870 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Fichtner Consulting Engineers (India) Private Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) The Authorised Representative of the Applicant was heard in the matter. They submitted that they are providing engineering consultancy services to a recipient in Chennai in relation to an immovable property, a coal mine located in North Karanpura Coalfields, Jharkhand for coal handling […]

Polysulphide sealants classifiable under CTH 32141000; 28% GST Payable

June 27, 2018 3789 Views 0 comment Print

In re Anabond Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) It is hereby clarified that the ‘Polysulphide Sealant’ manufactured by the applicant and marketed under the trade name ‘Anabond Tuffseald’ is classifiable under CTH 3214 10 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as applicable to GST as per Explanation (iii) to Notification 1/2017-Central […]

AAR cannot decide eligibility to claim Transitional Input Tax credit

June 26, 2018 1707 Views 0 comment Print

In re NSL Mining Resources India Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh)  1) Whether Excise duty , CVD and SAD paid on Capital Goods purchased prior to July 1st July 2017 on which CENVAT credit has not been claimed earlier, can be claimed U/s 140(2) of the CGST Act, 2017 in the absence of registration […]

GST on Information & amp; Communication Technology (ICT) @ School Project

June 25, 2018 3612 Views 0 comment Print

In re IL & FS Education and Technology Services Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question 1. Determining applicability of Entry No. 72 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June 2017 read with Entry No. 72 of Notification No. 12/2017-State Tax (Rate) dated 29.06.2017 to the services provided by the Applicant under the Information and […]

Mechanized cleaning of Agriculture produce at installed plant not attract NIL rate of GST

June 23, 2018 4215 Views 0 comment Print

The activity of mechanized cleaning of the various Agriculture produce like Saunf (Fennel) Dhaniya (Coriander), Jeera (Cumin seeds), etc. or the like goods which are brought to them by the farmers or by the traders does not fall under intermediate production process as job work in relation to cultivation of plants.

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