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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 1695 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 834 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 198 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 126 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 180 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 408 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 1341 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 2253 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 Power Bank used to charge portable devices: AAR Haryana allowed application withdrawal

May 4, 2018 3483 Views 0 comment Print

In re  EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Haryana) Question Raised- Whether the product power bank which is used to charge portable devices can be classified under heading 8504 – having description “Electrical Transformers, Static converters (For Example, Rectifiers) And Inductors? Held by GST AAR Haryana Before the applicant could be provided a personal hearing, […]

18% GST payable on railway track maintenance work: AAR

May 3, 2018 11355 Views 0 comment Print

The Applicant, stated to be an enlisted contractor engaged by the Railways for maintenance work of railway tracks, wants a ruling on the Classification and Rate of Tax when maintenance of railways tracks is done by them by providing contractors labour only in cases where the Railways supply materials free of cost and when maintenance of railways tracks is done by them by providing, both, contractor’s material and labour.

Advance Ruling under Goods & Services Tax (GST)

May 3, 2018 2721 Views 0 comment Print

Advance ruling means a decision provided by the constituted authority at the request of applicant on matters relating GST provisions. Unlike old Indirect Tax laws, it can be obtained by taxpayer on a proposed transaction as well as a transaction already undertaken.

Fabrication / mounting of bus bodies on chassis supplied by client is composite supply of Goods

April 26, 2018 4575 Views 0 comment Print

The activity of fabrication and fitting and mounting of bus bodies on the chassis supplied by the other party is a composite supply with supply of goods, i.e., bus-bodies, being principal supply (HSN code 8707) and it cannot be treated as Job Work.

GST on premium collected on behalf of Insurance Companies: AAR dismisses Application

April 23, 2018 1572 Views 0 comment Print

M/s Manipal Academy for Higher Education, University Building, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udipi, Karnataka — 576 104, (herein after referred to as MAHE / Applicant) having GSTIN number 29AAETM8695B1Z4, have filed an application, on 04.12.2017, for advance ruling under Section 97 of COST Act,2017, KGST Act, 2017 & 1GST Act,

GST on fees forfeited from students, Notice pay recovery etc.: AAR dismisses Application

April 23, 2018 5133 Views 2 comments Print

i. Whether the amount recovered from post graduate course candidates as compensation on certain contingencies, is liable to GST in the hands of Manipal Academy of Higher Education? ii. Whether the amount recovered from employees as notice pay recovery for not serving agreed notice period is liable for GST? iii. Whether fees forfeited from students on discontinuing the course, before the term, is liable to GST?

GST Payable on Services by way of transfer of a going concern: AAR

April 23, 2018 14922 Views 0 comment Print

In re Rajashri Foods Pvt. Ltd. (AAR Karnataka) The transaction of transfer of business as a whole of one of the units of the Applicant in the nature of a going concern amounts to supply of service. The transaction of transfer of one of the units of the Applicant as a going concern is covered […]

Cleaning services supplied to Railways are not exempt from GST: AAR Delhi

April 23, 2018 7674 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that the cleaning services supplied by the applicant to the Northern Railways are not exempted under S. No. 3 of the Notification No. 09/2017 — Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, as amended by Notification No. 2/2018 — Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018 and parallel Notifications of CGST and SGST.

AAR on GST on Supply of animal carcass in its natural shape to Army

April 21, 2018 1428 Views 0 comment Print

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 by applicant against tender shall qualify as product put up in unit container?

Advance ruling cannot be admitted if same issue is pending before any court

April 20, 2018 1413 Views 0 comment Print

M/s Crux Biotech India Private Limited (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Issue- The grain based extra neutal alcohol, which slab under somes in GST era. Is this comes under 18% or exempted or any other tax category? Held-  Under Section 98(2) Advance Ruling Authority shall not admit the application where the question raised in the application […]

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