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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 1713 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 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 129 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 420 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 1356 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 Ruling on Credit of Uttarakhand VAT Paid on construction material under GST regime

April 20, 2018 2916 Views 1 comment Print

Whether Credit .of Uttarakhand VAT Paid on construction material such as cement, sand, steel etc. held in closing as on 30.06.2017 is allowed to be carried forward as transitional credit as Uttarakhand GST under GST regime

Marine Consultancy Service provided to foreign ship owners do not constitutes composite supply with principal supply of consultancy service

April 18, 2018 6402 Views 0 comment Print

A. 1 Whether Marine Consultancy Service provided to foreign ship owners constitutes composite supply with the principal supply of consultancy service? A. 2 Whether the place of supply of MCS (as a composite supply) will be determined in terms of Section 13(2)(a) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax, 2017, i.e. the ‘location of recipient of service’?

Tax in India on salary to employee sent abroad for rendering services to a foreign company

April 14, 2018 16941 Views 0 comment Print

Based on the above facts, Salary paid by the applicant to the assignee, Mr. T.N. Santhosh Kumar in India, is not liable to be taxed in India in FY 2011-12 having regard to the provisions of the Act and the relevant Treaty.

5% GST payable on Royalty to Govt for right to use minerals

April 12, 2018 27615 Views 0 comment Print

In re Pioneer Partners (GST AAR Haryana) The services for the right to use minerals including its exploration and evaluation, as per Sr. No. 257 of the annexure appended to notification no. 11/2017-CT (Rate), dated 28.06.2017 is included in group 99733 under heading 9973. The royalty/dead rent paid/payable to the Government by the applicant is […]

AAR cannot decide on Questions of Zero rated supply / GST Refund

April 11, 2018 2061 Views 0 comment Print

In re Esprit India Private Limited (GST AAR Haryana) i. Taxability of services provided by Esprit India to its associate concern in Hong Kong EDCFE under GST regime. The services provided by Esprit India to its associate concern in Hong Kong EDCFE are taxable supplies, as discussed in para 6 above ii. Whether the services […]

Forfeited Issuance fee of Reward points is fee for supply of Services: AAR

April 11, 2018 3822 Views 0 comment Print

In case the customer does not or is not able to redeem the rewards points, within their validity period of 36 months from the date of issue, the reward points are forfeited by the applicant. Whether this amount of issuance fee retained/forfeited by LSRPL, would amount to consideration for actionable claims and subject to GST.

Truck mounted cranes falls under chapter heading 8705: AAR

April 10, 2018 4398 Views 0 comment Print

The product manufactured/supplied by the applicant, which is resultant of mounting/fixing of crane on readymade trucks/lorries bought by them from truck/lorry manufacturers such as Ashok Leyland, TATA, etc. and known as truck mounted cranes (TMC), is classifiable under heading 8705.

GST: Product ‘cryo container’ is classifiable under Heading 9617

April 9, 2018 3459 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Inox India Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Gujarat) As per the technical specifications of ‘cryo containers’ submitted by the applicant, it has double walls of aluminum, where the inner wall functions as inner vessel and outer wall functions as outer shell; Vacuum and Super insulation between inner vessel and outer vessel provides long […]

GST on bracket of cast iron used for hanging wash basin / commodes/ urinals

April 9, 2018 1392 Views 0 comment Print

Chapter Heading 7325 covers all cast articles of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included. As submitted by the applicant, the brackets and clamps of cast iron manufactured by the applicant are product of casting industry, inasmuch as on the rough CI Casting of the said product, the applicant does sand blasting and apply enamel to protect the product from rusting. The brackets and clamps so manufactured are not machined by the applicant therefore the same cannot be termed to have acquired the essential character as parts of sanitary ware.

Skincare preparations are medicaments for levy of GST: AAR

April 9, 2018 4209 Views 0 comment Print

Preparations for the care of the skin namely, Rupam (Pimple Pack) and Pailab (Anti-Crack Cream), in the list submitted by the Applicant of the Application are classifiable as Medicament under heading 3004 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. This ruling is valid subject to the provisions under Section 103(2) until and unless declared void under Section 104(1) of the GST Act.

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