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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 1698 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 414 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 1344 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


Pumps for sewage or waste is different from clear or raw water: Not eligible for 12% GST

January 17, 2018 4869 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Aqua Machineries Pvt. Ltd. (AAR Gujarat) In common parlance, when one refers to ‘water’, it is understood in the sense of clear or raw water and not in the sense of ‘sewage’. In commercial parlance also, ‘pumps primarily designed for handling water’ and ‘other pumps or pumps designed for handling sewage’ are […]

Laying of underground pipeline network is works contract & GST is Payable

January 17, 2018 15420 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. R.B. Construction Company (AAR Gujarat) A. Does the work executed and invoice to be raised for the pending event of testing and commissioning by the applicant after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax Act amount to supply, and specifically supply of works contract ? The work of laying of underground […]

GST on Specially designed water tank assembly specifically made for Indian railways

January 7, 2018 993 Views 0 comment Print

In re ASL Industries Limited (GST AAR Jharkhand) Specially designed water tank assembly specifically made for Indian railways is falling under the HSN Code-8607 and the same has been specified in the entry no- 241 in notification no- 1/2017 dated 28.06.2017 of schedule I as notified u/s 5 (1) of the IGST Act (act no-13 […]

Scope of Advance Ruling Under GST Law

December 30, 2017 5814 Views 3 comments Print

Article discusses Advantages of Advance Ruling under GST Law, Questions Specified Questions Specified for Advance Ruling under GST Law, Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) Under GST Law, Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) Under GST Law, Qualification and appointment of members of the Authority for Advance Ruling, Applicability of Advance Ruling

Geared Motor falls under HSN code 8501 attracting GST at 18%: AAR

December 13, 2017 23508 Views 1 comment Print

The applicant M/s. Power Build Private Limited has submitted that in manufacturing of ‘Geared Motors, Electric Motors are assembled with Gear Boxes manufactured by them. Commercially, a Gearbox cannot have any use without being rotated and coupled with motor affixed to it

GST AAR Ruling- Whether Pulses, processed dry fruits / Spices, Cereal are agriculture produce?

December 13, 2017 7404 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant, M/s. Guru Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd., has referred to notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, which inter-alia provides rate of tax as NIL for ‘support services to agriculture, forestry, fishing, animal husbandry’, and submitted that in their opinion,

GST Advance Ruling Authority cannot admit application on ‘place of supply’ issue

October 30, 2017 1827 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Pon Pure Chemical India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR Gujarat) (i) Whether the authority is within jurisdiction to admit application especially on the issue of ‘place of supply’? As the ‘place of supply’ is not covered by Section 97(2) of the Acts, this authority is helpless to answer the questions raised in the application, […]

Amendment in Rules of Appointment of AAR Chairman & Vice-Chairman

October 25, 2016 1948 Views 0 comment Print

Selection Committee.- (1) The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Authority shall be appointed by the Central Government from a panel of names recommended by a Selection Committee consisting of the following members,

Revenue sharing arrangements are liable to service tax: AAR

July 19, 2016 29583 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that a revenue sharing arrangement by creating a partnering person shall be liable to service tax if the partners are providing taxable service to one another in execution of partnering purpose even if the purpose of creating partnering person is non-taxable.

AAR cannot be applied for Transaction already pending before Tax Authorities

June 26, 2016 2287 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessee filed application with AAR for for determination of the question regarding taxability of its profits arising from offshore sales. The AAR rejected the applications as notice Section 143(2)/ 142(1) were already issued prior to the filing of the application before the AAR, the transaction in respect of which the ruling of the AAR was sought was filed before the date of the application.

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