Advance Ruling | To facilitate foreign investment into the country a number of steps have been taken by Government of India in the past. Setting up an Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax) to give binding rulings, in advance, on Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax matters pertaining to an investment venture in India is one such measure. The legal provisions of Advance Rulings were introduced through the Finance Acts of 1998, 1999 and 2003.

Application for seeking Advance Ruling under Income Tax Act 1961

Goods and Services Tax - Application for Advance Ruling: The applicant desirous of obtaining advance ruling may make an application stating the question on which advance ruling is sought....

Concept of Advance Ruling under Income Tax Act’ 1961

Goods and Services Tax - Advance ruling has been internationally recognized as A more or less binding statement from the revenue authorities upon the voluntary request of a private person, concerning the treatment and consequence of one or series of contemplated future actions or transactions....

Procedure on receipt of application by Income Tax AAR

Goods and Services Tax - In the last two articles, we have discussed the Concept of Advance Ruling under Income Tax Act 1961 and Application for seeking Advance Ruling under Income Tax Act’1961....

Circular versus ruling pronounced by Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling

Goods and Services Tax - The provisions of the GST Law allows a person to apply for advance ruling to get specific points clarified from the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR). The AAR is expected to clarify the question(s) raised in the application. However, if the Applicant or his jurisdictional officer is not satisfied with the ruling pronounced by the [&helli...

AAR Briefing on “Storage Charges or Renting of Immovable Property”

Goods and Services Tax - The Applicant is engaged in the business of distributing Rice, wheat, palm oil, Toor dal, and salt etc. under the Public Distribution System by the Government of Karnataka. The applicant stated that they are hiring a Godown of central warehousing corporation for consideration as storage charges and using for storage of commodities which c...

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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 of the CGST Act, 2017 to render ruling on issues specified under Section 98 of the CGST/SGST Act which are binding on respective tax authority and tax payers. Being aggrieved by said Ruling, […]...

Writ in Madras HC against constitution of GST Authority for Advance Rulings

Goods and Services Tax - Revenue Bar Association has filed and Writ Petition in Madras High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of declaration to declare: a) Chapter XVII of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, more particularly, sections 96 and 99 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 relating […]...

Host all GST advance ruling judgement at one website

Goods and Services Tax - ICAI has requested Government to host all the advance ruling judgement at one website either at CBIC or GST Council. ICAI is Apex Body of Chartered Accountants in India. The Authority for Advance Ruling constituted under the GST Laws, have been delivering its judgement regularly on the various cases before it. Presently, there is no [&hel...

Creation of two additional benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings (Income Tax)

Goods and Services Tax - The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to the following:- i. Creation of two additional benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings (Income Tax), one in New Delhi and one new bench in Mumbai; ii. creation of two posts of Vice-Chairmen in the Apex scale and four […]...

Concessional rate of tax for foreign oil exploration and production companies

Goods and Services Tax - Income of foreign companies providing technical services and data to oil exploration and production companies in India will be taxed at a concessional rate, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) on income tax has said in a recent decision. The ruling will be a big help to oil prospecting companies in India as they step up exploration ac...

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GST on Filters manufactured solely for use by Indian Railways

In re Parker Hannifin India Pvt Ltd, (GST AAAR Karnataka) - Filters manufactured by the Appellant solely and principally for use by the Indian Railways and supplied directly to the Indian Railways are classifiable under Chapter Heading 84.21 of the Customs Tariff. The classification of the subject goods will not change if the same are supplied to a distribut...

12% IGST payable on import of Pharmaceutical Reference Standards

In re Chromachemie Laboratory Private Limited (GST AAAR Karnataka) - The Pharmaceutical Reference Standards (Prepared Laboratory Reagents) imported and supplied by the Appellant and classified under Tariff Item 3822 00 90 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is covered under Entry No. 80 of Schedule-II to Notification No. 1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28th June 2017 ...

GST on ‘Reagents’ used for laboratory testing of water samples- AAR application withdrawn

In re HACH DHR India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) - In re HACH DHR India Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) Whether the applicants are correct in contending that the ‘Reagents’ used by the applicant for laboratory testing of water samples should be classified under Sl. No.80 of the IGST schedule-II at 12% under IGST Notification No.1/2017-Inte...

Fabrication of body building on Tippers, Trailers classifiable under SAC 998881

In re SLN Tech-Fabs (Bengaluru) Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) - The activity of fabrication of body building on Tippers, Trailers etc., merits classification under SAC 998881, under 'Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing services', in terms of Sl.No. 535 of Annexure to Notification No. 11/ 2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017....

GST AAR cannot be filed by recipient of Services or Goods or Both

In re Barbeque nation Hospitality Ltd. (GST AAR Karnataka) - In the instant case the questions, on which the applicant seeks advance ruling, are not in relation to the supply of goods or services or both being undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the said applicant, but in relation to the service/ s being received by them. Therefore the instant applicat...

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Attendance of jurisdictional officer for hearing of Advance Ruling

NO: GST/ARA/Maharashtra State/2018-19/B-49 Internal circular ARA No. 01/2019 - (03/04/2019) - Written submissions made by the concerned Officer /jurisdictional officer shall be approved by the jurisdictional Commissioner of Central Tax in case of CGST and Joint Commissioner of State Tax in case of SGST....

CBDT amends Income Tax Advance ruling Forms

Notification No. 31/2018-Income Tax [G.S.R. 647(E) - (13/07/2018) - Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2018- CBDT seeks unique number for identification of non-resident- CBDT amends Forms for advance ruling -Notification No. 31/2018-Income Tax Dated 13th July, 2018 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 31/2018-In...

Details of officers designated as Rajasthan Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling

Trade Notice No. 04/2018 - (13/06/2018) - This Trade Notice is being issued to facilitate the Trade to know the details of the officers designated as the Rajasthan Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling constituted in terms Section 99 of the Rajasthan Goods & Service Tax Act, 2017, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the Advance Ruli...

Appellate Authority For GST Advance Ruling in Maharashtra

Notification No. MGST-1018/C.R.38/Taxation-1 - (10/05/2018) - Government of Maharashtra, hereby constitutes an Authority known as The Maharashtra Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling for Goods and Services Tax The said Appellate Authority shall consist of the Chief Commissioner, Central Goods and Services Tax and Central Excise, Mumbai Zone and the Commissi...

Krishi Kalyan Cess not admissible as Input Tax Credit in GST Regime: AAR

No. GST-ARA-18/2017-18/B-25 - (05/04/2018) - Whether accumulated credit by way of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) as appeared in the Service tax return of Input Service Distributor (ISD) ON June 30, 2017 which is carried forward in the electronic credit ledger maintained by the company under CGST Act 2017, will be considered as admissible input tax-c...

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