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.
Income Tax : Only specified applicants such as non-residents, certain residents, and public sector companies can apply. The ruling clarifies ta...
Goods and Services Tax : The authority held that oxygen supply through installed infrastructure is a composite supply of goods. The key takeaway is that pr...
Income Tax : Understand when and how to file an advance ruling application under the Income-tax Act, 2025. The update clarifies eligibility, do...
Goods and Services Tax : Recent AAR rulings have raised questions on whether ITC on imports is subject to Section 16(4). While one ruling applies the time ...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether foreign patent filing fees attract GST. The ruling confirms such payments are taxable as import of services ...
Income Tax : From October 2024, applicants can withdraw advance ruling requests pending with the Board for Advance Rulings by October 31. Final...
Income Tax : This handbook aims to provide general guidance on the scheme of Advance Rulings under the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). I...
Income Tax : CBDT launches Boards for Advance Rulings in Delhi & Mumbai, providing tax clarity to investors and entities. Learn more about this...
Goods and Services Tax : New functionality to search for GST Advance Ruling Orders issued by Authority / Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling on GST Por...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR held that advance ruling applications cannot be based on hypothetical scenarios or academic questions. The Authorit...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR held that medicines, consumables, room rent, and ancillary services provided during inpatient treatment form part o...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala AAR held that used gunny bags sold after cattle feed manufacturing are reusable packing bags under HSN 6305 and not scrap. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala AAR rejected an advance ruling application after noting that the issue of GST applicability on member transactions had ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Authority ruled that the President and Members of the statutory temple board are not “directors” under GST notifications. ...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the constitution & members of the Advance Ruling Authority under Maharashtra VAT Act 2002. Detailed analysis on its implic...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies e-advance rulings (Amendment) Scheme, 2023 which amend e-advance rulings Scheme, 2022. Amendments are related to Boa...
Goods and Services Tax : The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, has issued Notification No. 02/2023 – Union Territory Tax on May 25, 2023. T...
Income Tax : F No. 189/3/2022-ITA-I Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) North Block, ...
In re NBCC (India) Limited (GST AAAR Delhi) Whether or not MoHUA, Government of India, is liable to pay GST on the sale of commercial built-up space? The appellant has contested that the construction activities and sale thereof are exempted from tax under Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) being in relation to a function […]
Rule 3(b) of Legal Metrology (Packaged commoditites) Rules, 2011, provides that the provisions of Chapter II of that Rules shall not apply to cement, fertilizers and agricultural farm produce sold in above 50 kg bags. Whether the coir-pith compost, which is also the bio-fertiliser, sold by the registered person, falls under this category and exempt from GST?
In re Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) i. Since the Government of Karnataka holds 99.99% of equity in the Corporation, whether the Corporation is considered as ‘Governmental Authority’ or ‘Local Authority’? Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited cannot be considered either as “Governmental Authority” or “Local Authority”. ii. Since the Corporation is fully […]
In re Suez India Private Limited (AAR Karnataka) i. Whether the services provided to Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board would be considered as a service provided to a governmental authority under GST Laws? The services provided to Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) would be considered as a service provided to a Governmental […]
Amounts received by assessee due to consideration, advance received on sale of small plots which have development work are not taxable under GST.
In re Dream Road Technologies Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Haryana) Q1. Whether GST Rate and HSN applicable to the monthly lease fees received from customers for leasing pre-owned Cars would be determined in accordance with serial no. 17 (viia) of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28- 06-2017 read with Notification No. 08/2018-Central Tax (Rate) […]
CAAR Mumbai held that Amazon Fire TV Stick/HDMI digital media receiver with dual core processor, dedicated Videocore4 GPU, 1 GB of memory and 8 GB of storage having a dual band, duel antenna 802.11 AC Wi-Fi is classifiable under CTH 8517 62 90 of First schedule of Customs Tariff Act, 1975.
In re D D International Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Haryana) 1. Whether GST would be leviable on export of pre-packaged and labelled rice upto 25 Kgs, to foreign buyer? Yes 1. Whether GST would be applicable on supply of pre-packaged and labelled rice upto 25 Kgs, to exporter on ‘bill to ship to’ basis i.e., […]
AAR ruled that ‘Bouquets’ made with dry parts of plants, foliage, flower buds, grasses, and branches of plants which dried, bleached, dyed, and coloured and sold with plastic foil packaging will be classifiable under Tariff Item No. 06039000 or 06049900 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, and would be exempted from GST
In re Anmol Industries Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) Finally, we proceed to appreciate the issue of admissibility of this application with reference to section 103 of the GST Act and for that purpose, we like to reproduce subsection (1) of section 103 of the GST Act which reads as follows: “Applicability of advance ruling.— […]
