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 IZ Kartex (GST AAAR West Bengal) From the facts of the case, it is seen that the IZ-Kartex named after Korobkov, the Russian company has entered into the MARC with BCCL. They have deployed DDP-N, an Indian company as the subcontractor. DDP-N in turn, issues invoice to the Russian company. Again, the Russian […]
ADVANCE RULING – Section 97 to 104 of Central Goods & Services Tax Act, 2017. Applicant: – Person registered or desired to be registered in the act. Section 97 Application for Advance Ruling Applicant sends the application in the form of GST ARA-01 along with the prescribe fees(Rs.5000) in the prescribed manner to Advance Ruling […]
Advance Ruling Name of the Applicant: Venkatasamy Jagannathan Order No. and Order date : 19 /AAR/2019 Dated: 21.05.2019 Authority : AAR(Tamil Nadu) Questions Sought by the applicant: Will the Profit Sharing Agreement between the applicant as an employee and the shareholders, attract GST in his hands? Brief Facts: The Applicant has stated that is […]
Whether building of body after utilizing and consuming owned materials and providing labour and further amount the same on chassis of the principal would amount to supply of Services? Whether it would amount to a composite supply consisting a small part of supply of goods and major part of supply of services. Supply of Services being principal supply therefore on the basis of provision of Sec 8(a) of the CGST Act the same should be classified as supply of service under HSN. 9988?
As per the Rule 33 of the CGST Rules 2017, Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Chapter, the expenditure or costs incurred by a supplier as a pure agent of the recipient of supply shall be excluded from the value of supply of all the following conditions are satisfied
In a recent ruling by the Maharashtra Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has maintained that the coaching centers are not eligible for exemption under GST and they will continue to pay GST @18% under the GST regime, even in cases where the educational services bear a ‘Nil’ tax for their educational services. The ruling came when a Mumbai based coaching […]
Advance Ruling | Section 11 | Entry No. 1| CGST Act 2017 | Exemption Related to Charitable Sector Serial No. 1 of Exemption Notification :- Exemption related to charitable sector ↓ Service by an entity registered under section 12AA of the income tax Act, 1961 by way of charitable activities ↓ Charitable Activities ↓ […]
Advance Ruling| Section 11 | CGST Act 2017 |Entry No. 74| Power to grant exemption from tax Overview of Sec 11 : Power to gran exemption from tax Central or the State Governments are empowered to grant exemptions from GST. Conditions are: 1. Exemption should be in public interest 2. By way of issue of […]
In re M/s S.K. Properties (GST AAR Karnataka) 1. The applicant sought Applicability of GST on Land owners share of constructed residetail flats, since Joint development agreement entered between Land owner and Builder entered before the commencement of construction of the building and Constructed residential flats handed over before completion. 2. If GST Applicable on […]
In re Reach Dredging Ltd (GST AAR West Bengal) It appears from Notification No. 311 dated 25/09/2012 of the Forest Department of State Government (now a Union Territory) that the recipient is constituted as an authority under section 3 (1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970 for preservation and conservation of Wular Lake. […]