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 Gitwako Farms (India) Private Limited (GST AAAR Rajasthan) We reject the appeal filed by the appellant and uphold the Advance Ruling dated 22.04.2019, rendered by the Rajasthan Authority for Advance Ruling, Goods & Services Tax, Jaipur, holding that supply of Branded Frozen Chicken packed by the appellant in individual LDPE bag in pre-determined […]
In re Commissioner, CGST (Respondent –NES Global Specialist Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.) (GST AAAR Maharashtra) We observe that Respondent had filed application before the Advance Ruling Authority asking for ruling as to whether the services being provided by them to their overseas client i.e. M/s NES Abu Dhabi in terms of the subject MSA Agreement […]
Technical laminated Fabrics woven out of strips below 5 mm fit fort use as Pond liner are Laminated Textiles Products and are covered under HSS Code 5911.
In re M/s Gifts on Airline Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Rajasthan) Classification of any goods or services or both. Admissibility of Input Tax credit of Tax paid or deemed to have been paid. Determination of the liability to pay tax on any goods or services or both. Since the applicant has withdrawn the application, […]
In re Cliantha Research Limited (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Question :- Whether the ‘Clinical Research’ services provided by them to entities located outside India is liable to CGST and SGST or IGST or is it eligible to be treated –as an export of service under section 2(6) of the IGST Act, 2017? Answer :- In […]
In re Wave Distilleries and Beverages Ltd. (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Whether Notification No. 31/2017 dated 13th Oct. 2017 is applicable on them? The application shall not be admitted as per the provisions of section 98(2) of CGST Act, 2017, as the question raised in the application is already pending with the state tax authorities, Aligarh. FULL […]
In re M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) 1. Whether facilitating the execution of works requiring modification/ augmentation/ shifting/ additions to the transmission system of RVPN at the specific request of the consumer/intending agency under Deposit Work is a `Supply’ in terms of Section 7 of the CGST Act, 2017? Facilitating […]
Valuable resources of the nation get wasted in pursuing the litigation in various courts of law before a final or conclusive view emerges out. Since, conventional methods of appeal and further appeals have proven to be time consuming and costly better way to manage disputes would be to have clarity in advance in which context the institution of ‘Advance Ruling’, needs to be fine tuned and strengthened on the above suggested lines which if done will go a long way in improving the dispute management.
The concept of Advance Rulings has global background and perspectives. The system is in vogue in several countries though procedurally there may be dissimilarities. The first document which shed light on this important concept is the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) which was published in 1997-2000. It contained articles by authors of various countries on the fundamentals of Advance Rulings
In re Chinnakani Arumuga Selvaraja, Proprietor of M/s Sri Venkateshwara Traders (GST AAR Tamilnadu) The product ‘Cattle feed in cake form’ manufactured by the Applicant is classifiable under Chapter Heading 23099010 and stands exempted as per vide Sl.No. 102 of Notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated 28th June 2017 as amended and Sl.No. 102 of Notification. […]
