Laundry soap bars below 500 grams are classifiable as other soap taxable at 18% GST. Issue Whether laundry soap bars weighing below 500 grams (HSN 34011942) fall under Serial No. 251 of Schedule I as “toilet soap” attracting a 5% GST rate, or under Serial No. 66 of Schedule II as “other soap” attracting an… Read More »
Temple auction amount for human hair collection license is a taxable service under GST. Issue Whether the license granted via e-tender by a temple department to collect tonsured human hair constitutes a taxable “supply of service” under Section 7 of the CGST Act. Whether the exemption on the supply of human hair as goods under… Read More »
Both operational models of outdoor food delivery constitute a composite ‘Supply of Service’ under SAC 996334, attracting 5% GST without ITC. Both operational models of outdoor food delivery constitute a composite ‘Supply of Service’ under SAC 996334, attracting 5% GST without ITC. Issue Whether the two different models of food supply by an outdoor caterer—(i)… Read More »
Viscous Fan Drive Assemblies qualify as fluid couplings under Heading 8483 rather than general automotive parts, reducing the applicable GST rate from 28% to 18%. Issue Whether a Fan Drive Assembly designed for engine cooling in commercial and utility vehicles is classifiable as a fluid coupling under Heading 8483 or as a motor vehicle part… Read More »
PPA for rooftop solar constitutes a pure supply of exempt electricity, absolving the asset owner from construction tax or local GST registration. Issue Whether the construction and operation of a rooftop solar plant on a client’s premises under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) triggers a separate GST liability for construction services, and whether an out-of-state… Read More »
Inpatient Ayurvedic Treatment with Room Rent Under Five Thousand Rupees Is Exempt, But Outpatient Medicine Supplies Are Liable to GST Issue Whether the inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, including bundled medicines and room accommodation, provided by an Ayurvedic clinical establishment are eligible for GST exemption under Entry No. 74 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate).… Read More »
Biodiesel Blends with Seventy Percent or More Petroleum Oil Fall Under Heading 2710, While Blends Below Seventy Percent Are Classifiable Under Heading 3826 Issue Whether biodiesel-diesel blends of varying proportions (B20, B30, B40, B50, B60, and B70) are classifiable under Heading 2710 as petroleum oil preparations or under Heading 3826 as biodiesel mixtures, based on… Read More »
AAC Blocks Lacking High-Temperature Firing Process Do Not Qualify as Ceramics and Are Classifiable Under Heading 6810 Issue Whether Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) bricks/blocks manufactured for masonry are classifiable under Tariff Item 6904 10 00 as ceramic “building bricks” or under Heading 6810 as “articles of cement, concrete, or artificial stone” under the GST framework.… Read More »
ITC Admissible On Factory Tower Serving As Essential Structural Support For Plant And Machinery Issue Whether a 163-meter reinforced concrete tower (VCV Tower) constructed specifically to house and vertically align high-voltage cable manufacturing equipment qualifies as an exempt “foundation or structural support to plant and machinery” under Section 17(5), thereby making Input Tax Credit (ITC)… Read More »
Authority For Advance Ruling Rejects Maintainability Of Academic Application Based On Hypothetical Scenarios Issue Whether an application filed before the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) is legally maintainable when the queries are based on hypothetical, academic scenarios intended for future client advisory rather than an actual or proposed supply undertaken by the applicant themselves. Facts… Read More »