If your favourite pastime is ordering food from Zomato and Swiggy, it may soon get costlier. From January, all food delivery apps will be liable to pay a 5 per cent goods and services tax, otherwise known as GST, on their restaurant services, per government orders. And this new charge may be offloaded to the users of…
Online app-based food delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy will now have to pay five per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST). This was decided at the 45th GST Council meeting on Friday. Many users on social media were upset with the decision, thinking they would have to pay more for deliveries under the new GST…
For the first time since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit India, the GST Council meeting on Friday in Lucknow will have all the members present physically. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting, and it will be attended by representatives of 28 states and three Union Territories to discuss…
There could be bad news for individuals who frequently order from online food delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy. Food delivery services offered by app-based e-commerce operators (ECOs) may soon attract Goods and Services Tax (GST). At the upcoming GST Council meeting to be held on September 17, one of the…