Do not have a meal in bakeries

Good to hear about the discrepencies .It would be good if the GST committee makes it mandatory to restaurants and bakery where they serve also to put a board mentioning the GST rates otherwise one should avoid those bakeries till they bring it down and post the details of the shop etc here. more  

To Whom It May Concern..... GST Rate & HSN Code for Pizza, Cake, Bread, Pasta & Waffles - Chapter 19 GST Rates & HSN Code for Mix & Dough, Piiza, Bread, Pasta, Waffles, Biscuits, Rusk & Waffles HSN Code Description Rate (%) Effective From CESS (%) Related Export / Import HSN Code 1903 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms. (sabudana) 5 28/06/2017 19030000 1901 Preparations suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale (inserted w.e.f 14/11/2017 : Malt extract, food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis not elsewhere specified or included [other than mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905 18 28/06/2017 19011010, 19011090, 19019010, 19019090 1902 Seviyan (vermicelli) 5 28/06/2017 19021100, 19021900, 19022010, 19022090, 19023010, 19023090, 19024010, 19024090 1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared 12 14/11/2017 19021100, 19021900, 19022010, 19022090, 19023010, 19023090, 19024010, 19024090 1904 All goods i.e. Corn flakes, bulgar wheat, prepared foods obtained from cereal flakes [other than Puffed rice, commonly known as Muri, flat-tened or beaten rice, commonly known as Chira, parched rice, com-monly known as khoi, parched paddy or rice coated with sugar or gur, commonly known as Murki] [other than 19041020] 18 28/06/2017 19041010, 19041030, 19041090, 19042000, 19043000, 19049000 1905 khakhra, plain chapatti or roti 5 13/10/2017 19051000, 19052000, 19053100, 19053211, 19053219, 19053290, 19059010, 19059020, 19059030, 19059040, 19059090 1905 All goods i.e. (deleted w.e.f 14/11/2017 :. Waffles and wafers other than coated with chocolate or containing chocolate; biscuits; Pastries and cakes (inserted w.e.f 14/11/2017 : and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products) [other than pizza bread khakhra, plain chapati or roti, [inserted w.e.f 14/11/2017 : bread, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products] Waffles and wafers coated with chocolate or containing chocolate, papad, bread] [other than 19053211, 19059040] 18 28/06/2017 19051000, 19052000, 19053100, 19053211, 19053219, 19053290, 19059010, 19059020, 19059030, 19059040, 19059090 1905 Pappad, by whatever name it is known, except when served for consumption NIL 28/06/2017 19051000, 19052000, 19053100, 19053211, 19053219, 19053290, 19059010, 19059020, 19059030, 19059040, 19059090 1905 Bread (branded or otherwise), except when served for consumption and pizza bread NIL 28/06/2017 19051000, 19052000, 19053100, 19053211, 19053219, 19053290, 19059010, 19059020, 19059030, 19059040, 19059090 1905 Pizza bread 5 28/06/2017 19051000, 19052000, 19053100, 19053211, 19053219, 19053290, 19059010, 19059020, 19059030, 19059040, 19059090 19054000 Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products 5 28/06/2017 19041020 Puffed rice, commonly known as Muri, flattened or beaten rice, commonly known as Chira, parched rice, commonly known as khoi, parched paddy or rice coated with sugar or gur, commonly known as Murki NIL 28/06/2017 19012000 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry and other baker's wares 5 28/06/2017 190532 Waffles and wafers coated with chocolate or containing chocolate 18 14/11/2017 190190 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis not elsewhere specified or included [other than preparations for infants or young children, put up for retail sale and mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905][other than 190110, 19012000] 18 14/11/2017 FREE support & training in English & हिंदी Get personalized updates & reminders for all GST filing deadlines Integrates with Tally & Excel Did you know? 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Oh boy. Can we make all these simple, please. From the above comments, I gather all goods and services are levied 18% except for food prepared food is levied @ 5%. If my interpretation is proper, then any kind of bakery item must have the 5% GST. more  

The GST must be revised to be in line with restaurants for items sold in bakeries . more  

GST Payment for Restaurants Restaurants registered under the GST composition scheme will have to pay GST at the rate of 5% of aggregate turnover, divided into 2.5% as SGST and 2.5% as CGST. Aggregate turnover will be computed on the basis of turnover on an all India basis and will include value of all taxable supplies, exempt supplies and exports made by all persons with same PAN, but excludes inward supplies under reverse charge as well as central, State/Union Territory and Integrated taxes and cess. Restaurants whose turnover is up to Rs. 100 lakhs per year are eligible to be registered under the GST composition scheme. In case of restaurants in the following states, restaurants with a turnover of up to Rs.75 lakhs can be registered under the GST composition scheme: Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura Himachal Pradesh more