Will ordering food from Zomato, Swiggy be expensive? What will be the effect of the decision of the GST Council on you

On Friday, the 45th meeting of the GST Council was held in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, before this meeting, it was being speculated that ordering food from food delivery apps like Swiggy, Zomato may now cost customers a bit, and on delivery in this council. GST rates can be increased. But it did not happen.. Today we will tell you what important things happened in the GST Council regarding food delivery and how it will affect you.

no restaurant Zomato, Swiggy will charge GST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that instead of restaurants, food delivery apps will now charge GST. This means that the food delivery app Zomato, Swiggy will charge 5 percent GST instead of the restaurant from where the food will be ordered. The app will do this work from January 1, 2022.

Food delivery will not be expensive

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a press conference after the meeting of the GST Council that the idea was to impose GST on food delivery apps like Swiggy, Zomato, but in this case many such issues were raised on which there was a lack of clarity, due to which the Council in It has not been decided to impose any new tax on the delivery service. But it has been agreed upon that at the time of food delivery, app taxis will collect the tax at the place of delivery i.e. at the delivery point and then pay it later. This app will collect the tax that the restaurant owners charge.

Petrol and diesel not under the purview of GST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear in the press conference after the council meeting that talks were held in this council to bring petrol and diesel under GST. The reason for this discussion was done only to fulfill an order of the Kerala High Court, so it was included in the agenda. But the GST Council has decided not to include it in the purview of GAC, and the council has agreed that the right time has not come.

Let us tell you that this meeting of the GST Council has been held face to face after almost 2 years. Due to the havoc of the Corona epidemic last year, this meeting was held through video conference. State Finance Ministers also participated in this meeting called by the Finance Minister.

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