Category: Food Processing

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:Can they issue separate series of tax invoices for their supplies from first floor, ground floor and takeaway counter

  1. In accordance with the provisions of Rule 46(b) of the CGST Rules, 2017 the tax invoice need to be serially numbered not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series.
  2. As such, they can issue different series of tax invoices as stated but it must
    conform to the requirements as given in the said rule.

(FAQ 10(vii): FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:Whether they can opt for composition (last year their turnover was more than rupees one Crore)

No. they are not eligible for composition levy as they are also supplying liquor.

( FAQ10(vi): FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know: Whether they will be eligible for ITC on crockery items purchased locally in the month of March, 2017 paying VAT of Rs.72,500/-. The goods have been shown as business assets.

If the State VAT law allowed ITC on such goods, the credit was available on the date of purchase.Section 140(1) of the SGST Act, 2017 allows them to carry forward the credit on account of VAT.

(FAQ10 (v): FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:) Can they claim ITC of CGST and SGST paid on crockery items to be used in the restaurant

  1.  Yes, they can claim ITC of CGST and SGST paid on crockery items to be used in the restaurant.
  2. It may be stated that they are entitled to the credit of even IGST paid where such goods are procured from outside the State against a tax invoice.

(FAQ 10(iv): FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:What will the rate of tax to be charged for supplies of food made from their takeaway counter

Tax has to be charged @18% on supplies of food made from their takeaway counter.

(FAQ 10(iii) : FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:Whether they can raise one tax invoice for both food and liquor or not

Tax invoice has to be issued for supply of food, while for liquor a bill of supply has to be issued or any invoice as may be required under the provisions of local VAT or sales tax law of the concerned State.

(FAQ 10(ii): FOOD PROCESSING)

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Caterpillar is a restaurant cum bar in Kolkata. It has successfully migrated to GST. While the first floor area of the restaurant is air conditioned and supplies food as well as liquor, the ground floor serves only food and is non-air-conditioned. Caterpillar wants to know:Whether they will charge GST @ 12% on supplies made from ground floor or 18%

  1. Tax will have to be charged @ 18% irrespective of from where the supply is made, first floor or second floor.
  2. If any part of the establishment has a facility of air conditioning then the rate will be 18% for all supplies from the restaurant.

(FAQ 10(I): FOOD PROCESSING)