Tax on food: All you need to know

Here's a list of all items which are tax-free and which invite a specific percentage of tax.

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Fresh vegetables are tax-free. (Representational)

Actor Rahul Bose’s tweet on two bananas got a five-star hotel in GST trouble when the Excise and taxation department penalised them for levying GST on tax-free items. The issue has raked a national debate. While citizens on twitter and all other social media sites are on with the debate, Chandigarh Newsline takes a look at all items which are tax-free and which invite a specific percentage of tax.

Items that are tax-free

Prasadam supplied by religious places like temples, mosques, churches, gurdwaras, dargahs, etc
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solutions or containing added anticaking or free-flowing agents; sea water

Tax-free items in your kitchen

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Fresh Vegetables
Fresh fruits
Unpacked Foodgrains
Unbranded Atta, Maida, Besan
Gur
Milk
Eggs
Curd
Lassi
Unpacked Paneer
Unbranded natural honey
Salt
Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared.
Coconuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
Fresh ginger, other than in processed form
Fresh turmeric, other than in processed form
Rice other than those put up in unit container
Soya beans, whether or not broken, of seed quality.
Puffed rice, commonly known as Muri, flattened or beaten rice, commonly known as Chira, parched rice, commonly known as khoi,
Pappad, by whatever name it is known, except when served for consumption
Bread (branded or otherwise), except when served for consumption and pizza bread

GST 5%*

Sugar
Tea
Roasted Coffee Beans
Edible oils
Skimmed milk power
Milk food for babies
Packed Paneer
Cashew Nuts
Raisin

*12%*

Butter
Ghee
Almonds
Fruit Juice
Packed coconut water
Processed vegetables, fruits, nuts,pickle, murabba, Chutney, Jam and Jelly

18%*

Pasta
Corn Flakes
Soups
Ice Creams

Hina Rohtaki

Hina Rohtaki is a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh. She covers Chandigarh administration and other cross beats. In this field for over a decade now, she has also received the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award by the President of India in January 2020. She tweets @HinaRohtaki ... Read More

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