- Top food companies in India are in disagreement with the GST authority over the imposition of an 18% tax rate on snack foods
- The issue revolves around the classification of snacks as extruded and non-extruded, with extruded snacks facing an 18% GST and non-extruded snacks facing a 12% GST
- Companies like ITC, PepsiCo India, Balaji Wafers, and Prataap Snacks have received notices for additional GST payments totaling around Rs 1,000 crore
- The industry is not in agreement with the classification of snack foods and is calling for clarity from the GST Council to avoid litigation
- Recent months have seen a rise in GST notices for discrepancies in tax payment across various industries
Source: a2ztaxcorp.com
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