Unbranded namkeen products to attract 12% GST, not 5%, rules Gujarat AAR

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Feb 11, 2023

Unbranded salted snacks, or namkeens and related products, such as potato chips, bhujiya and gathiya, would suffer 12 per cent goods and services tax (GST), not five per cent, ruled the Gujarat authority for advance rulings (AAR).
One Prjajapati Keval Dineshbhai, who intended to make such snacks, submitted before the AAR that the products are unbranded and hence should be taxed at five per cent.
The GST rate for various products is set on the basis of the harmonised system nomenclature (HSN) code. The applicant said that namkeens fall under the code 210690 and hence would draw the five per cent GST.

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