Cafe Coffee Day liable to pay 5% GST without Input Tax Credit: AAR (Karnataka)

The Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), Karnataka has ruled that the Cafe Coffee day, an Indian café chain owned by Coffee Day Global Limited, a subsidiary of Coffee Day Enterprises Limited, cannot opted to pay the GST @ 18% with input tax credit as the services being offered by them are classified under a heading attracting GST @ 5%, without input tax credit. As per Notification No.46/2017 dated…