GST policy on e-commerce may make life difficult for cab startups: Experts

A Bengaluru-based startup has filed an appeal questioning a July 27 ruling by  GST authorities in Karnataka which said app-based cab aggregators must pay GST on trip fares collected by private cab drivers/owners tied to their e-commerce platforms. Opta Cabs, a startup that plans to offer app-based cab hailing services, has preferred an appeal to the ruling by the GST Authority on Advance Ruli…