Tax fizz: Is fruit juice an aerated drink?
January 27, 2021
Tax tangle The legal tussle over taxing fruit-based drinks shows no signs of cooling - THE HINDU
Tax tangle The legal tussle over taxing fruit-based drinks shows no signs of cooling - THE HINDU×
This has been a subject of GST litigation. However, beverages with more than 5 per cent fruit content are not ‘aerated’
FMCG fruit-based drink manufacturers fear having to pay highest GST at 40 per cent. The classification of non-alcoholic beverages fruit/fruit juice-based drinks has come under the radar of the CBIC’s investigation agency, DGGI (Directorate General of GST Intelligence).