Zomato slapped with ₹803 crore tax demand by GST authorities
Live MintOnline food delivery platform Zomato, in a regulatory filing on Thursday said that it has received a tax demand of ₹803.4 crore, including interest and penalty from the GST department in Thane. The demand order has been received in respect of non-payment of GST on delivery charges with interest and penalty thereon, the company said adding that it will file an appeal. Company has received an order on 12 December 2024. for the period 29 October 2019 to 31 March 2022 passed by Joint Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Thane Commissionerate, Maharashtra, confirming demand of GST of ₹401,70,14,706 with interest as applicable and penalty of ₹401,70,14,706," the food delivery aggregator said in the filing. At that time Zomato had countered "is not liable to pay any tax since the delivery charge is collected by the company on behalf of the delivery partners" and "delivery partners have provided the delivery services to the customers and not the company".