GST could eat your 'free' lunch: Perks, gifts may be taxed under regime

All free amenities provided to an employee outside his or her CTC may attract GST

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) may have a lesser known impact on you — your free office luncheons, among other things, may no longer be exactly free, that is to say that they will attract tax. In fact, it could even lead to an increase in your income tax burden. 

Online human resource industry portal, peoplematters.in, reported in March that all free amenities provided to an employee outside his or her CTC, or cost to company (total salary given to an employee), would attract GST. 

Also, the report said that GST would be