Now, AAAR rules ready-to-eat fryums papad to draw 18% GST

GST rate is based on classification of products based on the harmonised system of nomenclature (HSN) codes

Deciding the goods and services tax rate on fryums papad could be a messy affair with the Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings (AAAR) of Gujarat now ruling that the ready-to-eat product would draw 18 per cent rate.

In that connection, it slightly modified the ruling of the state-based Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR). The AAR had also ordered that these products would draw 18 per cent GST but under a different classification.

Earlier in two different cases, Gujarat AAAR had ruled that fryums would be exempt from GST.

In the present case, Alisha Gruh Udyog, engaged in selling ready-to-eat fryums, had submitted in