How Restaurant Bills are Calculated in India with GST This post has been updated with the new GST rule as of July 1st, 2. With the introduction of GST, the restaurant bill calculation is pretty straightforward and simple. The following table summarizes the GST rates on restaurant bills. Restaurant Type. GST Rate. Non AC, Non Heated Restaurants without bar. AC or Heated Restaurants With or Without Bar1. Billing Software With Vat Kerala' title='Billing Software With Vat Kerala' />Restaurants attached to 5 Star Hotels. Dis V57 Italiano here. Important Home delivered or takeaway food from restaurants categories listed above would still attract the respective rates, regardless of the fact that you are not availing Air conditioning or Heating services. The service charges in the particular restaurant, if any, should not be charged any GST because thats already covered under GST. If any restaurant does so, you must raise your concern with the management. If a restaurant is charging GST but if their 1. GSTIN Number is not present in the bill, you dont need to pay any GSTFurther, you may check the validity of the GSTIN number present in the bill, by searching for the same at the following URL Check for fake GST number. Old post on calculating restaurant bill based on VAT, ST, SC etc continues belowHow many times hasnt your bloated restaurant bill left you clueless as to how components like VAT Value Added Tax, ST Service Tax, SC Service Charge etc are being calculatedDepartment of Sales Tax bags FIRST PRIZE in Rajiv Gandhi Prashaskiya Gatimanata Pragati Abhiyan Spardha2014 for its CDA project The Sales Tax Department bags. To keep in mind the process of Petrol Pump including Inventory, Accounting, Billing, Machine Reading s, Dip Calculations etc. We developed the Pump Count in 2000. BUSY Business Accounting Software with invoicing software including excise accounting software, financial accounting software, VAT accounting software, TDS. Probilz is a Java technology base. Free Retail Business Management System,with Sales,Inventory,CRM,Accounts etc. Billing Software With Vat Kerala' title='Billing Software With Vat Kerala' />I hereby authorize the above person to shop from Best price on behalf of my company. Suhas, The Service Charge is applicable only on the actual food and drinks components alone. Theres no logic in applying Service Charge on VAT component too which. Worry no moreWithout complicating the matter much, let me explain how a typical restaurant bill break up is arrived at as per the prevailing taxing norms as of June 1, 2. VAT, ST and SCThe following are the rules for calculating VAT, ST and SC. VAT is typically charged at 1. Billing Software With Vat Kerala' title='Billing Software With Vat Kerala' />VAT for alcoholic beverages and cocktails is 5. SC is charged at restaurant owners will. This can vary from 0 to 2. This is like an in built tip and if Service charge is levied, it has to be clearly mentioned in the menu. ST is calculated at 5. Service Tax is actually 1. Including food total Service charge. ST 5. 6, i. e. Notes i. As per the government rule, the Service Tax is applicable only to those restaurants and food joints having the air conditioning or central air heating facilityii. VAT should not be levied on the Service Charge part. There are some restaurants who do such wrong calculation practices See comments sectioniii. SThas been hiked to 5. Including Swachh Bharat Cess or SBC after this article was writteniv. SThas been hiked further to a total of 6 Including SBC and KKC Krishi Kalyan Cess in 2. A Sample Restaurant Bill Calculation. Attached here is a sample restaurant bill that I recently after June 1st, 2. Click on the image to EnlargeThe table below explains how the above bill amount is calculated. Please note that some restaurants may provide separate bills for alcoholic beverages and the food. In such cases the applicable VAT is different for both the bills. Particulars. Amount. A. Alcoholic Beverages3. B. Food Non Alcoholic Beverages1. C. Service Charge 1. AB2. 58. 0. 0D. VAT for Alcoholic Beverages 5. A5. 5. 5. 5E. VAT for Food Non Alcoholic Beverages 1. B2. 27. 6. 5F. Service Tax 5. ABC or 1. 01. 01. Total NetABCDEF3. Hope that explains how the final rounded bill amount of Rs. Next time, please pay attention to your bill details because many restaurants may not have changed their billing system yet.