Zomato receives Rs 402 cr GST show cause notice, says 'not liable to pay'

Food delivery major Zomato has received a Rs 401.7 crore show cause notice from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) over ‘unpaid taxes’ on delivery charges collected from customers, the company said in a regulatory filing late 

on Wednesday. 
 

The company claimed that it is not liable to pay the penalty for the period from October 29, 2019, to March 31, 2022, as the amount collected from customers is “on behalf of the delivery partners during the referred period.”
 

Given the contractual terms and conditions mutually agreed upon, the delivery partners have provided the delivery services to the customers and not the company, the filing read.
 

Zomato said it would be filing an appropriate response to the notice. “At this stage, no order of any kind has been passed and as mentioned above, the company believes that it has a strong case on merit,” it said.
 

Last month, the DGGI had reportedly sent GST notices worth Rs 750 crore to Zomato and Swiggy, seeking Rs 400 crore from the former and Rs 350 crore from the latter.
 

Rs 60 cr sales tax notice to Bata
 

Footwear major Bata India has received a notice from the State Tax Officer, Anna Salai Assessment Circle, Chennai, amounting to Rs 60.56 crore, the company said in a filing to the bourses on Thursday.
 

The notice pertains to several issues raised in a final audit report on December 25, for the 2018-19 financial year, according to 

the filing.

Rs 56 lakh tax penalty on M&M 
 

Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it has been imposed a penalty of over Rs 56 lakh for wrongly carrying forward input service distributor credit available in pre-GST into GST regime with regard to its two-wheeler business.

ICICI, Kotak Mahindra Bank get notices 
 

ICICI Bank on Thursday said the tax authorities have served a demand notice of Rs 26.8 crore on it for alleged short payment of goods and services tax (GST).
 

GST demand of  Rs 24.37 crore with a penalty of Rs 2.43 crore was served on December 27, ICICI Bank said in a regulatory filing. Assessment of tax payment under Section 73 of Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, it said.
 

Kotak Mahindra Bank in a separate regulatory filing said it received a Rs 62.3 lakh GST demand notice on December 27. Kotak Mahindra Bank has received notice from the Assistant Commissioner of Central GST and Excise, Government of India at Cuttack, Odisha, levying, in aggregate, an amount of Rs 57.20 lakh towards CGST, with applicable interest, and penalty of Rs 5.1 lakh.
 

On Wednesday, ICICI Lombard received a demand notice for alleged short payment of GST of over Rs 5.66 crore. The company said it will be filing an appeal against the said order. PTI