Wooden ice-cream sticks, spoons to attract 12% GST, says Karnataka AAR

Karnataka’s Authority for Advance Rulings (KAAR) has held that wooden ice-cream sticks and spoons are tableware made of wood. Accordingly, these will attract Goods & Services Tax (GST) at the rate of 12 per cent. The key issue was not here about the rate, but classification. This is critical because various wood and bamboo products attract either 12 or 18 per cent depending upon classific…