Rapido liable to pay GST for cab services: Karnataka AAR

The Karnataka Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has held that ride-hailing platform Rapido is liable to pay goods and services tax for its cab services, a ruling that potentially adds to the ambiguity over GST applicability on app-based mobility companies operating the subscription model. Rapido submitted that it charges a subscription fee to its driver partners—as against charging them a…