Composition scheme option for restaurants and halwais permits an alternate single-rate tax and restricts input tax credit eligibility. Dealers supplying cooked food and related items may opt for a notified composition scheme at an alternate single rate if within the prescribed turnover threshold. Dealers shifting from the earlier composition provision to the new composition provision w.e.f. 1 April 2016 need not pay tax on opening stock held at transition, but cannot claim input tax credit on closing stock as of the prior year end. Applications for the scheme must be filed manually until online filing is ordered.