GST to corporate for meal cards

[Asked by Guest]

Hi everyone. I have query specific to meal cards. Is the benefit which is given to the employees in the form meal cards attracts GST to the employer and also the employee in any way.

there is lot of confusion in this regards and appreciate if you could help here

Regards

Manish

regards

Manish

AI Summary

GST on meal cards: recovery by employer attracts GST; ITC allowed only if statutory or used for taxable supplies.
Provision of meal cards to employees implicates GST and ITC rules: food and beverages are excluded from ITC unless the inward supply is used to make an outward taxable supply of the same category or forms part of a taxable composite supply; ITC is available only if the meal-card supply is an input service in furtherance of business or provision is mandatory by statute; free-of-cost provision typically does not attract GST but any recovery from employees attracts GST per advance rulings.