Restaurant Profiteering: GST Cut Not Passed to Consumers, Base Prices Raised on 133 of 137 Items.

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....Profiteering - restaurant service supplied by the Respondent - allegation that the reduction in the rate of tax not passed on by way of commensurate reduction in price - the Respondent has been dealing with a total of 137 items during the period from 15.11.2017 to 30.06.2019. The DGAP has reported that the GST rate of 5% has been charged w.e.f. 15.11.2017 however the base prices of 133 products have been increased more than their commensurate prices w.e.f. 15.11.2017 which establishes that because of the increase in the base prices the cum-tax prices paid by the consumers were not fixed commensurately, despite the reduction in the GST rate. - Allegation proved - NAPA....