GST 2.0: Hotel chains keep room rates stableThe Centre has cut the GST rate on rooms costing up to Rs 7,500 per night to 5% (without input tax credit) with effect from Monday, from 12...
23 Sep, 2025, 07.06 AM IST
Hotel stays for rooms with tariff till Rs 7,500 to cheaper by up to Rs 525 from MondayEffective Monday, hotel rooms costing Rs 7,500 or less will see a price reduction of up to Rs 525 due to revised GST rates. The reduction f...
21 Sep, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Tourism Boost: GST on hotel room tariffs under ₹7,500 cut to 5%The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to reduce tax rates on hotel rooms costing up to Rs 7,500 per day. The new rate is 5% ...
04 Sep, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
Linking F&B taxation to room tariffs is operationally challenging for hotel industry: FHRAI’s K Syama RajuThe industry body says such linking creates a cumbersome process for hotels, requiring them to continuously monitor room rates to avoid uni...
20 May, 2025, 09.33 AM IST
18% GST instead of 5% to be charged on dining in a hotel if room rent per night is above this; know how much more it will cost?GST: From April 1, 2025 restaurants inside hotels will have to charge 18% GST from customers instead of 5% previously if the said restauran...
10 Apr, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
FHRAI urges govt to delink food and beverage GST rates from room tariffsThe Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) urges the government to separate GST on F&B services from hotel accommod...
09 Mar, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal hopes for the removal of 12% GST on hotel rooms in Budget 2023Ritesh Agarwal, the founder of OYO Hotels & Homes, anticipates that the 12% GST on hotel rooms costing less than Rs 1,000 should be elimina...
30 Jan, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Holidays to become costlier from July 18 as all hotel rooms to be taxed under GSTGST council, in its meeting in June 2022, withdrew various GST-related tax-exemption. One of the tax-exemption of no GST on hotel rooms up ...
19 Aug, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Booked hotel room? Expect 10% GST refund if room rate exceeds Rs 7,500The new rate will also be applicable to those who have already paid for bookings after October 1.
28 Sep, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
Hotel stocks in limelight; zoom up to 20 per cent on GST rate cutThere will be no GST on rooms with tariffs below Rs 1,000 per night.
23 Sep, 2019, 04.50 PM IST
GST Council hikes tax on caffeinated beverages, cuts rates on hotel tariffsSmall taxpayers get relief from filing returns for 2 yrs; no rate change for larger autos, biscuits.
21 Sep, 2019, 07.38 AM IST
Centre to move GST council over "hefty" tax on hotel rooms"The government is sensitive to the needs of the industry," a government official said.
18 Sep, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
Tourism ministers' conclave calls for cut in GST for hotel roomsThe GST council of India has imposed 28% GST on hotel room tariff over Rs.7,500 and 18% tax on rooms with tariffs between Rs. 2,500 and Rs....
16 Sep, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
What India's hospitality sector wants from Jaitley in Budget 2018Tourism is largely underpenetrated and hotels is the main component in travel. GST has raised the tax burden by 3 times, the industry says.
24 Jan, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
New tax regime takes a toll on occupancy at high-end hotelsA levy of 28%, the highest rate under GST, is imposed on hotels with room tariff of Rs 7,500 or more. Those that charge less face GST at 12...
15 Aug, 2017, 12.41 PM IST
Booking a hotel after GST rollout? Here's how much you will payAt present, hotels that charge tariffs in this range pay 21-22% tax. Hotel tariffs above Rs 7,500 would attract GST rate of 28%.
22 Jun, 2017, 11.21 PM IST
GST will ease burden on hospitality sector: Vishal Kamat, Kamat Hotels CEOIn an interview to ET Now, Vishal Kamat, Kamat Hotels CEO, said that the implementation of GST will ease the tax burden on hospitality sect...
22 Feb, 2016, 12.29 PM IST