Industry chamber CII has asked the Kerala government to review imposition of 14.5 per cent tax on burgers and pizzas as it would adversely affect quick service restaurants in the state.
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala, recently in its Budget, has proposed a slew of new tax proposals, including five per cent tax on certain packed foods and a ‘fat tax’ of 14.5 per cent for burgers, pizzas and pastas served in branded restaurants.
Read: Kerala imposes 14.5pc ‘fat tax’ on junk food
CII today has urged the state government to review the levy of this tax.
The move “would adversely affect growth of the quick service restaurant segment of the food industry and might set a similar trend for other segments as well,” Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries, Piruz Khambatta, said in a statement.
As it would adversely affect quick service restaurants in the state.
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