The Restaurant Business in India

[...] issue is still ambigious and hopefully the service tax department will issue a clarification for the same. Whatever material is available in the [...]

[...] the 2013 budget, the finance minister announced that all AC restaurants will be liable to pay service tax. 40% of the bill value will be assumed to be for service and service tax of 12.36% would be [...]

[...] buying an apartment for 50-60 lakhs, paying about 5-8 lakhs additional towards VAT, Service Tax, Registration, Khata etc. But most of them spend as little as possible on the interiors ( [...]

[...] If you are investing in a restaurant business, hiring the right chef is critical for success. Contrary to popular perception, most [...]

[...] ", the night is darkest just before the dawn. I sure hope that this is true for the restaurant business in India. [...]

[...] for entrepreneurs and for those trying to run businesses professionally. For the restaurant business in particular, this will mean a few things: 1) Staying small (as in just 1 unit) will make [...]

[...] . The results are not too encouraging - most of the vendors who offer solutions for the restaurant business have simply taken a product they have for the retail segment, made some changes to suit the [...]

[...] Most people leave tips for the waiters after paying for their meal at the restaurant. The tip amount varies depending on the customer, the service provided by the waiter and the overall restaurant [...]

[...] If you have paid at a restaurant using your credit card, have you wondered how the tip amount which you write on the credit card payment confirmation slip gets processed? Once the waiter [...]

[...] minister announced that all AC restaurants will be liable to pay service tax. 40% of the bill value will be assumed to be for service and service tax of 12.36% would be applicable on 40% of the [...]

[...] in India was supposed to have started charging service tax of 12.36% on 40% of the total bill value - i.e. 4.944%. What are various restaurants doing? 1) To be on the really safe side, some [...]

[...] I woke up today morning and my wife popped a question - which restaurant are we going for our Onam Sadhya lunch today? What? Do we even know what Onam is and is there a reason for us to have Onam [...]

[...] targeted at kids, maybe even a Valentine's Day Lover's Candle Light dinner etc. I expect restaurant businesses to up the ante in leveraging religious/regional festivals and other occasions to try and [...]

[...] go "Wow! This is Perfect". Maybe it can't be done at the price points the restaurant businesses wnat to pay. I have initiated a project to create a solution that is designed [...]

[...] : With just 1 unit, the number of employees can be kept below 20 (atleast officially) and restaurant businesses can avoid getting themselves registered for PF. This will further reduce the interest [...]

[...] among Keralites in the cities. Cooking the large variety was a tough task - so the homely Kerala restaurants started offering a special take-away Onam lunch pack. As the crowd increased, they [...]

[...] be in one of the lower/properly built-up spaces in the building. In practice though, most roof-top restaurants seem to have some part of their kitchen in the terrace floor - e.g. Tandoor for making [...]

[...] In the 2013 budget, the finance minister announced that all AC restaurants will be liable to pay service tax. 40% of the bill value will be assumed to be for service [...]