GST and tax settings¶
What Setup ▸ Tax shows you, and where the numbers on it come from.
The two rates¶
KJB holds GST as two halves, which is how it appears on a customer's bill:
- State GST (SGST) — the state's share.
- Central GST (CGST) — the central share.
They are usually equal. A 5% GST is held as 2.5% and 2.5%, and the bill shows both lines rather than one combined figure.
Cess is a further charge that applies to some goods. Where the screen shows it as not configured, that means no value is set here — confirm whether your restaurant needs one rather than assuming either way.
Where your rates come from¶
Rates can be set once for the brand and used by every outlet under it. Where an outlet is using the brand's figure rather than one of its own, the screen marks it Inherited from Brand.
That badge is worth reading before you go looking for where to change something: an inherited rate is not missing, it is deliberately shared.
Things to know¶
Leaving an outlet's rate blank means "use the brand's rate". The field says so. Blank is a valid, deliberate answer, not an incomplete one.
Tax categories group items that are taxed alike, with an HSN or SAC code and a rate. If you have not set any up, the screen says so plainly rather than showing an empty table with no explanation.
Some parts of this screen are marked as not available yet or informational only. Where you see that, the setting is not doing anything behind the scenes — it is telling you honestly what KJB does and does not do.
Charging GST means showing your GST number¶
A bill that charges GST must carry the GST registration number of the business charging it. That is what makes it a tax invoice. A business without a registration number does not charge GST, and issues a bill of supply instead — a document with no tax lines on it.
So the two things travel together. If your bills show tax, they should show your GSTIN. If you find one without the other, raise it — it is not a display preference.
Changing your rates¶
This screen is for reading your tax configuration, not for changing it. Setting or editing rates is not something you can do from here. If a rate is wrong, that is a conversation with whoever administers your KJB rather than a field to correct on this page.
What to check when a bill's tax looks wrong¶
- Check the outlet is using the rate you expect, and whether it is inherited from the brand.
- Check the item's own Price includes GST setting — a price entered as tax-inclusive behaves differently from one entered before tax. See Add a menu item.