India, April 14 -- The goods and services tax (GST) department is reportedly probing restaurants to know if they have escaped taxes on the 'packaging charge.'

This comes after the tax office had previously stepped in to recover GST on 'food and delivery' charges, according to an Economic Times report.

HT.com cannot independently verify the authenticity of the information contained in the report.

This development came about as several eateries listed with food aggregator platforms like Zomato have received summons from the department in the past few months, asking them to share details of GST paid on packaging charges since January 1, 2022.

This GST on packaging charges which are collected from customers, have left tax authorities doub...