With the new 5 per cent tax replacing the controversial 18 per cent GST, eating out will cost less, starting tomorrow. Taking out the 'ouch' from the restaurant 'couch', all eat-out establishments are set to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to 5 per cent, from the 12 and 18 per cent they were charging patrons since GST came into effect. The change happens from November 15. "So, we should be in a happy space now," said Adarsh Shetty, president of the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) at a press conference in Wadala yesterday.

Adarsh Shetty. Pic/Falguni Agrawal