# Taxes Tax is an important component of the menu and is handled in two ways: * taxes included in the item price (tax inclusive) * taxes excluded from the item prices and charged separately (tax exclusive) While the first mode is prevalent in GCC and European countries, the second way is the one followed in India. The latest taxation for GST in India in terms of the e-commerce industry mandates that packaged items would be taxed directly from the restaurant while items needed to be prepared (non-packaged goods) would be taxed from the aggregators. From the perspective of the GCC or the European countries, you must not send the taxes separately. The taxes should be included in the prices of the items themselves. This is because aggregators in these geographies show the prices in the menu inclusive of the taxes. However, for India, if the GST is applicable to the restaurant (as per the above taxation rule), you must pass the GST components (CGST and SGST) for every such item. Additionally, there might be charges which are associated with the items or the overall order for which the taxes should be accordingly set in our system the details of which are discussed in the next section. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://api-docs.urbanpiper.com/downstream/menu/taxes.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.