Corporate Law : Direct-to-Home (DTH) is a technology wherein various TV channels are directly delivered at the subscribers' premises through satel...
Goods and Services Tax : Further to the First Discussion Paper released by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on 10 November 2009, the Fina...
Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra government is expecting an entertainment tax of Rs 15 crore from the 16 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be held...
Goods and Services Tax : Tickets for entertainment programmes and cricket matches would be costlier in rural areas of Maharashtra as the state government t...
Finance : The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, refused to direct the state government to recover entertainment tax on Indian Premier League ma...
Goods and Services Tax : One thing is sure. Indian government is very creative and full of ideas when it comes to imposition of new taxes on common man. Wh...
Goods and Services Tax : Cricket won’t get any more free hits in Maharashtra. Rapped by the Bombay high court and the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG)...
Goods and Services Tax : AGS Cinemas Pvt. Ltd Vs Commercial Tax Officer (Madras High Court) Hon;b;e High Court held that ‘online booking charges̵...
Goods and Services Tax : Mayajaal Entertainment Limited Vs Commercial Tax Officer (Madras High Court) The present Appeals are squarely covered by the decis...
Goods and Services Tax : PVR Ltd. Vs Commercial Tax Officer (Madras High Court) Conclusion: Online booking charges or internet handling charges was not a...
Finance : The issue under consideration is whether the Entertainment Tax will be levied on Master System Cable Operator?...
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Tickets for entertainment programmes and cricket matches would be costlier in rural areas of Maharashtra as the state government today decided to levy 10 per cent entertainment tax. “The government is introducing 10 per cent entertainment tax outsi
The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, refused to direct the state government to recover entertainment tax on Indian Premier League matches played in the state during its last season. It also observed that central and state ministers should stay away from sporting bodies like the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
One thing is sure. Indian government is very creative and full of ideas when it comes to imposition of new taxes on common man. Whether it’s FBT, STT, BCTT, DDT or many more taxes, some of which taxed even twice the same income. Now Maharashtra government is planning to impose ‘entertainment tax’ on caller tunes.
Cricket won’t get any more free hits in Maharashtra. Rapped by the Bombay high court and the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) for the entertainment tax waiver on the IPL matches, the Maharashtra government has finally decided to levy the duty henceforth. And not just the IPL matches played in state but all other cricket encounters will attract the applicable entertainment duty. However, the state cannot recover the loss it has incurred on account of tax waiver for the last three years including two seasons of the IPL played in India.
The Indian Premier League organisers could now face a public interest litigation (PIL) over payment of entertainment tax in Maharashtra. Senior Shiv Sena leader and MLA, Mr Subhash Desai, has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court, seeking such a levy on the cricketing event. The Board of Control for Cricket in India; the Commissioner of the IPL, Mr Lalit Modi, and the Maharashtra Government are the respondents in his petition.
The Maharashtra Government has not taken a final decision on levying entertainment tax on the IPL, said the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, on Wednesday while addressing the media on the eve of budget session. When it was pointed out that the State Cabinet said on January 20 that entertainment tax of up to 25 per cent would be imposed on the ticket sales of IPL and other one-day international cricket matches, Mr Chavan said no final decision was taken and the matter was still under consideration. Matches held in the municipal limits would attract 25 per cent tax while those outside the municipal limits would be levied 20 per cent tax.
BJP today said it would take legal action, if the state government fails to implement a cabinet decision to impose entertainment tax on the Indian Premier League(IPL) matches here. Finance minister Sunil Tatkare’s recent announcement that there will be no entertainment tax on the IPL matches, has evoked a sharp reaction from the main opposition.
Direct to Home [DTH] operators will have to cough up five per cent of their gross receipt as entertainment tax to Orissa government’s coffer. This was decided in the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister, Naveen Patnaik on Thursday. State finance minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei said the government will amend the entertainment tax laws to bring DTH operators under its fold.
Cricket is now officially an entertainment sport. Forty-five years after it declared horse racing as entertainment, the state government has decided to add cricket to the list. Besides cricket, pubs, discotheques, internet protocol television (IPTV) and permit rooms with a live orchestra (dance bars earlier) will also attract a similar tax. There are 22 discotheques in Maharashtra, of which 20 are in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs and Thane. Only two are in Pune.
Further to the First Discussion Paper released by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on 10 November 2009, the Finance Commission has released its report giving its recommendations on GST design implementation.
