Legal experts divided over service charge in restaurants
Opinion appears to be divided among legal experts on the government's approach on service charge in restaurants, with a section terming it totally "illegal and unfair" trade practice and the other favouring making the levy optional.
Mar 05, 2017, 13:16 PM ISTDid you know? Cess you pay remains underutilised or diverted
Zee Media Bureau
Dec 31, 2015, 13:26 PM ISTSwachh Bharat cess to realize Rs 10,000 crore annually
The government is poised to raise Rs 10,000 crore revenue annually from levy of the 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat cess (SBC), Parliament was told on Tuesday.
Dec 15, 2015, 23:23 PM ISTSwachh Bharat cess: PAN card gets costlier by Rs 1
With the imposition of the Swachh Bharat cess on all services from today, getting a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) card for income tax purposes has become costlier by a rupee to Rs 107.
Nov 15, 2015, 13:20 PM ISTSwachh Bharat cess: Eating out, movies, rail, air travel get costlier
You will have to shell out extra cash on services like telephone, air or upper-class railway travel, eating out in restaurants, beauty parlours, gymning and so on, as 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat cess gets implemented from Sunday.
Nov 15, 2015, 12:01 PM ISTSwachh Bharat cess to be levied on portion of taxable service
Finance Ministry Thursday said that service tax on restaurant bills will go up from 5.6 percent to 5.8 percent following the levy of 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat cess on all taxable services from November 15.
Nov 12, 2015, 22:00 PM ISTPay more for leisure and entertainment from Nov 15
Your weekends are set to pinch your pockets more as Swachh Bharat Cess is set to increase the tax on services you avail, many of them in the ambit of leisure and entertainment
Nov 07, 2015, 09:56 AM ISTGovt to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat cess on services from Nov 15
The decision to impose 0.5 percent cess will translate into a tax of 50 paise only on every Rs 100 worth of taxable services.
Nov 06, 2015, 20:36 PM IST
Get ready to pay more Service Tax from Nov 15 as govt imposes Swachh Bharat Cess
Resources generated from this cess will be utilised for financing and promoting initiatives towards Swachh Bharat.
Nov 06, 2015, 20:02 PM IST