Delay Swachh cess levy in certain sectors till Dec 1: Assocham

November 12, 2015 19:58

Government should postpone levy of Swachh Bharat cess on services offered by sectors like telecom, banking and airline by 15 days in view of procedural difficulties, industry chamber Assocham said today.

"The point of taxation for the levy of this cess for sectors like telecom, banking, airlines and similar sectors should be notified as from December 1, 2015," Assocham said in a letter to Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia.

Alternatively, it suggested that these sectors should be permitted to recover the due from November 15-30 in the next month together with the subsequent month's billing.

The government had proposed to levy Swachh Bharat cess at the rate of 0.50 per cent with effect from November 15.

"The lead time allowed to the tax payers to implement this by changing the computer system for billing and recovery from customers is inadequate and will cause hardship in some sectors," Assocham said.

Giving example, the chamber said in case of telecom companies who have already issued pre-paid cards, the recovery of tax from their customers will be difficult.

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