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Swachh Bharat Cess

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 IST

Did you know? Cess you pay remains underutilised or diverted

Zee Media Bureau

Dec 31, 2015, 13:26 PM IST

Swachh 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 IST

Swachh 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 IST

Swachh 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 IST

Swachh 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 IST

Pay 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 IST