CBDT asked to include service charge in tax assessment

New Delhi: Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to consider inclusion of service charge while assessing tax. According to an official release, complaints were being received through the National Consumer Helpline about levying 5 per cent to 20 per cent service charge compulsorily by some […]

New Delhi: Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to consider inclusion of service charge while assessing tax.

According to an official release, complaints were being received through the National Consumer Helpline about levying 5 per cent to 20 per cent service charge compulsorily by some hotels and restaurants, though guidelines to stop it were issued in April this year.