Entertainment Tax

SC upholds states' power to levy entertainment tax on DTH, cable services

The Supreme Court upholds dual taxation on broadcasting, says states can levy entertainment tax alongside centre's service tax, and dismisses appeals by major DTH operators

Kerala exempts entertainment tax till March, theatres to reopen on Jan 13

The decision to reopen the theatres was taken at a meeting of the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce officials here, after the state government decided to address the KFCC''s main demands and concerns

400 Madhya Pradesh theatres shut since Oct 5 to protest entertainment tax

A theatre owner said that entertainment tax, which had been levied over and above GST, had created additional financial burden on the sector and was also defeating the "one nation, one tax" that GST

Cineplex owners may move SC over subsuming of entertainment tax into GST

Cineplex owners are claiming that the UP government promised to allow multiplexes retain a portion of entertainment tax for 5 years but now the tax has been subsumed into GST.

PVR moves Allahabad High Court over issue of entertainment tax in GST

The HC has sent a notice to the state government, asking it to explain its scheme of entertainment tax