Nagpur: Regardless of the Tax Merger and Services (GST), Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) still restores it on behalf of the license fee to allow ads.
On the other hand, the Civic body had stopped taking allegations and this action on 24 advertising agents who filed a petition on the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.
The NMC revenue department has submitted a proposal before standing a committee that seeks approval for settlement with Indian post signs Private Ltd.
Department has mentioned that the case related to the recovery of advertising license fees is subjudice.
A copy of the HC order on October 26, 2021, was also attached to the proposal.
Information about petitions and HC orders to have stopped from this proposal.
In June last year, Nagpur Mla West Vikas Thakre has written to all 27 city companies in the state that asks for details about the norms relating to the recovery of advertising tax, property tax and other taxes.
He then filed a complaint with the state government and sent a copy to all city companies stating that they could not recover taxes since the implementation of GST on July 1, 2017.
Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation wrote to Thakre who stopped the advertising tax recovery from August 1.
In accordance with Thakre, the Amravati District Court has ordered Amravati Municipal Corporation to stop recovering advertising tax on July 17, 2018.
Therefore, stopped.
Allahabad High Court has directed Kanpur Municipal Corporation to even return advertising taxes to agents on May 6, 2019.
Similarly, Pune and two city corporations stop taking advertising tax.
Before GST, NMC recover costs on behalf of ad tax.
After GST, NMC signifies the ad license fee.
In October last year, 24 city agents submitted a petition in HC.
In the order of October 26, 2021, HC directed NMC to stop recovering license fees and allowed it to only take RS1,000 which was also for administrative fees from the applicant.
HC also ordered actions such as removal of advertising banners etc.
brought until the final decision.
The official NMC told Tii, “We did not recover only RS1,000 from the applicant and did not take action on them.
HC orders are only limited to the applicant and we recover license fees and take action on other agents.
We also take efforts that they are willing to pay charges .
Permit is rejected for agents who do not pay fees and also do not provide an effort.
“Thakre said this cheated and he would submit a legal case.
“I think NMC has stopped the recovery of costs after Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation accepting the recovery of advertising taxes is illegal.
Also, HC has provided interim assistance to agents.
NMC should apply this to all agents,” he said.
The name changes, fixed costs * NMC is used to recover advertising taxes to provide permitted advertising, banners etc.
* The central government combines this tax with GST * too, the government starts giving GST grants into its name.
Advertisement license fee * In June last year, Mla Vikas Thakre filed a complaint with the Government and NMC demanding the termination of tax recovery * Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation accepted it as a wrong practice and stopped tax recovery * 24 agents submitted a petition in October last year * HC provided temporary assistance and directed NMC to stop recovering license fees * Court allowed NMC only to take RS1,000 for administrative fees from the Petitioner * NMC has continued to recover license fees from other institutions and take action
Advt tax joins GST, but NMC bills it as a license fee
