https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1929 Notification's telephone-related service tax exemptions include departmentally run public telephones for local calls, guaranteed public telephones operating only for local calls, and free telephones at airports and hospitals. The first two exemptions are functionally redundant because the Department of Telecommunications has been corporatised and no longer runs such public telephones, and guaranteed-local public call offices have effectively ceased to exist due to technological changes and mobile penetration. VPTs should be treated as a separate exemption category for local-call services and extended to comparable basic service providers. en-us Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:27:30 +0530 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:27:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1929 Notification's telephone-related service tax exemptions include departmentally run public telephones for local calls, guaranteed public telephones operating only for local calls, and free telephones at airports and hospitals. The first two exemptions are functionally redundant because the Department of Telecommunications has been corporatised and no longer runs such public telephones, and guaranteed-local public call offices have effectively ceased to exist due to technological changes and mobile penetration. VPTs should be treated as a separate exemption category for local-call services and extended to comparable basic service providers. Articles Service Tax Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:27:30 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1929