https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=683 The government is weighing fiscal measures to boost tourism: abolish the service tax on tour packages, seek a uniform luxury tax across states, reduce development charges for expanding hotel capacity, and shift certain taxes to apply on actual negotiated tariffs rather than published rates. These measures aim to lower the layered tax burden-service tax, luxury tax and fringe benefit tax-embedded in room and package prices, restore competitiveness after demand shocks, and will require Centre-state consultation because luxury tax is a state subject. en-us Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:09:33 +0530 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:09:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=683 The government is weighing fiscal measures to boost tourism: abolish the service tax on tour packages, seek a uniform luxury tax across states, reduce development charges for expanding hotel capacity, and shift certain taxes to apply on actual negotiated tariffs rather than published rates. These measures aim to lower the layered tax burden-service tax, luxury tax and fringe benefit tax-embedded in room and package prices, restore competitiveness after demand shocks, and will require Centre-state consultation because luxury tax is a state subject. News - Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:09:33 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=683