https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=48936 The hospitality sector in Maharashtra urges withdrawal of recent increases in Value Added Tax on liquor and higher liquor license fees, asserting these measures raise costs across licensed premises, threaten direct and indirect employment, harm vendors and ancillary businesses, reduce consumer demand, and will incentivise illicit cross border liquor flows and tax noncompliance; the industry requests immediate government engagement to revisit and roll back the tax and licensing hikes to avert business closures and job losses. en-us Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:01:03 +0530 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:01:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=48936 The hospitality sector in Maharashtra urges withdrawal of recent increases in Value Added Tax on liquor and higher liquor license fees, asserting these measures raise costs across licensed premises, threaten direct and indirect employment, harm vendors and ancillary businesses, reduce consumer demand, and will incentivise illicit cross border liquor flows and tax noncompliance; the industry requests immediate government engagement to revisit and roll back the tax and licensing hikes to avert business closures and job losses. News - Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:01:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=48936