Govt To Revise Service Tax Rate From June 1, 2015, you will end up paying more for mobile and internet

Amidst of a range of brave decisions taken by NDA government during budget announcement, one that shook most was increased rate of service tax. The service tax rate has been revised from 12.36% to 14%, applicable from June 1, 2015.

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It simply means that eating at restaurants, paying insurance premiums and phone bills among others will become expensive all over India from June 1 onwards. The extra financial burden that consumers have to bear can be understood with the help of a simple illustration i.e.-

A postpaid customer using 14GB plan on Reliance Pro 3 pays 700 + 12.36% (S.T) currently. The total bill amount comes up to Rs. 786.52 on monthly basis.
From now, the service tax rate will be charged at 14%, which means that the postpaid customer who is currently paying Rs. 786.52, will now end up paying Rs. 798 from June i.e. Rs. 11.48 more than the current bill amount.

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