Taxing !!

Darling, finally the Bombay High Court has ruled that flat purchase agreement is not subject to service tax. Thank God! Giving a breather to Real Estate Developers on whose neck the sword of service tax was hanging like the Damocles’ sword. But this is not sure for how many days….

Meanwhile Apachi offers few free tips to the authorities concerned about how to introduce new taxes.

Introducing a new tax called music tax for loud blaring music is not a bad idea. Make it mandatory that the music is to be produced with not more than four instruments. In case the decibel level crosses the threshold of decency, 10% of gross earnings should be charged as tax. Also, advance release of music cassettes/videos of forthcoming films must be covered under this category.

A new tax to film producers termed as location tax is another wonderful option. This tax is easy to pay. It is to be paid whenever a film producer moves out to foreign locations to shoot half of a reel of utter nonsense. This tax should be fixed 10% of first week’s gross earnings. Normally, films nowadays do not have any earning potential after the first week. This tax should be waived if the location is in India.

I am also thinking about to suggesting another excellent tax idea. With due respect to the dancing fraternity and extra artistes, I suggest to introducing a clothing tax on the attire of dancers and artistes. If the exposed portion of the body of an artist is less than 30%, then this tax becomes applicable. The tax amount payable will depend upon the number of performers and the number of seconds’ duration. Just imagine how much we might have earned during the IPL cricket match by taxing the Cheerleaders!

Instead of wasting money on family plan campaigns, the best way to prevent it and fetch some money is to introduce an offspring tax for those with more than two children. A person’s 5% of the assessed income to be paid per child if he has more than two children. The assessment of income in this case to be made separately by a group of ten neighbours who should forward their findings to an independent body who monitor the tax assessment in a sealed envelope by registered post.

Yet another tax that can be considered for introduction is a tax on food. This will be applicable if a family relies on eating out on a regular basis. You must be wondering that how can one keep a tab on this? Simple – this is to be vouched for by the maid who comes in to do the domestic works. She will be empowered to maintain a roster of how many days in a month she discovers that there are no dishes to clean. Based on her report the authorities can levy the tax.

And finally abolish Income Tax consultants. They do more harm than help. They keep their pockets well lined, they maintain their lifestyles fully oiled but they never declare their real income and deprive the government from its dues by advising assesses on how to escape from the income tax net. The authorities lose out on both the counts!