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- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has submitted a proposal to increase entertainment taxes for cinemas and other venues.
- Current tax rates remain in effect until the Maharashtra state Urban Development Department provides formal approval and publishes a gazette notification.
- The proposed changes would significantly raise per-show taxes for air-conditioned multiplexes and other entertainment formats.
- The municipality intends to maintain existing tax exemptions for specific regional language films and cultural performances.
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- Review by the Law Committee, Standing Committee, and the Municipal Corporation
- Official Gazette notification by the state Urban Development Department
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Tajinder Tiwana
law committee member
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“the proposal was discussed in detail during the law committee meeting held on Tuesday and would be deliberated further.”
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…provides for a tax of Rs 200 per show for single-screen AC cinemas, Rs 90 for non-AC cinemas, and Rs 100 per show for drama, jalsa and other entertainment programmes. Tajinder Tiwana, a law committee member, said the proposal was discussed in detail during the law committee meeting held on Tuesday and would be deliberated further. The BMC has been pursuing approval of the revised rates with the state government. According to the civic proposal, the revised rates will come into force only from the date specified by the state government in its…
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