Tax For Internet Downloads??

Sambit Patel (Director) (180 Points)

14 March 2010  

I just read here,

https://www.watblog.com/2010/03/02/budget-2010-roundup-impact-of-budget-on-the-it-and-mobile-industry/

 

 this,

 

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Tax For Internet Downloads!

According to a very strange proposal at this year’s budget, you will now be charged for any personal downloads that you do on your PC.  From now on whenever you download a gaming software, application software or a mobile software from any foreign provider for your personal use, you will liable to pay a 10% service tax to the government. It is not very clear so as to how the tax system for downloads would be implemented – whether the Internet Service Provider will keep a track of the taxes and bill the customers or the consumers themselves will have to keep a track of downloads and pay taxes accordingly because it would be impossible to ta.

 

 

So, what is all about and is this true ?

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