The year 2023 is expected to be one of the peak investment years for telcos as they set up infrastructure for their 5G services across the ...

"Currently, the telecom infrastructure providers can not avail of the Input Tax credit against GST paid by them on telecom towers, which ac...

“In this challenging time, the industry also faces major upcoming expenses on infrastructure upgradation like spectrum auction, 5G introduc...

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) also made a plea for refund of the ...

The government officials has assured the industry that additional issues like request for dynamic IP addresses, additional backhaul spectru...

Companies have filed a writ petition in the Goa bench of the Mumbai HC and are challenging that the government can't charge indirect tax fo...

Banks, airlines, insurance companies, armed forces and telecom service providers are likely to be exempted from mandatory issuing of e-invo...

Demand for Rs 36,000 crore relief not considered, says convener of the GoM on Integrated GST. Telecom service providers have been urging th...

"On the larger issue of need for a telecom relief package, a view can be taken by the telecom department based on their due diligence.

COAI plans to write to the DoT to explain how their burden will ease if payment of regulatory levies by telcos is exempted from GST, people...

The phone companies have also sought a cut in the withholding tax on discounts extended to prepaid distributors among key recommendations i...

A number of IT and telecom products do not face any basic customs duty as India has committed to exempt these items under the Global Inform...

Tax rates for services were announced today after the GST Council meeting, with an 18 per cent rate for telecom and financial services, up ...

The Goods and Services Tax Council broadly agreed on 4 tax bracket for services, though they are yet to decide on a tax bracket for gold.

“I don’t think that the government plans to provide such a subsidy. Duty differential was created to encourage Make in India," Adhia said.

The paper said differential rates are leading to ambiguity and complexity in determining the value on which service tax is payable,.

The COAI has warned that any increase in rate of indirect tax from 12% service tax to a higher rate under GST would increase the cost of te...