Karnataka caps movie tickets at Rs 200, tax includedThe Karnataka government has capped movie ticket prices at Rs 200 across the state, including multiplexes, to enhance cinema accessibility....
15 Jul, 2025, 09.45 PM IST
Karnataka HC rules against inclusion of service tax in entertainment tax calculation on DTHThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that service tax should not be included in calculating entertainment tax on TV broadcast subscription fe...
01 Mar, 2025, 10.37 AM IST
Media industry likely to seek reversal of Karnataka government decision on cess levyMedia and entertainment bodies have planned to request the Karnataka government to revoke the 1-2% cess on cinema tickets and OTT subscript...
26 Jul, 2024, 08.10 AM IST
Cinema houses, OTTs wary as Karnataka govt levies 2% cessThe Karnataka government has decided to impose a 2% cess on movie tickets and over-the-top (OTT) subscriptions. This move is expected to re...
24 Jul, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Goa declare 'The Kashmir Files' tax-freeThe movie has been written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri.
15 Mar, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
Uttarakhand, Tripura & Goa join states exempting The Kashmir Files from local taxesMadhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Karnataka have already exempted the Hindi movie from local taxes. Goa, too, will also declare the mov...
14 Mar, 2022, 09.14 PM IST
'The Kashmir Files' gets 'tax-free' status in Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & HaryanaThe film depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir in the in 1990s.
14 Mar, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Adlabs drag taxman to court over extension of GST incentives due to Covid and lockdownsThe company in a writ petition filed with the court said that its water and theme parks remained shut during 2020 and 2021 due to forced lo...
29 Jan, 2022, 09.17 AM IST
Twist in the tax-break tale puts multiplexes in a tight spotStates such as Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka had dished out sops, which included a waiver of e...
24 Jun, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
Imminent need for uniform laws for ecommerce in IndiaA new policy is around the corner. The ideal way would be to have all digital businesses governed only by central law. But that may require...
28 Jan, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
No vendetta in raids against Congress minister: Prakash JavadekarThe exercise being carried out by the department was aimed at tracking tax evaders, Javadekar told reporters, adding that none of the Gujar...
02 Aug, 2017, 02.57 PM IST
Post GST, watching live sports will be costlierClub culture in sports - like the Indian Premier League which is a mix of entertainment and huge prize money - will attract the highest tax...
30 Jun, 2017, 09.05 AM IST
Karnataka Budget 2017: Movie tickets to be capped at Rs 200 to save Kannada films from competitionIn 2015-16, non-Kannada movies earned Rs 109 crore in entertainment tax collection in Bengaluru alone and the figure has been steadily risi...
16 Mar, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
'Bahubali' & 'Kabali' contributed Rs 9 crore each in entertainment taxes from BengaluruIn 2015-16, Bengaluru contributed about Rs 109 crore in entertainment tax collection, Hindi films not far behind.
01 Dec, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
Rs 1 crore sought as entertainment tax from TCS World 10K Bengaluru run Procam InternationalIf an organiser collected a participation fee for an event, such an activity fell within the definition of entertainment under the Karnatak...
06 Oct, 2016, 02.38 PM IST
Wonderla net profit slips 8% on excess tax provisionsLeading theme park operator Wonderla Holidays & Resorts today reported about 8 per cent drop in the March quarter net profit at Rs 6.6 cror...
21 May, 2015, 08.41 PM IST
- Bucking the trend: Amusement park sector not hit by slowdown
The two-decade old amusement park industry in the country is said to be not hit much by the slowdown, although growth has slackened from th...
22 Jan, 2009, 04.51 PM IST