We believe such withdrawal will ensure the survival of the film industry

We believe such withdrawal will ensure the survival of the film industry

On the other hand, continuance of an LBET, in addition to GST, will render cinema exhibition unviable, and will eventually kill the film industry, not only causing significant losses to the film exhibition industry, but also to the film distribution and film production sectors, and most importantly, will deprive the population of Madhya Pradesh of clean, safe and wholesome entertainment avenues. The MAI understands that single screen cinema theatres will also be joining Wood Beads Manufacturers in this strike, and producers and distributors will also be withdrawing all content from all cinema theaters from today.

MAI has time and again pointed out before various regulatory bodies that the levy of LBET, in addition to GST, goes against all the tenets of the GST regime:oSignificantlyincreases the tax costfor cinema exhibition, and pushes up the price of cinema tickets, and hence is inflationaryoGoes against the principle of“One Nation, One Tax”andfrustrates the GST model,leading to the same problems that have plagued industry so far – multiplicity of very high tax incidenceoResults incascading of taxes, since such levy will be added to the transaction value (ticket price that a patron pays), and GST will be levied thereon.”We believe such withdrawal will ensure the survival of the film industry, and will support an environment of safe, secure and wholesome entertainment option for the population of Madhya Pradesh were generally not charging or levying such an entertainment taxMr Deepak Asher, President of theMultiplex Association of India said “We most humbly and respectfully appeal to the Honorable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Commissioners of Bhopal and Indore Municipal Corporation Shri Avinash Lavania and Shri Ashish Singh tokindly consider ourrequest favorably and withdraw the LBET levied on the film exhibition industry in Bhopal and Indore immediately, and with retrospective effect from the date it was levied.Under the erstwhile indirect taxes regime, State Governments were levying an entertainment tax on exhibition of films in cinema theatres, including multiplexes. As stated, the MAI is given to understand that single screen cinema theatres will also be joining in this strike, and producers and distributors will also be withdrawing all content from all cinema theaters from today.

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