NEW DELHI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has floated a session paper on licence payment and coverage issues of DTH (direct-to-home) companies. Licence payment is a non-tax payment levied on service suppliers for finishing up the permitted exercise. In India, DTH operators are required to pay a licence payment of 8% of adjusted gross income (AGR) quarterly to the ministry of data and broadcasting. AGR right here is calculated by excluding Items and Providers Tax (GST) from gross income.
Feedback from stakeholders have been invited by 13 February and counter-comments could also be submitted by 27 February, Trai has mentioned.
In October final 12 months, the Division of Telecommunications had carried out amendments within the Unified License Settlement for AGR. In accordance with this, relevant gross income shall be equal to GR of the licencee by deducting sure parts.
The extant DTH tips prescribe a financial institution assure of ₹5 crore for the primary two quarters, and thereafter, an quantity equal to licence payment for 2 quarters and different dues not in any other case scrutinised. DoT has additionally carried out amendments for rationalisation of financial institution assure.
In view of those amendments and on the request of DTH affiliation and operators, the data and broadcasting has requested Trai to furnish suggestions associated to exclusion of non-licenced actions from the ambit of gross income in respect of DTH licence payment or establish one other base for levy of the identical. The ministry has additionally requested Trai for suggestions on the share or quantity of financial institution assure in respect to non-public DTH companies and the difficulty of Uniform Licence Charge in respect to all distribution platform homeowners.
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