All commercial helicopters operating in Kashmir to pay 12.5% tax

The government of Jammu and Kashmir have indicated that there would now be a 12.5 percent service tax on commercial helicopter services in the state and this would not be limited to a particular route. The state finance department has made it clear that this service tax is applicable to all commercial helicopter services operating in the state.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 9 September 2015.

Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu has clarified that service tax is also being charged on ropeways and cable car services, which carry tourists and pilgrims to not only tourist resorts like Gulmarg and Pahalgam but also to some noted shrines in the Kashmir Valley. These are Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine and the Amarnath Cave Shrine frequented by Hindu devotees.
The Minister has clarified that levying of this service tax only adds only Rs.130 to the cost of the chopper ticket on any route in Jammu and Kashmir ticket.
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