electricity bill: Consumers shocked by the receipt?
The incident in which goods and
services tax was levied on the receipt of payment of
electricity has come as a shock to the people. The federal
government has introduced the Goods and
services Tax (GST) Act, which imposes a uniform tax across the country. This law has been in force across the country since July 1, 2017. GST is levied in four tiers of 5, 12, 18, 28 percent. These tax rates vary from product to product.
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With strong opposition to the GST levy system still prevailing today, the incident of goods and
services tax being levied on the receipt of
electricity bills in
tamil Nadu has come as a shock.
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The
electricity Board charges a variety of fees such as registration fee, electrical connection fee, meter insurance fee, development fee, initial
electricity utility fee when providing new electrical connection to houses including. As well other
services including power outage, power connection name change, reconnection, power connection relocation are charged separately. Sometimes, the EB bill will be high if the meter bill be misread, or sometimes meter reader access is denied, then the previous reading price will be taken.