Act Number: 35

Act Name: The Expenditure-tax Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-09-14

Long Title: An Act to provide for the levy of a tax on expenditure incurred in certain hotels or restaurants and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 7: Collection and recovery of expenditure-tax.
    1 [7. Collection and recovery of expenditure-tax.--(1) Where any chargeable expenditure is incurred in a hotel referred to in clause (1) of section 3,--
         (a) if such expenditure relates to any of the services, specified in sub-clauses (a) to (d) of clause (1) of section 5, provided by the hotel, the person who carries on the business of such hotel; and
         (b) if such expenditure relates to any of the services, specified in sub-clause (b) or sub-clause (d) of clause (1) of section 5, provided by the other person referred to therein, such other person,
shall collect the expenditure-tax at the rate specified in clause (a) of section 4.
     (2) Where any chargeable expenditure is incurred in a restaurant referred to in clause (2) of section 3 2 [before the 1st day of June, 1992] in relation to any services specified in clause (2) of section 5 and where such services are--
         (a) provided by the restaurant, the person who carries on the business of such restaurant; and
         (b) provided by the other person, such other person,
shall collect the expenditure-tax at the rate specified in clause (b) of section 4.
     (3) The tax collected during any calendar month in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government by the 10th of the month immediately following the said calendar month.
     (4) Any person responsible for collecting the tax, who fails to collect the tax in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall, notwithstanding such failure, be liable to pay the tax to the credit of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3).]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1991, s. 116, for section 7 (w.e.f. 1-10-1991).
2. Ins. by Act 18 of 1992, s. 108 (w.e.f. 1-6-1992).
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