Dasari wants VAT out for films
Hyderabad: After his Rajya Sabha term is over Dasari Narayana Rao, who received the best actor Nandi award, urged the State Government to exempt VAT for films.
'Telugu film industry is going through a tough time. Except for one or two films, everyone is quoting huge numbers as collections for the sake of publicity. And after watching all this, the government has been levying a lot of taxes on films.
Recently, the central government waived off the service tax on films and I request the state government to waive off VAT as well. Even our neighbouring states Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka don't levy VAT on films,' he said on the dais.
An MoU was earlier singed to prevent piracy and State Government was made a party to it.
Dasari's request in full public evoked the desired response from Chief Minister N Kiran Kumr Reddy who said that the concerned authorities looking into the issue and a decision will be taken soon.
News Posted: 24 March, 2012
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