Gives state government 10 days to decide; accuse DMC of daylight robbery
Dimapur, Oct. 15 (EMN): The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has served the state government with a 10-day ultimatum to either opt out of the GST regime or stop all ‘item tax’ allegedly collected by the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC).
If the government fails to take either step within the stipulated period, it warned, traders in Dimapur would be force to pull down shutters and cease all business activity indefinitely.
This threat from the DCCI comes in the backdrop of an allegation by the hardware merchants of Dimapur that the DMC was collecting INR 50 per metric tonne on Mild Steel (MS) Rod at the entry gate since Oct. 1.
“DCCI would like to remind the state government that since it has opted for GST regime popularly known as ‘one nation one tax’ where entire nation has one tax slab with uniform MRP, how can Nagaland business community survive on multiple taxations by the government while entire nation is doing business on single tax and uniform MRP all over India.
“…it is a mockery that DMC with the approval of government is still trying to robbing its subjects through unheard anywhere in the country called item tax,” it stated.
The DCCI asserted that it would not allow ‘double taxation’ on goods viz. GST and ‘item tax’ by DMC. It stated that the ‘lease system where taxes on every item are levied by the DMC is beyond any reasoning and logic and a simple act of daylight robbery.’
Also, the DCCI has appealed to appeal all business establishments to open their shop till late in the evening and on Sundays during the festive season.
