Telcos urge for regulating taxes in Budget
January 21, 2021
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Urge FM to regulate taxes including removal of GST on license fees, spectrum usage charges (SUCs) and payment of spectrum acquired in auction
The telecom operators in their Budget wishlist have urged the Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman to regulate taxes including removal of GST on license fees, spectrum usage charges (SUCs) and payment of spectrum acquired in auction.
In its recommendations letter to the FM, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) that represents the telcos said that currently, the total license fee (LF) having a rate of 8 per cent of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) is uniformly applicable to all licensees, of which 5 per cent goes to the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) and the remaining 3 per cent is levied as LF.