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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure> New Delhi: The telecom industry<\/a> on Saturday expressed disappointment at the Budget not spelling out any relief in levies and taxes for the \"severely-distressed\" sector saddled with Rs 1.47 lakh crore in unpaid statutory dues, and rued that it did not receive significant support despite being backbone of the country's economy. The telecom industry had been pinning its hopes on the Union Budget to offer some breather on licence fee and spectrum usage levies, given that it has to cough up billions of dollars in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the government.

\"None of our key recommendation appear to have been taken into consideration...It is also disappointing to note that telecom was not given an infrastructure status even though a slew of crucial reforms has been announced on infrastructure. The telecom sector, which is the backbone of the country's economy, did not receive significant support,\"
Cellular Operators Association of India<\/a> (COAI<\/a>) Director General Rajan Mathews said in a statement.

COAI had been batting for reduction in these levies -- licence fee to 3 per cent from 8 per cent at present and SUC to a flat 1 per cent from average of about 5 per cent. At present, the licence fee of 8 per cent includes a USO Fund component of 5 per cent.
Industry experts had estimated that a 6 per cent reduction in licence fee or spectrum usage charges (SUC) could free up Rs 8,000 crore for the industry, which could be infused into network expansion and technological advancements.

\"...it is disappointing that there were no announcements made regarding the rationalisation of levies and taxes currently imposed on the severely distressed telecom sector and telecom infrastructure is not taken into consideration that is going to build out the country,\" he said.

Mathews, however, noted that the Budget has laid major emphasis on boosting domestic manufacturing of network products, mobile phones, electronic equipment, semiconductors and healthcare products, and Rs 27,300 crore has been allocated for development of industry and commerce by 2021.

The Budget proposed that the New India will be driven by innovations, artificial intelligence and computing where data will be the new oil, and outlined other significant initiatives such as linking of 1 lakh gram panchayat to the BharatNet program by this year at an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore.

\"A financially healthy and robust telecom sector is imperative to support all these future forward initiatives,\" Mathews said.
While relief measures continued to elude the industry, the government has more than doubled its revenue estimate from the debt-ridden telecom sector to Rs 1.33 lakh crore in fiscal year 2020-21, mainly on account of levies derived from AGR.

In the receipt budget, the government has pegged revenue collection at Rs 1,33,027.2 crore for financial year 2020-21 under communications head. Receipts under 'Other Communication Services' mainly relate to license fees from telecom operators and receipts on account of SUC, the budget document explained.
Mathews said increased receipt estimates appeared to factor in AGR payments, levies like licence fee and spectrum charges, and auction proceeds.

As it is, the troubled industry is buckling under Rs 1.47 lakh crore of statutory dues in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling on AGR. As things stand today, telecom companies owe the government Rs 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee, and another Rs 55,054 crore in outstanding SUC dues.

Bharti Airtel<\/a>'s liabilities alone add up to nearly Rs 35,586 crore, of which Rs 21,682 crore is licence fee and another Rs 13,904.01 crore is SUC dues (excluding the dues of Telenor<\/a> and Tata Teleservices).
For Vodafone Idea, this number stands at a cumulative Rs 53,038 crore, including Rs 24,729 crore of SUC dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fee.

The remaining liability is with state-owned BSNL\/MTNL and some of the shut\/bankrupt telecom companies.

The Supreme Court had allowed three months to the affected telecom operators to pay the amounts due to the government. While the deadline for that expired on January 23, the
Telecom Department<\/a> did not take any coercive action against defaulters given that their appeals seeking relaxation in payment timeline was pending before the apex court.
Bharti Airtel,
Vodafone Idea Ltd<\/a>, and Tata Teleservices have jointly filed a modification application in the Supreme Court seeking more time to pay statutory dues.

The fresh plea for relief on payment schedule came after Supreme Court, last month, dismissed the review petitions filed by telecom companies against the apex court's October 24, 2019 verdict on AGR.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":73864821,"title":"Huawei 5G troubles to test Nordic competitors' bandwidth","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/huawei-5g-troubles-to-test-nordic-competitors-bandwidth\/73864821","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":73872015,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telecom industry rues absence of relief on levies, taxes for stressed sector","synopsis":"COAI had been batting for reduction in these levies -- licence fee to 3 per cent from 8 per cent at present and SUC to a flat 1 per cent from average of about 5 per cent.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telecom-industry-rues-absence-of-relief-on-levies-taxes-for-stressed-sector","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2020-02-02 17:21:22","lastupd":"2020-02-02 17:29:56","breadcrumbTags":["vodafone idea ltd","Mahanagar Telephone Nigam","Cellular Operators Association of India","Industry","telenor","COAI","Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited","telecom department","bharti airtel","Union budget of India"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telecom-industry-rues-absence-of-relief-on-levies-taxes-for-stressed-sector"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2020-02-02" data-index="article_1">

电信行业征收原来没有救援,强调税收部门

COAI打击了减少这些征收执照费从目前的3%降至8%,往下一个平坦的1%,约5%的平均水平。

  • 更新2020年2月2日下午05:29坚持
新德里:电信行业周六表示失望的预算没有公布任何救济税和税收“severely-distressed”行业背负着十万的1.47卢比的法定会费,哀叹,它没有收到重大支持尽管该国经济的支柱。电信行业一直把希望寄托在欧盟预算提供一些呼吸执照费和频谱使用征税,因为它必须支付数十亿美元的调整后的总收益(AGR)税给政府。

“我们的关键的建议似乎是考虑……也令人失望,电信基础设施的地位虽然没有给出一系列重要改革基础设施尚未公布。电信行业是中国经济的支柱,没有收到显著的支持,”印度手机运营商协会(COAI)总干事Rajan马修斯在一份声明中说。

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COAI打击了减少这些征收执照费从目前的3%降至8%,往下一个平坦的1%,约5%的平均水平。目前,8%的执照费包括USO基金5%的组件。
行业专家估计,执照费或频谱使用费用减少6%(往下)可以释放8000卢比的行业,这可能是注入到网络扩张和技术进步。

“…令人失望的是,没有公告关于征收的合理化和税收目前对严重不良电信部门和电信基础设施并不考虑是要建立的国家,”他说。

然而,马修斯指出,预算主要强调了促进国内制造业的网络产品、移动电话、电子设备、半导体和医疗产品,27300卢比已经分配到2021年工商的发展。

新印度的预算提议将推动创新,人工智能和计算数据将成为新的石油,和链接等其他重要项目概述1多数革兰氏村委会BharatNet计划在今年的支出6000卢比。

“财务健康和健壮的电信部门必须支持所有这些未来的行动,”马修斯说。
尽管救援措施继续躲避着这个行业,政府已经增加了一倍多的收入估计负债累累的电信部门1.33十万的卢比在2020财政年度,21岁,主要是由于来自AGR征税。

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收到预算中,政府收入挂钩收集Rs 1, 33027。2卢比的财政年度2020 - 21在通信。收据在其他通信服务的主要是与电信运营商的许可费用和收入的往下,预算文档解释道。
Mathews说AGR付款收据估计似乎因素增加,征收执照费和频谱指控,拍卖所得。

下,陷入困境的行业是屈曲1.47十万的卢比法定会费后,AGR最近最高法院的裁决。今天在目前的情况下,电信公司欠了政府92642卢比的执照费,和另一个的往下费余额55054卢比。

Bharti Airtel单独的债务加起来近35586卢比,21682卢比的执照费和另一个13904 .01卢比是往下费(不含的税Telenor和塔塔电信业务)。
对沃达丰的想法,这个数累计达到53038卢比,包括24729卢比往下费和28309卢比的执照费。

剩下的责任与国有BSNL / MTNL和一些关闭破产电信公司。

最高法院允许三个月受影响的电信运营商由于政府支付的金额。在1月23日到期的最后期限电信部门没有采取任何强制措施对违约者鉴于他们上诉寻求放松付款时间表之前等待法院。
Bharti Airtel沃达丰创意有限公司,和塔塔电信业务共同提交了修改应用程序在最高法院寻求更多的时间来支付法定会费。

新鲜的请求付款计划之前,最高法院救济,上个月,驳斥了审查提交的请愿书电信公司对apex法院的10月24日,2019 AGR定论。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure> New Delhi: The telecom industry<\/a> on Saturday expressed disappointment at the Budget not spelling out any relief in levies and taxes for the \"severely-distressed\" sector saddled with Rs 1.47 lakh crore in unpaid statutory dues, and rued that it did not receive significant support despite being backbone of the country's economy. The telecom industry had been pinning its hopes on the Union Budget to offer some breather on licence fee and spectrum usage levies, given that it has to cough up billions of dollars in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the government.

\"None of our key recommendation appear to have been taken into consideration...It is also disappointing to note that telecom was not given an infrastructure status even though a slew of crucial reforms has been announced on infrastructure. The telecom sector, which is the backbone of the country's economy, did not receive significant support,\"
Cellular Operators Association of India<\/a> (COAI<\/a>) Director General Rajan Mathews said in a statement.

COAI had been batting for reduction in these levies -- licence fee to 3 per cent from 8 per cent at present and SUC to a flat 1 per cent from average of about 5 per cent. At present, the licence fee of 8 per cent includes a USO Fund component of 5 per cent.
Industry experts had estimated that a 6 per cent reduction in licence fee or spectrum usage charges (SUC) could free up Rs 8,000 crore for the industry, which could be infused into network expansion and technological advancements.

\"...it is disappointing that there were no announcements made regarding the rationalisation of levies and taxes currently imposed on the severely distressed telecom sector and telecom infrastructure is not taken into consideration that is going to build out the country,\" he said.

Mathews, however, noted that the Budget has laid major emphasis on boosting domestic manufacturing of network products, mobile phones, electronic equipment, semiconductors and healthcare products, and Rs 27,300 crore has been allocated for development of industry and commerce by 2021.

The Budget proposed that the New India will be driven by innovations, artificial intelligence and computing where data will be the new oil, and outlined other significant initiatives such as linking of 1 lakh gram panchayat to the BharatNet program by this year at an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore.

\"A financially healthy and robust telecom sector is imperative to support all these future forward initiatives,\" Mathews said.
While relief measures continued to elude the industry, the government has more than doubled its revenue estimate from the debt-ridden telecom sector to Rs 1.33 lakh crore in fiscal year 2020-21, mainly on account of levies derived from AGR.

In the receipt budget, the government has pegged revenue collection at Rs 1,33,027.2 crore for financial year 2020-21 under communications head. Receipts under 'Other Communication Services' mainly relate to license fees from telecom operators and receipts on account of SUC, the budget document explained.
Mathews said increased receipt estimates appeared to factor in AGR payments, levies like licence fee and spectrum charges, and auction proceeds.

As it is, the troubled industry is buckling under Rs 1.47 lakh crore of statutory dues in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling on AGR. As things stand today, telecom companies owe the government Rs 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee, and another Rs 55,054 crore in outstanding SUC dues.

Bharti Airtel<\/a>'s liabilities alone add up to nearly Rs 35,586 crore, of which Rs 21,682 crore is licence fee and another Rs 13,904.01 crore is SUC dues (excluding the dues of Telenor<\/a> and Tata Teleservices).
For Vodafone Idea, this number stands at a cumulative Rs 53,038 crore, including Rs 24,729 crore of SUC dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fee.

The remaining liability is with state-owned BSNL\/MTNL and some of the shut\/bankrupt telecom companies.

The Supreme Court had allowed three months to the affected telecom operators to pay the amounts due to the government. While the deadline for that expired on January 23, the
Telecom Department<\/a> did not take any coercive action against defaulters given that their appeals seeking relaxation in payment timeline was pending before the apex court.
Bharti Airtel,
Vodafone Idea Ltd<\/a>, and Tata Teleservices have jointly filed a modification application in the Supreme Court seeking more time to pay statutory dues.

The fresh plea for relief on payment schedule came after Supreme Court, last month, dismissed the review petitions filed by telecom companies against the apex court's October 24, 2019 verdict on AGR.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":73864821,"title":"Huawei 5G troubles to test Nordic competitors' bandwidth","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/huawei-5g-troubles-to-test-nordic-competitors-bandwidth\/73864821","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":73872015,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telecom industry rues absence of relief on levies, taxes for stressed sector","synopsis":"COAI had been batting for reduction in these levies -- licence fee to 3 per cent from 8 per cent at present and SUC to a flat 1 per cent from average of about 5 per cent.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telecom-industry-rues-absence-of-relief-on-levies-taxes-for-stressed-sector","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2020-02-02 17:21:22","lastupd":"2020-02-02 17:29:56","breadcrumbTags":["vodafone idea ltd","Mahanagar Telephone Nigam","Cellular Operators Association of India","Industry","telenor","COAI","Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited","telecom department","bharti airtel","Union budget of India"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telecom-industry-rues-absence-of-relief-on-levies-taxes-for-stressed-sector"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/telecom-industry-rues-absence-of-relief-on-levies-taxes-for-stressed-sector/73872015">