{"id":72025,"date":"2025-07-12T19:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:31:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:31:04","slug":"maharashtra-bars-permit-rooms-declare-bandh-on-july-14-to-protest-tax-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=72025","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra bars, permit rooms declare bandh on July 14 to protest tax hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra bars, permit rooms declare bandh on July 14 to protest tax hikes<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 12-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Mumbai, Jul 12 (PTI) Over 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will shut operations on July 14 to protest against the state government\u2019s \u201cdraconian taxation\u201d, said the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) on Saturday.<br \/>\nThe bandh is to oppose the state government\u2019s tax hikes, including rise in VAT (value added tax) on liquor to 10 per cent, a 15 per cent increase in annual licence fees and a 60 per cent spike in excise duty, in a span of one year, AHAR said in a statement.<br \/>\nThese tax hikes are pushing the Rs 1.5 lakh-crore industry to the edge of collapse, it said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe entire hospitality sector i<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=49239\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>omic blow, it is a death blow to an industry that contributes significantly to employment and state taxes,\u201d said Shetty.<br \/>\nThe 20,000-strong permit rooms and bars industry directly and indirectly employs over 20 lakh jobs, and supports a wider ecosystem of 48,000 vendors.<br \/>\nNational Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India) \u2013 HRAWI, and affiliated as well as non-affiliated associations of hotels and restaurants in Maharashtra have extended their support to the July 14 bandh.<br \/>\nThe industry also plays a vital role in Maharashtra\u2019s tourism-driven economy, especially in cities like Mumbai and Pune, they said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe stand united with our fraternity members across Maharashtra in expressing our d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=49239\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra bars, permit rooms declare bandh on July 14 to protest tax hikesGSTDated:- 12-7-2025PTIMumbai, Jul 12 (PTI) Over 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will shut operations on July 14 to protest against the state government\u2019s \u201cdraconi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}