GST rate reduction benefits must lower cum-tax cinema ticket prices despite fare-regulation directions and proposed fares.
Case-Laws
GST
Section 171(1) requires GST rate-reduction benefits on cinema admission tickets to be passed to recipients through a commensurate reduction in cum-tax ticket prices. Retaining the same ticket price by increasing the pre-tax base price does not satisfy this obligation. Directions permitting collection of proposed cinema fares and representations to licensing authorities do not create an exception to the anti-profiteering requirement, particularly where approval is unsubstantiated or relates to later periods. Profiteering may be quantified by retaining the pre-reduction base price, applying the reduced GST rate to determine the commensurate price, and calculating excess collections from actual ticket sales, while excluding correctly accounted transactions at other rates.
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