ALL major mobile brands excluding Sony and LG are guilty, the brands sell to the e businesses at the lowest possible prices far below their market.
Modus Operandi
THE MOBILE COMPANIES HAVe A COMMON PRICING FOR THEIR PRODUCTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THE VAT RATES VARY FROM 3% TO 14.5%.
NATURALLY THE PRE VAT RATES IN THE HIGH TAX STRUCTURE STATE WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS BY 11 TO 12%.
A TRANSFER FROM HIGH TAX RATESTATETO ALOW TAX RATE STATE WILL AT MOST ENTAIL 2% CENTRAL SALES TAX.
ADVANTAGE REDUCED BY 2%.
LEAVING 9+% TO PLAY AROUND WITH.
WHEN BILLED FROM A LOWSALES TAX RATE TAX AT 4% OR SO WOULD BE APPLICABLE .
LEAVING A 5% ADVANTAGE TO THE 'e' SELLERS
who have made a decent buck at the cost of the public exchequer.
THE BRICK AND MORTAR STORES THE REAL RETAILERS wHO HAVE OVER THE YEARS BUILT UP THEIR INFRA STRUCTURE ARE HARD PRESSED TO STAY AFLOAT WITH THE UNFAiR MARGINS AND THE HAND IN HAND POLICIES OF THE MULTINATIONAL BRANDS AND 'e'companies.
would request participation for better understanding over 800 crores of business is expected in the current financial year imagine the loss to the govt and the gains to the multinational 'E' BUSINES more