Telangana state government has reportedly decided to charge 10 percent luxury tax on special rooms with TV and air-conditioning facilities in private hospitals with retrospective effect from June 2, 2014. Approximately 150 private hospitals in Telangana have been issued a notice by the commercial taxes department (CTD) to pay “luxury tax”. The hospitals are based in Nizamabad and Warangal, and the notices have been issued in the last two weeks. A luxury tax of 10% has been levied on the private hospitals that provide special rooms with TV and air-conditioning facilities to patients.
with retrospective effect from June 2, 2014. Barring 15 top corporate hospitals, there are about 10,000 beds available in 1,170 odd nursing homes and hospitals in the city. These special rooms are given at an average of ₹1,000 per day of hospitalization. The implementation of the luxury tax comes in view of…
