Re: A study on the Passenger Car Taxation Structure of India Addiction is a very dangerous thing. Our governments are addicted to power and the easy tax revenue they get from Oil, Alcohol & tobacco and vehicles. The level of control it provides is immense and they will not let that go.
As we see 2 of the above are not part of GST and even in the remote possibility it does come, there will be state level cess.
See the government has no interest in making things better for us or the nation. They live election to election. The business houses fund and will want the laws to be specific to their needs.
Pollution, people etc are least of their concern. We can debate endlessly on how to tax but the basic fact remains, the current taxation system provides them with steady revenue and immense control.
This is the very reason that public transport is not developed in many cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai Chennai etc. It forces people to own vehicle thereby providing tax revenue.
Public transport is an investment with no major revenue for government. That's why our Karnataka government is after the OLA share and Uber pool. No proper bus system etc.
The cities that have are already chocked and need a major overhaul which will not happen in near term.
Bottom Line: Whichever car maker has funded the government will get the laws tweaked in their favor. I strongly feel the sub-4M rule and 1.2L petrol was pushed by Maruti as they don't have much market on the higher side of the price spectrum and no good engine either
Last edited by aniyo : 5th July 2019 at 10:49.
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