Marriage halls seek reduction in GST rates, power charges

Wedding hallway owners person sought a simplification successful the Goods and Service Tax (GST) rate and the powerfulness charges saying theirs is a seasonal business with only 45 auspicious Muhurtham days a year. “Even if we adhd different functions that hap successful halls, we are engaged for conscionable around 60 days a year. This hardly covers our expenses. We have to maintain the hall, electrical and room equipment, chairs and tables, aerial conditioning, and wage employees passim the year,” said A. John Amalraj, State president, Tamil Nadu Marriage Hall Owners Association. 

The Tamil Nadu Marriage Hall Owners Association, South India Marriage Hall Owners Federation, and All Kalyana Mandapam Owners Association, representing around 25,000 halls, person jointly written to the respective State governments and the Centre seeking a important simplification successful GST rates applicable to matrimony halls. “We person terrible contention from hotels that benefit from the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibition (MICE) business and smaller halls. We are not being allowed to clasp exhibitions even. The existent complaint of 18% should beryllium brought down to 5% if the industry needs to survive,” added Mr. John Amalraj.  

Vel. So. Isaikalaivan, honorary president, South India Marriage Hall Owners Federation said that State energy boards should see providing a peculiar slab for matrimony halls. “Marriage halls should beryllium removed from the purview of highest hr energy charges. We are unnecessarily passing on the charges to customers who travel to america erstwhile successful a lifetime.” 

The associations person besides sought a revision successful commercialized licence classification to permit their halls to big a wider scope of activities. “Non-marriage functions specified arsenic exhibitions, discount sales, meetings, commercialized shows, and roadworthy shows, could beryllium held successful our halls, thereby allowing for better utilisation of facilities passim the year,” added Mr. Isaikalaivan.