Effect on GST on Your Mobile Phone Bills
The telecom sector however is likely to bear the burden of the GST regime. Earlier telecom was subject to a 15% service tax and in contrast now it will be subject to a new 18% GST tax rate. In simple terms the burden will be beared by the final end user. If a person is a post paid user with a bill of INR 1000, you will be paying Rs. 30 extra.
And even if you are a prepaid subscriber and you get a recharge done for INR Rs 100 you will get a talk time of Rs 82.20 instead of the previous 83.96. So that means that your mobile bills will have to bear the burden of 3% net effect on tax. Also all the major plans like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea will also change the prices or either reduce their services at the same rate.
