Expenditure-Tax Act, 1987
4. Charge of expenditure-tax
Subject to the provisions of this Act, there
shall be charged on and from-
(a) the commencement of this Act, a tax at the
rate of 8[ten] per cent of the chargeable expenditure incurred in a
hotel referred to in clause (1) of section 3:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply
in the case of a hotel referred to in 9[clause (a) of sub-section
(7) of section 80-IB] of the Income-tax Act during the period beginning on the
1st day of April, 1991 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2001:
10 [Provided further that nothing in this
clause shall apply in the case of a hotel referred to in 9[clause
(a) of sub-section (7) of section 80-IB] of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of
1961) during the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1998 and ending on
the 31st day of March, 2008;]
(b) the 1st day of October, 1991, 6[but
not after the 31st day of May, 1992] a tax at the rate of fifteen per cent of
the chargeable expenditure incurred in a restaurant referred to in clause (2)
of section 3.]