On Sunday 31 May 2009, Rony wrote: > jtd wrote: > > So zero rental = zero talk time?. No. It means you pay rental X and get > > free talk time = X. And you get a tax charge for X. > > The tax componet is seperate. > > >> My bill has many components like sms usage, surfing etc and on > >> the final amount after tax is added, I get the discount for my local and > >> std calls. > > > > So > > SMS = X > > Surfing = Y > > Local call = Z > > Discount on Local call z > > Actual charge on Local call = Z-z > > Tax = 10 % > > Total =1.1 * ( X + Y + Z-z ) > > Not > > Taxable amount = 1.1 * ( X + Y + Z ) > > Less discount = (1.1 * ( X + Y + Z )) -z > > What I get is X + Y + Z + R = T (Total usage + Monthly Rentals ) > Tax = 12% of T. > New total = T + Tax = TT > Final amount F = TT - Free Talktime Discount
It's not correct. They should be doing T- Free Talktime Discount. Then charging tax. They are charging you tax on the discounted portion. > > I had a spat with HSBC (one of the worst disorganisations i have ever > > come across in my entire life anywhere in the world - and i have been to > > some real hell holes), on precisely this issue, where they tried to > > charge me late payment charges inspite of payment being made on time, > > then reversing the charge, but not the tax because they had paid the tax. > > Told them that they have to claim a refund, cause they cannot charge me > > tax on an amount that i have never paid. It is ILLEGAL. > > In your case charging the late fee itself was wrong so they wrongly paid > the tax and that's their problem. You can't be charged for it. True. But the point is not about a wrong fee, rather about the illogical charging of tax on charges not applicable (or waived). There was a court case many aeons ago against the excise department where the excise department would not allow a discount (which was based on volumes), and would compute tax on the maximum price. Afair the excise dept lost. > > -- > Regards, > > Rony. > > GNU/Linux ! > No Viruses > No Spyware > Only Freedom. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
