A joint study by CII with Luthra & Luthra Charted Accountants concluded that Entry Tax impacts the competitiveness of the industry without any corresponding significant benefit to the states’ revenue. It found the tax restricts free flow of trade, mars potential employment generation, increases administrative costs for the industry, and leads to double taxation thus making products expensive for end user.
Perhaps that is why Tamil Nadu and Karnataka had done away with it. In northern region, UP levies entry tax between 1 to 5 percent, Punjab between 2 to 4 percent, Haryana between 2 to 12 percent and J&K levies tax between 4 to 12 percent.
J&K imposes double tax on manufacturing sector - toll tax first on inbound goods and again on outbound goods. One way toll tax will enable the manufacturers to expand their businesses with the neighboring states, thus increasing the quantum of inward goods and leading to higher collection of toll tax. We want this to be reviewed.