On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> question is: when you 'sell' FOSS do you charge VAT or do you charge > service tax. We recently 'bought' a FOSS package for 3 lakhs. We were > charged service tax to the tune of 36,000. If we had 'bought' a > proprietary package we would have paid sales tax at 4% or 12,000. (at > that time there was no VAT in tamilnadu). > > > -- > regards > > Kenneth Gonsalves DGS&D (Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal, Government of India) has a rate contract for Redhat Enterprise Linux and Suse Enterprise Linux. If the above two are considered FOSS, as per the terms and conditions, the prices mentioned are inclusive of CST / 4% VAT. I believe the two are FOSS. And as per the GoI contract document, it is VAT instead of Service Tax!! If you were to <emphasis> interpret more closely </emphasis>, it means most Government Departments are ending up buying FOSS, and that too as a Proprietary Software!!! In fact, it seems it is easier for the seller to propose them as Proprietary Software, and buyer to ask the seller saying that it is a Proprietary Software, to facilitate easy purchase within his organisation. All for the Government records!!! Moreover I am not sure how many purchase officers can tell the difference between the two and how. anand _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
