I have received a demand letter from Lodha for Service tax on construction and preferential location tax.Has anyone received the same or paid the amount?This was not told at the time of booking.-----Naresh joshi--IGNIS A

Q: I have recieved a demand letter from Lodha regarding service tax on construction services and preferential location charges to the tune of Rs 132000/-.Has anybody received the same or paid the amount? I think this tax is chellanged in the high court.Can anybody tell us the status whether we should pay the amount or wait for the verdict.

nareshjjoshi, Apartment Resident

31st December 2011

Legal in Lodha Casa Univis, Ghodbunder Road, Thane

service tax on construction &preferential location

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Even I am concern about the same at the time of booking possession date was told Nov 2012 were as now they are saying it is 2013 and builder can delay and take one year interest free grace period this was not informed earlier. Also they have already raised whole demand of whole amount from the bank and now on 54000/- is left which lodha is saying they will ask at the time of possession that means I have to pay interest to bank till they raise the last demand....I think we all are cheated by lodha... seriously.

Rups, Thane

7th September 2012

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They have not conveyed anything at the time of booking ....infact the date(sorry year) of possession stated while selling is different from what u will see in the agreement and to add insult, you will have a interest free term of 1 year for the builders delay and the worse is delay beyond that 9% , while we are expected to pay 18% with no grace period ..... and all this when they dont even have permissions to build. So dont even know on what basis they are sending demand letters!

A, Apartment Resident, Thane

10th August 2012

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Hi Naresh, The st is calculated as per the progress of construction. The preferential location payment for ST refers to the floor rise as defined in the ST directive. However, you need to bear in mind that this is just deposit with Highcourt as the matter is subjudice and till final judgement is delivered the court has asked builders to deposit the ST liability which they are demanding from us. SOme builders directly deposit this amount with court but Lodha prefers to take it in his account and later deposit is with court. It is better as if there is any refund, we dont have to go to court for refund but directly to Lodha who would adjust against our installments.
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TUSHAR VORA , Apartment Resident

14th January 2012

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Service tax is levied on all under-construction property and the property that has no completion certificate comes under the under-construction property. Thank you.

Sanjana Jain, Mumbai

3rd January 2012

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