Amidst the discussion regarding tax rules in the country, a standup comedian shared some funny suggestions on social media, which are making people laugh a lot. Actually, famous standup comedian Gaurav Kapoor posted a video on Instagram, in which he advised to impose new types of taxes on podcasts and reels. This video went viral as soon as it was seen and received thousands of likes and comments.
Comedian’s unique suggestions
Gaurav Kapoor humorously suggested the government to impose many unique taxes related to podcasts and reels. He said in the video-
Remove 28% of things from the podcast.
Imposing “surcharge” on wrong information.
Implementing a 2% “cut cess” on short reels.
Imposition of 5% “nuisance surcharge”.
Making mic and studio rent expensive.
If two people are sitting face to face in a podcast, then apply Section 144.
Gave opinion on interesting questions also
Gaurav also advised to remove some questions asked in the podcast, such as-
How much do you earn?
How many iPhones can you buy?
Do you see ghosts?
Does Yeti wear clothes or roam around without clothes?
He also talked about imposing tax on facial expressions.
joke on gst
Let us tell you that this post of comedian Gaurav Kapoor came when recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced some new tax changes in the GST Council meeting. These include 5% GST on unbranded popcorn and up to 12% tax on branded popcorn. This tax on caramelized popcorn was increased to 18%.
people’s reaction
This post of Gaurav got more than 44 thousand likes and thousands of views.
One user wrote, “Impose tax even on breathing. People are taking more oxygen these days.”
Another jokingly said, “I will convince Nirmala ji and get 80% tax imposed.”
A third posted, “The world is talking about AI and crypto and we are talking about popcorn tax.”
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