Service tax unfair, say actors

The film industry feels that the governments decision to levy a 12.36% service tax on actors earnings is unreasonable. The stars have taken to Twitter to vent their angst against the ruling, which came into effect from July 1. With this service tax, there will be some more jobless actors. Blame it on the tax, wrote actor Arshad Warsi.Filmmaker Farah Khan tweeted, "N just as iv turned actress the govt. has decided 2 also charge 12.5%service tax to all actors. this is tooo much. kitna nichodogey yaar? (sic).Actor Divya Dutta wrote, ... the most ridiculous decision ... I strongly appeal every one of our faculty to stand tall against the implementation of such injustice (sic).Sonam Kapoor re-tweeted these.Tanuj Garg of Balaji Motion Pictures says, The burden will ultimately fall on the producer, making economics go haywire.Apart from this tax and the income tax, the actors will have to pay tax on their earnings from commercial endorsements every year. TV actor Ram Kapoor, however, says, Actors make a lot of money, and they should happily pay whatever taxes they are told to.-Navdeep Kaur MarwahRs. 3cr - What Shah Rukh Khan will have to shell out as service tax for filmsRs. 49.4 lakh - The amount Katrina Kaif may have to pay as service tax for film acting assignmentsHow much will they pay?Aamir KhanActing fee:R40crService tax: R4.9crSalman KhanActing fee: R27crService tax: R3.37crKareena KapoorActing fee: R4crService tax: R49.4lakhVidya BalanActing fee: R3crService tax: R37.08 lakh