Failure to pay excise, service tax may lead to arrest:
Failure to pay excise duty and service tax could lead to arrest of defaulters, as per the provisions proposed in the Finance Bill 2013 introduced by finance minister P. Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha.
The purpose of the excise tax is to penalize users of such goods and services, economist Lachezar Bogdanov said for FOCUS News Agency in reference to increases in excise duties on cigarettes and fuel as of 2010.