Eliah Supreeth

[Pooja @poojaofficial5]

Bought a ₹6.60 lakh Tiago, only to realise there’s a ₹1.95 lakh "government partner" in the car too.

My cousin decided to buy a 1.2L Tata Tiago for his family’s safety.

Down payment ? His.
5 year EMI ? His.
Insurance ? His.
Fuel expenses ? His.

But apparently, the government’s share in the purchase was not small either.

According to the breakdown

Ex factory plus automaker margin
₹4.65 lakh
Final On road Price
₹6.60 lakh
Government taxes or levies
₹1.95 lakh

That means roughly ₹1.95 lakh went towards taxes and government charges.

And the story does not end there.

First, pay income tax on your salary,
Then use that taxed income to buy the car,

Then pay GST or cess on the car,
Road tax on top
And even 18% GST on insurance.

At some point, you have to wonder

How many layers of taxation does a salaried taxpayer go through just to buy a family car ?

Put sarcastically

"I bought the Tiago,
but the government clearly put in a lot of effort too."

The perfect description might be

Car Mine.
EMI Mine.
Petrol Mine.
Insurance Mine.
But the tax collection ?
Government’s guaranteed partnership.

A joint venture between an exhausted salaried taxpayer and the Department of Revenue,

where one side puts in the money,
and the other side has a guaranteed revenue stream.

[Eliah Supreeth @eliahsupreeth]

One of your executives just took a photo of my Aadhaar, saying it was required as proof to show his manager that delivery was made to the correct person. Is this practice permitted?
@shadowfax_in

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

Looking forward to that next ride with our mates!
Till then #StayHome #StaySafe

#FlattenTheCurve #RoyalEnfield #RidePure #PureMotorcycling #RoyalEnfieldHimalayan #ReHimalayan

[WIRED @WIRED]

Hacker Maksym Popov gave himself up to the FBI and joined its fight against Eastern European cybercrime. Trouble is, he never really left the dark side.
https://t.co/OVQCmD8n9A

[VMware @VMware]

Understand the benefits of a modernized architecture and ensure you choose a hybrid cloud platform that better positions you for the future. https://t.co/cyF2RNiqA2

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

All ready to hit the legendary corners of Isle of Man circuit.
#ContinentalGT650

#RoyalEnfield #RidePure #PureMotorcycling #RoyalEnfieldTwins

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

A timeless design icon finds new expressions across a new range of #RoyalEnfieldClassic with BS6 updates. Available for a test ride at a Royal Enfield Store near you.

#RoyalEnfield #REclassic #RidePure #PureMotorcycling

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

On the 71st #RepublicDay of India, we bring you a story from 18,000ft and -30 degree celsius when we rode with the @adgpi through 1,100kms of the most unforgiving Himalayan terrains to go where no motorcycle had gone before, the legendary Karakoram Pass and created history.

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

The most enduring tale in motorcycling - The Royal Enfield Bullet
#10yearchallenge #MadeLikeAGun #RoyalEnfieldBullet #RidePure #PureMotorcycling

[Royal Enfield @royalenfield]

Inspired by the Royal Enfields used, misused and handed down from owner to owner by the flower children of the sixties, we present our tribute to Goa – the Good Trip Custom in partnership with Buraq Motorcycles. Feast your eyes and soul.

[Comedywire @comedywire]

#NationalBossDay

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Sit back and relax. Learn more about managing stress: https://t.co/7QJ1uV9Vw8 #health

[WIRED @WIRED]

By training an algorithm to identify the use of first-person singular pronouns and words reflecting hostility and loneliness in Facebook posts, researchers could predict depression diagnoses as early as three months before it was formally diagnosed https://t.co/ArYEKv0aPc

[Eliah Supreeth @eliahsupreeth]

@royalenfield Totally😊

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Artificial intelligence will transform universities. Here’s how @dodgsonmark @davidmgann https://t.co/BAonh53XFb

[World Economic Forum @wef]

These drones can plant 100,000 trees a day https://t.co/7ulK1lOF8v

[Eliah Supreeth @eliahsupreeth]

@wef 👍

[Eliah Supreeth @eliahsupreeth]

Kiran Devaraju Photography https://t.co/FByNTSYCtn

Good one @kiru619

[Eliah Supreeth @eliahsupreeth]

@XessIsTheName thanks :)