High tax scripts a tragedy for theatre owners

 Distributors readily agree to give new pictures to multiplex owners as they pay 50 per cent of their weekly collection to distributors as multiplexes are exempt from entertainment tax. Cinema owners, on the other hand, pay commission to distributors on the basis of sale of tickets or rental for a film.

 According to Dayabhai Patel, an entertainment tax officer at Gujarat, multiplexes are 100 per cent entertainment tax exempt under the state government