vijayawada the state government on wednesday amended schedulevi of the value added tax vat act by reducing the rate of tax on various categories of liquor vat which was being levied at anywhere between 130 to 190 on different categories of liquor has now been reduced to the 35 to 60 range however the reduction is not being transferred to the end consumer as the excise department has issued another go stating that the mrps of liquor will remain unchanged with the addition of a special marginin the go 312 issued for amending vat slabs on liquor it was stated that vat on liquor is high when compared to other states such as telangana which is collecting flat 70 and karnataka where no vat is levied on liquor to bring about parity with the neighbouring states vat slabs have been rationalised stated the gothe state government issued go 313 stating that though vat slabs have been reduced to bring about parity with other states keeping in view its policy of reducing consumption of liquor it has decided to levy a special margin that is equivalent to the reduction in vat in order to keep the mrps unchangedthe andhra pradesh state beverages corporation limited apsbcl will be the ultimate beneficiary of the rejig of vat slabs as the mrps remain unchanged the amount equivalent to the reduced vat will go to apsbcl with the present arrangement in vat slabs the state government is likely to lose rs 400 crore revenue per month as the average percentage of vat reduction comes to 100 on the basic price of liquorwhen contacted the managing director of apsbcl d vasudeva reddy said the decision to amend the vat was taken by the government he said the margins of apsbcl will increase with the present arrangement