corporate india

Income Tax Department suspects tax evasion in derivative transactions

The revenue department of the finance ministry estimates that Corporate India could have evaded over Rs 20,000 crore in taxes in 2007-08 had it shown mark-to-market losses on forex derivative transactions. According to the income tax department, in t
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Action against PWC may be taken after ICAI report

The ministry of corporate affairs(MCA) will take a call against the audit and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers only after receiving the fact-finding reports of the Rs 10,000-crore Satyam accounting fraud from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on January 11, said MCA minister Salman Khurshid.
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Maharashtra taxman wants GST to be implemented from April 2011 instead of April 2010

He said that the white paper proposes that the Central GST and State GST, that is CGST and SGST, will be concurrently administered by the centre and the state. Mr. Bhatia seems to believe that this will lead to immense confusion because it means that for every transaction, every dealer has to go to two authorities. And in some way that sort of subverts the intent of simplicity for which GST is being put in place in the first place.
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Cut in corporate tax rate will not benefit all sectors as MAT will increase tax burden

The proposed reduction in corporate tax rate from 30% to 25% in the new direct tax code is only one side of the story. The cut has been offset by a reduction in exemptions and the dreaded change in the minimum alternate tax (MAT), which would hit companies that have to invest heavily in their businesses.
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