Interim Budget

As we all aware there were two budgets presented in year 2009. One was interim Budget presented by Finance Minister in Februar 2009 and other one was Final budget Presented by Finance Minister in parliament in July 2009. Normally Final Budget get presendted in parliament in February and Govenment made changes applicable from April. Since budget presented in February was interim budget so in that budget government not made any changes in provisions related to TDS. Full Article

The government is considering expanding the scope of the existing tax refund scheme to include exports sectors that have been hit by demand slowdown in the developed markets. The finance ministry is soon likely to issue a notification in this regard. The government will also not lower the existing tax credit rates till the time these sectors show improvement, a government official. Full Article

IN his first ever formal interaction with media persons today the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has said that as per his Party’s manifesto, his Govt is committed to present the Budget 2009 within 45 days and it will be presented in the first week of July. The Budget exercise is already underway in full [...] Full Article

The finance ministry on Thursday indicated to an industry delegation that it should not expect a further lowering of corporate, excise and service taxes in the Budget to be presented by the next finance minister. ”Revenue secretary Mr P V Bhide . . . indicated that no further relaxation in excise and service taxes could be [...] Full Article

Pranab Mukherjee, the stand-in Prime Minister and Finance Minister of India, delivered the Interim Budget speech in the Lok Sabha on Monday 16.02.2009. Though, He  did not announce any major sops for ailing industries or changes in tax structure and stuck to highlighting the achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The country’s stock markets [...] Full Article