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The proposed goods & services tax (GST) could turn out to be a far more benign impost than anyone expected.In what would amount to a radical tax reform, the 13th Finance Commission is understood to have arrived at a revenue-neutral rate of around 12%, at least 4 percentage points lower than what most believed the combined Centre-state rate would be. Full Article

Rupee Export Credit Interest Rates RBI/2009-10/ 157 , Ref.: UBD.CO.BPD.Cir. No. 1/13.05.000/ 2009-10 Dated:-September 16, 2009 Rupee Export Credit Interest Rates Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.Cir. No. 3/13.05.000/ 2008-09 dated June 18, 2009 on the captioned subject regarding extension of interest subvention of 2 percentage points w.e.f. June 1, 2009 till September 30, 2009 on [...] 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