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A committee has recommended a host of tax incentives like exemption from customs duty, central excise and service tax to revamp the 30-year old Export Oriented Unit (EOU) scheme. After expiry of tax benefits for the EOUs, the government in February has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner, Noida SEZ, to revamp the scheme in sync with the changing business environment and gel with the Special Economic Zones. Full Article

Majority of Indian companies feel tax incentives from the government are needed to accelerate adoption of energy-efficient business practices, according to a survey.According to the survey by workspace solutions provider Regus, though India has been criticised for its high emission levels, around 30 per cent companies here monitor their carbon footprint. Full Article

What is evident in the CSO data for GDP growth and fiscal deficit forecast for the current year, it appears certain fiscal deficit management and measures to push growth beyond 7% will be on top of the agenda. This could mean policy makers shall take a hard look at concessions, an impact thereof on the macroeconomy and of course, strategies for greater tax revenue mobilization. Full Article

The government will sift through the financial data filed by companies with the Registrar of Companies to get a better picture of their investments and expenditure, helping it get better inputs for key policy decisions such as tax incentives. Financial details submitted with the RoC will be aggregated under various parameters such as investments, deposits and trade debt, a government official told. The initiative is driven by the ministry of corporate affairs. The RoC ha.. Full Article

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday said commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has recommended extending special industrial package to the state up to 2013. Dhumal met Sharma on Monday to lobby for the extension of tax benefits enjoyed by industrial units in the state, which was to expire on March 2010. Full Article

The gems and jewellery industry wants provisions such as search and seizure and tax on gross assets in the Direct Taxes Code to be modified.It says these provisions could be detrimental to the sector’s growth which has been showing signs of recovery afterreeling under recession. Industry representatives also appealed to the Government to incentivise units in SEZs and EOUs. Full Article

Decided by: Supreme Court of India, In The case of: M/s Liberty India versus Commissioner of Income Tax, Appeal No.: Civil Appeal No. of 2009 (arising out of S.L.P.(C) No. 5827/07), Decided on: August 31, 2009 SUMMARY OF CASE LAW The assessee claimed that profit from Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) and Duty Drawback Scheme are “derived from the business [...] Full Article

MAT – Making Companies slim Ms. Kareena Kapoor style Introduction: 1.0 The objective of new Direct Tax Code (DTC) as stated in the Discussion Paper (DP) published are broadening the base, minimize exemptions, horizontal and vertical equity etc. Since the proposed DTC touches all the aspects of taxation of income of all the types of [...] Full Article