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The Income Tax (I-T) department is targeting a tax collection of Rs 3,379 crore during the 2010-11 financial year in Lucknow, which covers the Uttar Pradesh (East) districts. During 2009-10, the department made net tax collection of Rs 2,888 compared with Rs 2,614 during the previous year....

The commerce ministry has expressed strong reservations on the provisions envisaged in the new revised discussion paper on direct taxes code for the special economic zones. “We are extremely concerned about the direct taxes code provisions for SEZs,” commerce secretary Rahul Khullar said on Friday....

The Union Government might not review or consider the extension of the Sunset Clause to the export-oriented units (EoUs), beyond the earlier set deadline of March 31, 2011. “There is no discussion on this (extension of sunset clause) now, it might not be considered,” said Dr Rahul Khullar, Union Secretary for Commerce and Industries....

A proposal to tax bank transactions to help some of the global economies tide over the current financial crises will be opposed by India at the G-20 summit, even as it will ask rich countries not to abruptly withdraw their stimuli packages, officials said on Friday....

The Income Tax department will soon launch an Internet-based grievance redressal system for taxpayers to lodge their complaints with taxman. The new online facility will also enable taxpayers to register their complaints and put applications to the I-T Ombudsman present in 12 cities across the country including Mumbai and Delhi, the two t...

In a bid to plug the tax loophole foreign investors use by routing their money to India through Mauritius, the government has sought amendments in its bilateral treaty with the island nation and offered cash compensation for revenue loss on account of the changes....

The securities transaction tax (STT) is here to stay even under the proposed new regime for direct taxes slated to come into force from April 1 next year. But the rate of STT now hinges on the firming up of a revised taxation regime for capital gains and the flow of funds to the capital market, a senior Finance Ministry official said....

Corporate earnings from trading in certified emission reduction or carbon credits has caught the eyes of income-tax department. Tax authorities plan to closely look at companies found active in carbon trading after finding non-payment of taxes on such earnings....

To check the menace of international cross border tax evasion, the Union Ministry of Finance has approved eight income tax units within the Indian missions overseas, Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said.The Union Finance Ministry has already set up two income tax overseas units within the Indian missions in Singapore and Mauritius, and ...

The top brass of the Rs8 trillion Indian mutual fund industry will soon meet officials of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), seeking parity in tax treatment with life insurance products. The industry, facing outflow of funds and migration of agents to insurers following regulatory changes, is unhappy with proposals in the new draft...