Custom Duty : As a measure of rationalization of duty structure the rates of 2% and 3% are being unified with the median rate of 2.5%. According...
Finance : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Union Budget 2011-12 in Parliament on Monday. While the finance minister made the ...
Service Tax : The primary reason is the simplification of the Export of Service Rules (Export Rules). The Export Rules prescribe the conditions ...
Finance : Recessions have affected mostly the real estate business. Slowing demand and sudden evaporation of liquidity position made the sit...
Income Tax : Manufacturing companies will have to shell out an additional Rs 25,500 crore on 2 per cent increase excise duty for the financial ...
Service Tax : The government will come out with a draft 'negative list' for service tax in two weeks, meaning services which are not mentioned i...
Finance : Buoyed by better-than-expected performance on government finances' front in 2010-11, the Centre on Thursday said it will keep a ta...
Service Tax : Breaking News Budget 2011 Related to Service tax on Healthcare and Excise Duty on Readymade Garments. 1) Abatement on readymade ga...
Finance : In a good sign, the government will depend less on borrowing to finance budgetary proposals in 2011-12 than in the ongoing 2010-11...
Finance : The Union Budget 2011-12 aims to sustain economic growth, strengthen infrastructure, moderate the price rise, particularly of agri...
Custom Duty : Consequent upon the printing and publishing of the Budget Bulletins, 2011 (both Customs and Central Excise & Service Tax), the Dir...
The government will come out with a draft ‘negative list’ for service tax in two weeks, meaning services which are not mentioned in it would be taxed under the proposed GST regime. The draft paper (on negative list of services) is nearly ready and you should see this paper in two weeks, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, V K Garg, told PTI.
Buoyed by better-than-expected performance on government finances’ front in 2010-11, the Centre on Thursday said it will keep a tab on public expenditure to ensure that Budget targets for this fiscal too are achieved. Efforts to get the economy on the path of fiscal prudence are on track… The government is committed to achieve the fiscal targets, an official statement quoting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at a meeting of Consultative Committee held on Wednesday said.
Breaking News Budget 2011 Related to Service tax on Healthcare and Excise Duty on Readymade Garments. 1) Abatement on readymade garments increased from 40% to 55%. 2) Service tax on Health care services withdrawn
Consequent upon the printing and publishing of the Budget Bulletins, 2011 (both Customs and Central Excise & Service Tax), the Directorate of Publicity and Public Relations has subsequently been informed that the following corrections are required to be incorporated in the above said Budget Bulletins, 2011.
As a measure of rationalization of duty structure the rates of 2% and 3% are being unified with the median rate of 2.5%. Accordingly basic customs duty on all goods currently attracting 2% has been increased to 2.5% and basic customs duty on those goods attracting 3% has been decreased to 2.5%.(S. No. 1 & 2 of Notification No. 21/2011-Cus dated the 1st March 2011 refers)
In a good sign, the government will depend less on borrowing to finance budgetary proposals in 2011-12 than in the ongoing 2010-11 financial year.Borrowings will comprise 27 paise out every rupee that the government plans to spend in 2011-12, compared to 29 paise in the current financial year, as per the proposals presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Monday.
The Union Budget 2011-12 aims to sustain economic growth, strengthen infrastructure, moderate the price rise, particularly of agricultural produce and reduce social imbalances through inclusive development. Presenting the budget 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the budget is a transition towards a more transparent and result oriented economic management system in India. He said while developments on India’s external sector have been encouraging, continued high food prices have remained our principal concern. He said that the trend revealed shortcomings in distribution and marketing system. The Finance Minister said that huge differences between wholesale and retail prices are at the expense of remunerative prices for the farmers and competitive prices for consumers.
Union Budget 2011-12 estimates to make net revenue gain of Rs. 4000 crore for the year by way of new Service Tax proposals. In keeping with thrust to encourage voluntary compliance, the penal provisions of Service Tax are under the process of rationalization. This will ensure less harsh treatment to those who have maintained truthful records but fallen short of discharging their tax liability.
Union Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee has announced various incentives for micro, small and medium enterprises while presenting this year’s union budget. The allotment to SIDBI for refinancing incremental lending by banks to these enterprises has been raised from Rs. 4000 Crore to Rs. 5000 Crore.
Union Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee has proposed to free all individual and sole proprietor service tax payers with a turn over to Rs. 60 lakh from the formalities of the audit. It has been observed that the number of assesses in service tax has grown manifold and a large number of them comprise individuals or sole proprietors with small turnovers.
