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Income Tax : Learn about Section 194T introduced in Finance Bill 2024, covering TDS on payments to partners, its implications, and potential c...
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CA, CS, CMA : ICAI President's August 2024 message highlights India's economic growth, recent exam results, and the Union Budget's role in achie...
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Income Tax : Budget 2024 extends the scope for lower deduction/collection certificates under Sections 197 and 206C, effective from October 2024...
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Custom Duty : Government of India amends 32 Customs notifications and extends the re-export period for certain foreign-origin goods under Notifi...
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 […]
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 […]
Direct tax rates may be tinkered by new government that may present its first budget later next month, according to a study. This may be in line with changed taxation policies followed by most governments worldwide to beat slowdown and recession that set in following global financial turmoil.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday approved 2-percent cuts in excise duty and service tax proposed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who said resilience of the India economy which grew by an average of 9 percent annually in the last three years will help it overcome the current crisis.
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.
A delegation of the Public Finance Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Icai) led by chairman, Mr Subodh Kumar Agrawal called on state finance minister Mr Prafulla Chandra Ghadei and offered free consultancy service to the state government. The consultancy service, free of cost, given to the Union government, state government and […]
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad presented the interim Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday, saying the Railways have scaled new heights. Highlights of Lalu’s speech in Parliament: Reduction in passenger fares of ordinary passenger trains by Re 1 for fares costing up to Rs fifty per passenger for journey above ten kms. Fares of […]
The forthcoming interim budget could hold some pleasant surprises. Policymakers are examining all options, including tax cuts, aimed at giving a boost to the slowing economy and relief to industry to prevent job cuts. The Constitution does not restrain an outgoing government from announcing tax measures in an interim budget, ahead of general elections. “Constitutionally, […]
“The Indian stock market today has the potential to lift all boats across the entire social spectrum of the country and this potential needs to be exploited to the fullest if the government wants to realise the dream of reducing the poverty rate to single digit.”
The government is likely to revise downwards indirect tax collections target for the current financial year by at least Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), because of cut in industrial production due to the global economic slowdown and duty sops.
