Corporate Tax Rate

Combined revenues of 410 firms declined 6%, while profit before tax fell 35%

The tax cut in September last year had resulted in a 10% increase in the post-tax profits of index companies

If an MNC wants to invest in India, the company structure seems attractive. For Indian promoters, LLPs still appear to be a better option

Tax rate cuts, job creation measures expected: BS POLL

Invest India demands accommodating companies set up a few months earlier

'The government's decision to reduce corporation tax rate to 17% for new companies is faulty', said Hiranandani

Net collection grows only 0.7% to Rs 6.75 trillion

The sunset clause for SEZ nearing - March 31, 2020 - and the IT industry has been a big beneficiary of the policy

The Centre's fiscal deficit has crossed the Budget FY20 projection of Rs 7.04 trillion by October itself

The Upper House passed the legislation without any changes

The finance minister said "people are approaching" the government for fresh investment which will help in generating more jobs as well as make India a manufacturing hub in the future

In a biggest reduction in 28 years, the government in September reduced corporate tax rate by almost 10 percentage points in a bid to give a boost to sagging economy

Software development, book printing, mining, conversion of marble blocks and bottling of gas into cylinders are excluded from the definition of manufacturing

In absolute terms, around 300,000 companies are now at the 22% rate, against the earlier 25-30% earlier

Tax cut helps, but India Inc's revenue growth falters

Sensex gained 12% while Nifty ended up 10% despite challenges such as the trade war andtrade war and economic slowdown

Pre-tax profit is up 20.7%, net up 15%; top-line growth lowest in 3 years

On an overall basis, fund houses pumped in Rs 11,000 crore into stocks during the month with the benchmark Nifty ending with 3.6 per cent gain

Look beyond large corporations and release the growth potential of farmers and small entrepreneurs

Pallavi Joshi Bakhru, group head taxation, Vedanta Limited, the metals-cum-mining conglomerate, explains why some large corporate groups may not avail of the lower tax rates anytime soon