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FM may cut corporation tax in Budget to ease demonetisation pain: Deloitte
In Deloitte's survey, 53% of the respondents expect it to happen this time
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A K Bhattacharya: Jaitley's three Budgets
Fiscal deficit reined in, but fall in capex's share in GDP, high reliance on indirect taxes worrying
Tax sops for small traders on digital transactions: Govt
Currently, upon having a turnover of Rs 2 crore or less, profit is 8% of total turnover for taxation
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RBI rate panel focuses more on inflation, plays down growth worry
RBI's six-member MPC decided unanimously to keep policy repo rate unchanged at 6.25% on Dec 7
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Sops for youth, I-T relief: How Modi plans to change the note ban narrative
PM likely to announce sops for rural population, SMEs at Lucknow rally on Jan 2
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Expect an anti-rich Budget 2017; realty buyers should watch out, says Ambit
A recent report by Ambit capital suggests that Budget may be focussed on black money crackdown'
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What people want from Budget
Majority of people surveyed are in favour of an increase in the threshold for income tax exemption
Taxing cash
CMs' panel suggestions on digital economy are misguided
No decision over taxing cash transactions yet, says finance ministry
Chandrababu Naidu-led panel recommended taxing cash transactions of at least Rs 50,000
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Cash-ban distress leaves scant room for Budget giveaways
IMF has trimmed its growth outlook for fiscal year beginning in April to 7.2% from 7.6% previously
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Budget 2017: Modi calls for innovation; special focus on skills & tourism
The government has said February 1 will be the date for presentation of future Union Budgets
Budget 2017 may provide tax gain for common people to soothe note ban pain
Income tax payers will be biggest gainers as tax slabs might be extended
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Abheek Barua: Budget 2017 the hardest one to crack
The Budget could well make or break India's economic recovery
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Budget: Govt must resist temptation to spend more, stick to fiscal path
Why it would be unwise to stray away from fiscal consolidation
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Jaitley may cut taxes, lack of indirect-tax data may make it tough
The GST is also to subsume state VAT
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GST: Luxury, standard, basic tax slabs to replace current rate on services
GST Council plans three-rate service tax structure
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Sober expectations
Economic Survey outlines barriers to restoring high growth
PM Modi dismisses opposition's criticism of an early Budget
Advancement would impact results in 5 poll-bound states, including UP, decry the Opposition
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Rupee scales one-month high of 67.87 on Budget optimism
The US dollar index was trading sharply lower at 99.94 in the late afternoon session
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Arun Jaitley to take questions from Twitterati after budget
The questions can be asked on Twitter by using the hashtag: #MyQuestionToFM
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