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Budget 2017: Direct Tax

February 04, 2017, Saturday

Govt may fix 2015-16 threshold for lower corporation tax rate

Rollback of petroleum product duties likely to be considered if crude oil reaches $60-65 a barrel
February 03, 2017, Friday

Indian MNCs under MAT set for higher tax outgo

Budget provision intends to restrict MAT credit available on foreign tax credits
February 03, 2017, Friday

Budget focus on tax administration reforms

Most measures to benefit govt's programmes but more could have been done, says a PwC analysis
February 02, 2017, Thursday

Startups say FM's move to extend time limit for tax holiday helps liquidity

I-T exemption time limit for startups has been extended to 3 out of 7 years from 3 out of 5 years, earlier
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Income tax slab slashed to 5% for Rs 2.5-5 lakh earners

However, earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Devendra Pant: Tricky fiscal arithmetic

The Centre's net tax revenues are expected to grow 12.7 per cent in 2017-18
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Govt to reduce time for revising tax return to 12 months

FM also proposed to reduce time for completion of scrutiny assessments from 21 months to 18 months
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

The revised tax slab will help widen the tax base: Ravi Jain

Chat with with Ravi Jain, Executive Director, Personal Tax, PwC on Budget impact on personal tax
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Budget 2017: Analysts hail tax certainty, rue high corp tax rates

Pranay Bhatia of BDO India welcomed the extension period for claiming MAT credit to 15 years
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Jaitley taxes rich, gives to the poor

Introduces a new surcharge of 10% for incomes above Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Budget 2017: Partial withdrawal from NPS not to be taxed

The upper limit of contribution to NPS by self-employed raised from 10-20% of gross total income
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Capital gains tax exemption to benefit over 24,000 farmers in Amaravati

Exemption is given to those who had contributed to land pooling for the Amaravati construction
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Budget 2017: How Jaitley became the darling of the middle classes

Income tax rate slashed & filing made simpler
February 01, 2017, Wednesday

Corporate tax for small companies reduced to 25%

Big companies could feel let down
January 31, 2017, Tuesday

Staffing industry seeks resolution of tax woes in Budget

Wants TDS cut from 10% to 2%, and applied on commission earned, not on gross invoice value
January 29, 2017, Sunday

Budget 2017: India Inc pitches for lower tax rates

The current corporate tax rate works out to be 30 per cent plus cess and surcharge
January 28, 2017, Saturday

Naushad Forbes: Kick-starting investment

The Budget should be judged on how it enhances the long-term potential of the economy
January 28, 2017, Saturday

Investors brace for transaction tax hike, less friendly Budget

Govt can offset any negative impact by lowering corporate tax rates, mitigating note ban impact
January 27, 2017, Friday

Budget 2017: Measures that could impact markets

High possibility of taxes going up and incentives being reduced
January 27, 2017, Friday

Financial sector reforms in FY17: Road map in the works for state-run banks

Also, the CCEA has given the go-ahead for listing of shares of five general insurance companies