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Decoded: 5%  tax on foreign fund transfers that may go up to 10% for some

For education-related foreign remittances funded by loans, though, the tax will be just 0.5% for amount above Rs 7 lakh, but will go up to 5% if PAN is not provided

Advance tax mop-up dips 25.5% in Q2, led by plunge in corporate tax: Report

Advance tax collections fell 25.5 per cent to Rs 1,59,057 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal, an income tax official said on Thursday

Why a taxpayers' charter is a non-starter

The charter is a bunch of promises, full of homily-like vision statements

Modi unveils Taxpayers' Charter: Faceless assessment and faceless appeals

While faceless assessment and Taxpayers' Charter came into effect from Thursday itself, the facility of faceless appeals will be rolled out from September 25

Delhi: AAP members protest against BJP-led SDMC's new tax regime

The protest march started from the party headquarters and police stopped the protesters before they reached the BJP headquarters

AAP to protest against professional tax by South Delhi Municipal Corp

AAP will stage a protest march on Wednesday outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's head office to oppose the imposition of professional tax by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Equalisation Levy: Govt not considering deadline extension for tax

The 2 per cent Equalisation Levy was introduced in the 2020-21 Budget and has come into effect from April 1, 2020

Tax authorities accessed 84 million offshore accounts in 2019: OECD

Nearly 100 countries carried out automatic exchange of information last year, covering total assets of 10 trillion euros

Broad-based criteria for safe harbour to apply to category-II FPIs

May dissuade these investors from delegating fund management responsibilities to Indian managers

Income Tax department extends five new deadlines for Indian taxpayers

The estimation poses some practical challenges and also makes it difficult to assess tax liability

GST officials detect Rs 105-cr tax evasion by Indore-based cigarette maker

DGGI had conducted searches at the firm's premises that revealed that a secret exit had been set up on the rear side through which unaccounted raw materials were brought and finished goods cleared

Delhi HC issues notice to Kejriwal govt over Covid-19 fee on liquor

The petitioner contended that the levy violates the Delhi Excise Act and corresponding rules

Treat coronavirus-related tax concerns as exceptional, says OECD

The work scenario has changed across the world due to Covid with most employees working from homes while others may have got stuck in foreign countries because of the lockdown

Simplifying regime to make tax harassment 'a thing of the past': Modi

Until now, a process-centric tax system was predominant in India, but now it was being made public-centric, the prime minister added

Letter to BS: Tax on remittances is absurd as the source is already taxed

On the one hand, the government wants to simplify tax rules, while on the other, it has introduced a measure that will complicate it

Letter to BS: Ease of paying tax is important for living, doing business

Nobel prize-winning economist Richard Thaler would approve - if you want people to do something, make it easy, he said

Fiscal rectitude or spending push? Budget attempts both, but half-heartedly

If more expenditure in the rural economy is the need of the hour to revive demand, it is debatable if such tax giveaways could have waited till GDP growth picks up a little

Budget 2020: Non-taxpaying NRIs to be taxed in India, says FM

At present, if an Indian or a person of Indian origin managed his stay in India such that he remained a non-resident in perpetuity, he was not liable to pay tax on his global income in India.

Budget 2020: For every rupee in govt coffers, 64 paise will come from taxes

The collection from borrowings and other liabilities will be 20 paise, while income tax will yield 17 paise to every rupee collection.

Govt likely to abolish dividend distribution tax in upcoming Budget

Tax may be imposed on shareholders getting dividends