The finance ministry's new online tax filing system will help expand the tax base by reducing the time and effort required to register a new taxpayer and create a permanent account number
The recent G7 proposal of a global minimum tax has mixed implications for Indian corporations, foreign majors operating here and the tax authorities
The countries aim to reach a consensus at the meeting on the details, as much technical work has already been done.
The taxation policy disincentivises Indian capital from investing in local startups in two ways
After the abolition of the dividend distribution tax, the taxability of salaries and dividends in the hands of a founder of a bootstrapped start-up will be broadly similar, says Ritesh Kumar, IndusLaw
GST Council should have addressed pressing issues
Under the GST laws, hundreds of mass consumption items and essential services are exempted fully or attract a lower rate of tax than the standard rate of 18%
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said it deliberated on tax relief on medicines, injections and health equipment
Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory
What better way is there to empower states than for them to have their own income tax and have a greater degree of financial independence?
Concern over a falling share of corporation tax revenue may get worse
Norway fund has investments across sectors in India, shows latest disclosures
The tax exemption encouraged retail investors to buy traditional policies, which, in turn, invested in G-Secs. But now there are many other buyers for G-Secs
The government on Saturday extended the deadline for making payment under the direct tax dispute resolution scheme Vivad Se Vishwas by two months till June 30
Higher tax rates, central banks pumping out cash, protection for home industry, suppressing interest rates, high social welfare pay-outs - all hark back to pre-Thatcher-Reagan phase - notes T N Ninan
You must have completed 3 years of continuous service and have another 3 years of employment left
Angus Deaton said that levies on high-earners would be 'very difficult to implement' and give the wealthy 'huge incentives to avoid it'
A look at select countries - four advanced economies, three emerging markets and India - shows the extent to which corporate taxes help governments
6% fall in corporation tax due to Covid-related issues
We will have higher revenue, but also our expenditure would exceed the revised estimates in the Budget, said Bajaj