Attrition drops to 17.8% from a high of 21% in March quarter
CLOSING BELL ON JULY 12, 2023: Shares of online gaming firms wilted under selling pressure on Wednesday owing to the 28% GST levy. Meanwhile, HDFC signed-off its from the bourses with a 0.6% loss.
TCS Q1FY24 result: The attrition for the first quarter of the current financial year stood at 17.8%
Stocks to watch on July 12, 2023: IT majors TCS and HCL Technologies will report Q1 earnings today, Wednesday.
TCS Q1 result preview: The weakness comes on account of a worsening demand environment, which is leading to cancellation and delay in projects, a longer sales cycle and slower revenue conversion
Tuesday's GST Council meet likely to put out clarification
The company also launched its new Generative AI Enterprise adoption offering for clients, making a bet on the rapidly growing artificial intelligence space
Another three employees were fired for sexual misconduct, taking the total tally to 38
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According to an announcement by the finance ministry, there will be no change in the rate of Tax Collected at Source on international spending through credit cards
The combined market valuation of the top 10 most valued firms jumped Rs 1.88 lakh crore last week, with HDFC Bank and Tata Consultancy Services emerging as the biggest gainers, amid bullish investor sentiments. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 1,739.19 points or 2.76 per cent. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 803.14 points or 1.26 per cent to settle at its lifetime closing high of 64,718.56 on Friday. During the day, it zoomed 853.16 points or 1.33 per cent to reach its record intra-day peak of 64,768.58. Propelled by optimism in equities, the combined market valuation of the top 10 most valued firms increased by Rs 1,88,050.82 crore. The valuation of HDFC Bank surged Rs 32,600.19 crore to Rs 9,51,584.36 crore, the most among the top 10 firms. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) added Rs 30,388.43 crore, taking its market valuation to Rs 12,07,669.91 crore. The valuation of Infosys jumped Rs 28,862.38 crore to Rs 5,54,091.27 crore, and that of Reliance Industries zoomed Rs 23,984.28
The government on Friday said foreign exchange dealers and sellers of overseas tour packages will have to take an "undertaking" from their customers about their past remittances and overseas visits made in a fiscal for the purpose of deducting TCS. The Income Tax department issued a set of FAQs on the applicability of changes relating to Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) and on the purchase of an overseas tour programme package. The differential rate of the TCS levy would kick in from October 1. The FAQ also defined what would constitute an 'overseas tour program package', on which from October 1, 5 per cent TCS would be levied on expenditures up to Rs 7 lakh. Beyond that, a 20 per cent rate would apply. Currently, these packages attract 5 per cent TCS. "It is clarified that the purchase of only an international travel ticket or purchase of only hotel accommodation, by in itself is not covered within the definition of 'overseas tour program ...
The company said that they not only want to make products for India but also plan to manufacture to export
MCX's transition to the TCS-run platform has been delayed, despite the company assuring analysts and its investors that the transition would take place by end-June
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TCS bans six employees, six staffing firms in hiring scam
TCS has taken action against six employees after finding them guilty of accepting favours from certain staffing firms in the appointment of contractual workers, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Thursday. The largest IT services exporter is investigating the role of three more of its employees, Chandrasekaran said while speaking at the TCS annual general meeting here. "We have banned six employees and also six companies," he said in response to questions from shareholders. He said the company received two separate whistleblower complaints -- one pertaining to appointment of business associates or contractual workers in the US, and one in India, in late February and March, after which it investigated the allegations. Chandrasekaran said he cannot quantify the favours these employees got but the banned employees behaved in such a way that they were favouring certain firms. "The company will look at the whole BA (Business Associate) supplier management process and see what
Domestic tour operators on Thursday welcomed the government's move to defer hike in tax collection at source on overseas tour packages till September 30 calling but reiterated that it should be brought down to 2.5 per cent. In a statement, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) -- the apex body of tour operators in the country with more than 1,700 members -- thanked the government for "giving partial relief of deferring Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on the overseas tour packages till September 30, 2023, and also for withdrawing increase of TCS percentage from 5 per cent to 20 per cent on amount up to Rs 7 lakh per annum". "Though we are happy with this rollback, our long-standing demand is that the TCS should be reduced to 2.5 per cent as the main objective of the government is to bring more people into the tax net...," IATO President Rajiv Mehra said. He further said, "...if the government reduces the TCS percentage on overseas tour packages, a higher number of people will .
In recent months both TCS and Infosys announced bagging mega deals
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