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Taxation
  • Branch profit tax (November 09, 2009)
  • Lok Ayukta annuls service tax on chit fund customers (October 29, 2009)
  • Kochi port taxes stymie Louis Cruises’ India plans (October 29, 2009)
  • Chamber seeks abolition of octroi on textile commodities (October 28, 2009)
  • ‘Water should be treated as a resource’ (October 09, 2009)
  • Writ against e-filing of tax returns (September 30, 2009)
  • TN cuts infrastructure, amenities charges for realtors (September 11, 2009)
  • ‘No levy obligation on processed imported sugar’ (September 09, 2009)
  • Unsettled squabbles (September 05, 2009)
  • SAIL waiting for tax sops from Bengal govt (September 03, 2009)
  • MAT on gross assets (September 02, 2009)
  • New tax code unlikely to hit ‘investor psyche’ (September 01, 2009)
  • AP likely to reduce VAT on natural gas (August 22, 2009)
  • The tax accountant (August 20, 2009)
  • Mineral federation urges better administration of ad valorem rates (August 19, 2009)
  • Property tax details on Net (August 19, 2009)
  • States reluctant to trim sales tax on aviation fuel (August 18, 2009)
  • Simplifying processes (August 13, 2009)
  • Powerloom units, weavers spat continues (August 12, 2009)
  • DTH operators face tax pressures (August 12, 2009)
  • Broking firms’ service tax collection falls 49% (August 08, 2009)
  • ‘Manufacture’ still produces ambiguity (August 06, 2009)
  • E-payment of excise, service tax (August 03, 2009)
  • Entry tax (July 27, 2009)
  • State of imbalance (July 25, 2009)
  • ‘GST still appears a distant dream’ (July 24, 2009)
  • Revenue hopes (July 20, 2009)
  • FBT abolition: Some relief for corporates (July 13, 2009)
  • Reforms in transfer pricing laudable (July 13, 2009)
  • Introduction of GST: A major challenge ahead for Govt (July 12, 2009)
  • A good job by Finance Minister (July 12, 2009)
  • ICAI conference on direct taxes (July 11, 2009)
  • Muted relief over SEZ tax clarification (July 11, 2009)
  • A patch-up effort (July 09, 2009)
  • Oil on the block (July 08, 2009)
  • Tax treatment weighs on new pension scheme (July 08, 2009)
  • Abolition of FBT to help aviation sector save crores (July 08, 2009)
  • Budget decision could drill hole in oil co finances (July 08, 2009)
  • Tech sector sees some clicks, some misses (July 08, 2009)
  • Service tax on law firms evokes mixed response (July 08, 2009)
  • Gold, silver prices set to rise; life-saving drugs, LCD TVs turn cheaper (July 07, 2009)
  • Tax reforms and rationalisation (July 07, 2009)
  • Work out clear roadmap for GST implementation (July 03, 2009)
  • Deora tells States to reduce sales tax on petrol, diesel (July 03, 2009)
  • Make tax reforms the next stimulus package (June 30, 2009)
  • Taxes must be rationalised (June 28, 2009)
  • MF entry load removal could hit tax collections (June 27, 2009)
  • For the welfare of charities (June 27, 2009)
  • India files request with Swiss Govt on tax pact (June 22, 2009)
  • Tax rebates (June 19, 2009)
  • I&B Ministry moots five-year tax break for digital TV services (June 19, 2009)
  • Plea to scrap service tax on phones (June 19, 2009)
  • Textiles: FICCI for full tax exemption on export earnings for short term (June 19, 2009)
  • Deora seeks tax holiday for natural gas production (June 16, 2009)
  • ‘Long-term fiscal strategy statement will help businesses plan operations for 3-4 years’ (June 16, 2009)
  • Banks for restoring tax sop on long-term lending to core projects (June 15, 2009)
  • GJEPC wants turnover tax to replace all direct taxes (June 13, 2009)
  • Rs 2-cr tax evasion discovered (June 12, 2009)
  • Maharashtra vehicle tax hike irks carmakers, dealers (June 08, 2009)
  • Food processing units may be served tax holidays (June 06, 2009)
  • Tax at source (June 06, 2009)
  • Tirupur exporters place demands before Finance Commission (June 06, 2009)
  • Bengal co-op bank plea to restore income-tax exemption (June 03, 2009)
  • Assocham seeks lower corporate tax (June 03, 2009)
  • Exporters want tax exemption on profits restored (June 03, 2009)
  • Foreign telcos get clean chit in licence fee, service tax case (June 03, 2009)
  • Maharashtra Govt to amend Section 48 (1) of Bombay Stamp Act (May 28, 2009)
  • Taxing growth (May 27, 2009)
  • Sattur Chamber seeks simpler tax processes (May 25, 2009)
  • ‘Extend exemption of green leaf cess, agri I-T to Bengal’s tea industry’ (May 21, 2009)
  • Change in method of stock valuation (May 11, 2009)
  • Centre examining HC’s service tax order on commercial premises rental (May 09, 2009)
  • Jet-Sahara case: HC to give ruling on Friday (May 07, 2009)
  • ‘Swiss authorities refused to share data on stashed funds’ (May 03, 2009)
  • ACC case: High Court sets aside sales tax assessment orders (April 29, 2009)
  • Tariff troubles (April 25, 2009)
  • India, Syria make changes in pact to avoid double taxation (April 22, 2009)
  • Give youth a tax break (April 11, 2009)
  • Cotton waste dealers can pay CST at 4% without ‘C’ forms: HC (April 07, 2009)
  • Green tax is no licence to destroy nature (April 04, 2009)
  • Kahlon joins CBDT as member (April 01, 2009)
  • Offsetting speculative losses via capital gains (March 29, 2009)
  • Confusion over duty move on soya oil affects markets (March 20, 2009)
  • HC: Charitable hospitals exempt from property tax (March 17, 2009)
  • Developing R&D thru tax regimes (March 07, 2009)
  • ‘Luxury tax a big dampener for TN hotel industry’ (March 06, 2009)
  • Kerala to withdraw thermal power surcharge (February 28, 2009)
  • Boosters for gem and jewellery would have marginal impact (February 28, 2009)
  • Tax concessions (February 27, 2009)
  • Service tax waiver for exporters sought (February 26, 2009)
  • Indian vendors to wait for fine print on tax disincentives (February 26, 2009)
  • Consumers to benefit in most segments (February 25, 2009)
  • Govt cuts excise, service tax; revenue loss at Rs 30,000 cr (February 25, 2009)
  • Brokers see no gains in tax cuts (February 25, 2009)
  • ‘States spent just 25% of cess on workers’ welfare’ (February 24, 2009)
  • High-tech product export promotion scheme comes into force (February 23, 2009)
  • Delightfully vague status of LLPs (February 21, 2009)
  • A stimulus opportunity missed (February 21, 2009)
  • Delhi airport to levy development fee on passengers from March 1 (February 10, 2009)
  • Realty industry welcomes exemption from service tax on property sales (February 05, 2009)
  • Nath assures tax relief for SEZ, export-oriented units (February 04, 2009)
  • Property tax: Mangalore City Corpn implements self-assessment scheme (January 28, 2009)
  • SC to hear Vodafone tax case on Friday (January 22, 2009)
  • Tax compliance (January 19, 2009)
  • Expenditure allocation (January 17, 2009)
  • Transporters call off strike; govt to consider demands (January 13, 2009)
  • Transporters call off strike; govt to consider demands (January 13, 2009)
  • Continuation of tax waiver sought for Bengal tea industry (January 12, 2009)
  • Is OTC market needed? (January 12, 2009)
  • Pune builders seek reduction in realty taxes (January 10, 2009)
  • Cenvat credit facility allowed for supplies to SEZ developers (January 04, 2009)
    Agri-Biz & Commodities
  • Sattur Chamber to observe fast over levy of market committee cess on farm goods (October 22, 2009)
  • Interest on agrarian loans not exempted (October 11, 2009)
  • Boost to sentiments likely as commodity transaction tax goes (July 07, 2009)
  • Agri traders oppose proposal to levy market committee cess (February 16, 2009)
  • Plea on ‘market committee cess’ (February 02, 2009)
    Corporate
  • Top 100 tax defaulters owe Rs 1.4 lakh crore (August 06, 2009)
  • No service tax on commission paid by companies to MDs, Directors (August 03, 2009)
  • MAT increase may hit Tier-II players (July 12, 2009)
  • Corporates hail removal of FBT (July 09, 2009)
  • Corporate taxes: Who paid the most and the least (July 08, 2009)
  • Finance Bill may address tax issues of limited liability partnerships (June 30, 2009)
  • FICCI stresses need for continuation of tax breaks (May 04, 2009)
  • Fortis faces tax issues at Mumbai hospital (April 08, 2009)
  • United Spirits may review stand on excise barriers for foreign brands (January 06, 2009)
    eWorld
  • Software and taxing issues (September 07, 2009)
    Home Page
  • States will retain power to tax alcoholic beverages (November 11, 2009)
  • 24% fall in indirect tax revenues worries Govt (November 05, 2009)
  • Goods and Services Tax will be levied on imports too (October 09, 2009)
  • Auto cos rev up in advance tax payment (September 23, 2009)
  • States agree on dual goods, services tax structure (September 17, 2009)
  • GMR Hyderabad airport gets VAT relief from AP (September 10, 2009)
  • Taxman wants a slice of pay arrears pie (September 01, 2009)
  • New Code: Taxing time for charitable trusts (August 25, 2009)
  • Pranab asks CBDT to raise direct tax collection target (August 12, 2009)
  • Pranab hands out more tax breaks (July 28, 2009)
  • When Govt foregoes revenues (July 20, 2009)
  • Indirect tax mop-up takes a hit in Q1 (July 18, 2009)
  • No plans to remove Securities Transaction Tax: Govt (July 11, 2009)
  • Centre not to reduce CST ceiling this fiscal (July 11, 2009)
  • Financial sector bucks slowdown, pays more tax (June 18, 2009)
  • Pranab asks States to quickly resolve pending issues on GST (June 12, 2009)
  • Net direct tax collection increases 16.88% in May (June 06, 2009)
  • Abolish fringe benefit and minimum alternate taxes, say chambers (June 02, 2009)
  • Corporate tax collections fall short of revised estimate (May 22, 2009)
  • New tax rule to usher in clarity on TDS credit (March 21, 2009)
  • Direct tax mop-up surpasses previous fiscal’s collections (March 19, 2009)
  • Advance tax collections from Mumbai down 7% this fiscal (March 18, 2009)
  • ‘Tax ambiguity on certain services exports removed’ (February 27, 2009)
  • Centre’s tax revenues take a Rs 60,000-cr hit (February 17, 2009)
  • Direct tax mop-up short of target by Rs 1 lakh cr (February 04, 2009)
  • States pitch for special grant of Rs 20,000 cr (January 22, 2009)
    Industry & Economy
  • ‘Levy windfall tax on new players selling licences’ (November 21, 2009)
  • Govt mulls tax to phase out fuel-inefficient vehicles (November 21, 2009)
  • Tax conference in Mumbai (November 19, 2009)
  • Delhi Govt’s move on VAT may benefit truck operators (November 18, 2009)
  • Impact of new EU tax regime only marginal, says Nasscom (November 17, 2009)
  • New tax regime is next big opportunity for IT firms (November 15, 2009)
  • Taxing time for States (November 14, 2009)
  • Govt working on Constitutional mechanism for new tax regime (November 14, 2009)
  • Govt, RBI to hold talks on goods, services tax system (November 10, 2009)
  • ‘Widen tax base to promote growth’ (November 09, 2009)
  • CBDT gets a new member (November 07, 2009)
  • Direct tax collections up 6% in Oct (November 06, 2009)
  • Goods tax may be delayed a few months (October 31, 2009)
  • Rs 963-cr e-tax collection in Oct in Madurai (October 28, 2009)
  • Demand for interest on belated payment of sales tax justified, rules HC (October 26, 2009)
  • AP plan to reduce stamp duty (October 26, 2009)
  • Facility for e-payment of taxes at Theni (October 22, 2009)
  • Life insurance cos’ concern over Direct Taxes Code (October 20, 2009)
  • UP’s online tax initiative for trucks (October 19, 2009)
  • New Code may be taxing for capital-intensive cos (October 17, 2009)
  • New Direct Taxes Code ignores small traders, industries: TN Chamber (October 14, 2009)
  • New Direct Taxes Code ignores small traders, industries: TN Chamber (October 14, 2009)
  • Facility for e-payment of VAT launched (October 13, 2009)
  • Assocham concern over capital gains tax in Direct Taxes Code (October 12, 2009)
  • Goods and Services Tax will be advantageous for trade, says Cyriac (October 10, 2009)
  • India Inc opposes asset-based MAT (October 10, 2009)
  • No exempt-exempt tax on savings (October 10, 2009)
  • Goods and Services Tax will be levied on imports too (October 09, 2009)
  • Corporates prop up direct tax collections (October 07, 2009)
  • Tax base of States will be estimated soon (October 03, 2009)
  • Pranab meeting with State Finance Ministers put off (October 02, 2009)
  • Key role for Centre in new GST regime (October 01, 2009)
  • Property gifts taxable from today (October 01, 2009)
  • Commercial tax mop-up in AP up (September 26, 2009)
  • Clarify tax exemption status for SEZs, says export promotion council (September 26, 2009)
  • Tax revenue losses will continue for a while, says Pranab (September 20, 2009)
  • Advance tax numbers suggest pressure on cement cos (September 17, 2009)
  • Higher advance tax payment spells recovery (September 16, 2009)
  • Gross asset tax unfair, says MCCI (September 14, 2009)
  • ‘Capital gains’ for tax payers from hike in cost inflation index (September 13, 2009)
  • Pranab expects tax receipts to improve in Q3 (September 09, 2009)
  • Slippages in VAT Karnataka collections hit tax buoyancy (September 09, 2009)
  • e-payment facility launched for VAT dealers (September 09, 2009)
  • Meet from today to discuss GST implementation (September 08, 2009)
  • Give NHAI fuel cess ‘comfort’ for 21 years, panel tells Govt (September 08, 2009)
  • 5 more EPCs get service tax exemption (September 07, 2009)
  • Preparing for the new Tax Code (September 06, 2009)
  • CII for a rethink on proposed gross assets tax (September 04, 2009)
  • Rise in direct tax mop-up in April-August (September 04, 2009)
  • Service tax exemption for specified goods (September 02, 2009)
  • AP loses Rs 1,057 cr tax revenue in 2007-08: CAG report (September 02, 2009)
  • Suggestions on Direct Taxes Code (September 02, 2009)
  • Meet on e-payment of VAT (August 31, 2009)
  • Direct Tax Code neutral for retirement portfolio (August 30, 2009)
  • Suggestions on tax code invited (August 29, 2009)
  • CBEC confident of GST rollout from April 1 (August 29, 2009)
  • Tax code focus on compliance (August 29, 2009)
  • No consensus yet on goods, services tax: Pranab (August 28, 2009)
  • Ministry defends MAT based on gross assets (August 28, 2009)
  • AP to offer VAT rebate for new industries (August 27, 2009)
  • GST may lead to fall in prices (August 23, 2009)
  • States not for cutting sales tax on jet fuel (August 23, 2009)
  • Advance ruling facility extended to PSUs (August 22, 2009)
  • New tax code will impact India Inc’s outbound investments (August 21, 2009)
  • FIIs raise tax issues under new code with Finance Minister (August 20, 2009)
  • GST meet put off to Aug 22 (August 18, 2009)
  • Kerala against single rate for States under dual GST (August 17, 2009)
  • Kanara Chamber calls for simplified tax structure (August 15, 2009)
  • Net direct tax collections marginally up in July (August 11, 2009)
  • Difficult year for tax collections (August 08, 2009)
  • Needed, a clear roadmap to implement GST (July 31, 2009)
  • Tax on property deals: ‘Income’ redefined to avoid litigation (July 29, 2009)
  • New direct tax code by Aug 20 (July 25, 2009)
  • Higher refunds dent Q1 direct taxes growth (July 23, 2009)
  • Maharashtra Govt firm on not waiving VAT on CNG (July 23, 2009)
  • Tax laws and loopholes (July 21, 2009)
  • Insurers get tax notice for overseas reinsurance (July 14, 2009)
  • Shacks on Goa beaches to come under VAT purview (July 13, 2009)
  • TN to amend VAT Act to redress exporters’ concern (July 09, 2009)
  • Tax treatment for LLP on lines of partnership firms (July 09, 2009)
  • Commodity prices may go up (July 08, 2009)
  • Investing for a tax break (July 07, 2009)
  • Tax-GDP ratio to fall below 11% this fiscal (July 07, 2009)
  • Put on the MAT (July 07, 2009)
  • O tempora, O mores! (July 07, 2009)
  • Sigh of relief on transfer pricing (July 07, 2009)
  • Railway falls in service tax net; details on abatement, exemption awaited (July 07, 2009)
  • Will taxes go up, down or stay steady? (July 06, 2009)
  • One tax, two assessments (July 06, 2009)
  • Budgeting for Gen-Y (July 05, 2009)
  • Service tax collections down 7% in April-May (July 05, 2009)
  • Jet, Sahara tax liability case hearing put off to July 15 (July 03, 2009)
  • Handset vendors protest move to hike VAT on mobiles (July 03, 2009)
  • Mangalore City Corpn okays new property tax slab (July 02, 2009)
  • New property tax slab for Mangalore (July 02, 2009)
  • Petro sector, taxes of local bodies to be out of GST net (July 01, 2009)
  • Kelkar wants rail, construction, housing within GST ambit (June 30, 2009)
  • Ways to raise revenues (June 24, 2009)
  • ‘Govt investing heavily to modernise tax administration’ (June 17, 2009)
  • Centre unlikely to lower CST ceiling for now (June 16, 2009)
  • Integrate all State taxes with GST: Assocham (June 14, 2009)
  • Maran looks at tax cuts for textile sector (June 13, 2009)
  • New TDS scheme is impractical: MCCI (June 12, 2009)
  • Goa cuts luxury tax (June 12, 2009)
  • Seminar on tax laws (June 12, 2009)
  • Karnataka to improve revenue collections (June 10, 2009)
  • Kerala to award best tax payers and businessmen (June 09, 2009)
  • Stamp of approval in realty (June 07, 2009)
  • Chennai Large Taxpayer Unit’s jurisdiction expanded (June 06, 2009)
  • Tax break for Toyota small car project (June 06, 2009)
  • Cameras, cell phones to be dearer in State (June 05, 2009)
  • Tax commissioners worldwide join hands to tackle evasion (June 02, 2009)
  • UP imposes ‘additional tax’ through Ordinance (June 01, 2009)
  • Upfront service tax exemption for services provided in SEZs (May 23, 2009)
  • e-filing of commercial tax returns (May 19, 2009)
  • FICCI seeks direct tax rate cuts (May 14, 2009)
  • Petroleum Secy moots gas cess to fund pipelines (May 14, 2009)
  • Large taxpayer unit likely to be set up in Kolkata by December (May 13, 2009)
  • Online system of tax receipts (May 11, 2009)
  • Obama’s tax plan weighs on Indian IT vendors (May 06, 2009)
  • TAAI moves HC on service tax (May 01, 2009)
  • Bengal commercial tax collection up 15% in 2008-09 (April 28, 2009)
  • Interest payments: Tax norm tightened for large cos (April 21, 2009)
  • FICCI seeks timely refund of VAT claims (April 17, 2009)
  • Self-assessment time in Mangalore (April 12, 2009)
  • India Inc demands white paper on Goods and Sales Tax (April 12, 2009)
  • Service tax exemption (April 12, 2009)
  • India Inc upset over Centre’s silence on CST rate front (April 12, 2009)
  • MGR Medical University not liable to pay property tax: HC (April 10, 2009)
  • Arun Shourie favours green taxation system (April 08, 2009)
  • e-payment of taxes mandatory (April 02, 2009)
  • MTNL gets Rs 516.18-cr tax refund (March 28, 2009)
  • Pyramid Saimira: HC asks I-T Dept to restrict attachment of receivables to actual dues (March 27, 2009)
  • Direct tax collections up (March 21, 2009)
  • Top 10 advance taxpayers’ payout marginally up (March 20, 2009)
  • Chamber plea on property tax (March 17, 2009)
  • Tax collection cost higher in Kerala (March 17, 2009)
  • Cost of tax collection higher in Kerala (March 17, 2009)
  • ‘About 100 cos have not paid TDS in AP’ (March 13, 2009)
  • Satyam still has ‘significant’ TDS dues (March 13, 2009)
  • Toll revenues must fund maintenance of same roads, says Study (March 12, 2009)
  • GIS system helps Chennai Corpn earn Rs 70 cr more (March 09, 2009)
  • An unfair tax on fliers (March 06, 2009)
  • Tax relief for services done outside SEZs too (March 05, 2009)
  • VAT collections unaffected by slowdown (February 27, 2009)
  • Pranab suggests housing facilities for revenue dept officers (February 24, 2009)
  • ‘Reduction in VAT on areca will help co-operatives’ (February 23, 2009)
  • Tax return preparer scheme enlarged (February 20, 2009)
  • ‘It’s not proper for us now to make tax policy changes’ (February 17, 2009)
  • Tax holiday for export, IT units may continue (February 16, 2009)
  • Kerala wants Central tax share hiked (February 09, 2009)
  • MCC plans property tax payment online (February 09, 2009)
  • MCC plans property tax payment online (February 09, 2009)
  • Kerala wants Central tax share hiked (February 09, 2009)
  • Can a vote on account alter tax rates? (February 07, 2009)
  • Direct tax collections up 13% in April-Jan (February 05, 2009)
  • Drawback benefits for supplies from DTA to SEZ developers (February 05, 2009)
  • Commercial tax arrears settlement (February 04, 2009)
  • Sales tax arrears settlement scheme extended (February 04, 2009)
  • S.S.N. Moorthy takes charge as CBDT Chairman (February 01, 2009)
  • Double tax avoidance pact with Albania (January 30, 2009)
  • SC asks Vodafone to respond to tax dept notice (January 24, 2009)
  • CII seeks higher share of Central tax revenue for Karnataka (January 24, 2009)
  • One-time settlement of ST arrears (January 22, 2009)
  • No tax rate cuts this fiscal: Montek (January 21, 2009)
  • Tally simplifies VAT e-filing (January 20, 2009)
  • Ministry in talks for uniform, lower luxury tax: Ambika Soni (January 11, 2009)
  • Govt gives service tax exemption on certain GTA services (January 06, 2009)
    Info-Tech
  • Windows 7 to be available off the shelf soon (November 07, 2009)
  • Tax issues may delay off-the-shelf retail availability of Windows 7 (October 21, 2009)
  • Raja for extending tax sops to STPI units by 3 more years (September 12, 2009)
  • MAT reforms may bring some cheer to infotech sector (August 14, 2009)
  • Moser Baer given one month to reply in income-tax case (August 11, 2009)
  • IT companies reconciling to pay more tax as STP exemption ends (July 24, 2009)
  • Roadmap for IT, ITES industry (July 20, 2009)
  • IT industry sees valid case for tax holidays (July 08, 2009)
  • The ‘holiday’ debate (July 06, 2009)
  • IT industry awaits a ‘holiday’ Budget (July 06, 2009)
  • Make SEZ scheme attractive (July 06, 2009)
  • Bring clarity on tax applicable to software (July 03, 2009)
  • Tech industry meets Pranab; presents Budget wish-list (June 03, 2009)
  • Outsourcing benefits may override tax concerns for US cos (May 07, 2009)
  • Obama plan may hit Shanghai more than Bangalore, feels Nasscom (May 07, 2009)
  • Vodafone gets notice for service tax payment default (May 05, 2009)
  • Extend tax holiday for IT-ITeS (February 16, 2009)
  • Satyam bank accounts: ‘Attachment’ and release (January 20, 2009)
  • Software sops (January 17, 2009)
  • Vodafone moves SC against tax order (January 13, 2009)
  • Vodafone moves SC against tax order (January 13, 2009)
    Investment World
  • Clearing the premise for taxes on property (November 08, 2009)
  • Mind your business when land is agrarian (September 27, 2009)
  • Work for five years to reap tax-free PF (September 06, 2009)
  • Hold no ground but claim rebate on EMI (August 30, 2009)
  • The price of simplicity (August 30, 2009)
  • Taxability on cash gifts ‘relative’ to beneficiary (August 02, 2009)
  • Grasping the Budget fineprint (July 12, 2009)
  • Gift cash to spouse, pay tax on interest earned (July 05, 2009)
  • Date clause binds rebate to share sale (June 28, 2009)
  • How taxing the share deals (June 07, 2009)
  • Treatment of capital gains on sale of shares (May 31, 2009)
  • Adjusting speculative loss incurred abroad (May 10, 2009)
  • Tax collections offer hope (March 22, 2009)
  • Rebate on capital gains on delisting of shares (March 01, 2009)
    Logistics
  • Highways Ministry analysing impact of new tax code (October 05, 2009)
  • Works contract: Highway developers feel Budget blow (October 03, 2009)
  • Finance Ministry frees goods moved by Railways from service tax (September 03, 2009)
  • Simplified taxes will improve logistics sector (May 25, 2009)
  • Delhi hints at reducing sales tax on aviation fuel (January 17, 2009)
    Markets
  • Capital gains tax will offset STT removal (August 14, 2009)
  • MFs want removal of STT, short-term capital gains tax (June 13, 2009)
  • ANMI pleads for removal of STT (June 09, 2009)
  • Book losses in equity to earn tax breaks (March 29, 2009)
  • Service tax notice puts sub-brokers in fix (March 12, 2009)
    Mentor
  • Countering black money thru treaties (November 16, 2009)
  • The canons of taxation (November 16, 2009)
  • Tax effect of new visa regulations (November 09, 2009)
  • Tax on FII inflows (November 09, 2009)
  • Paradigm shift in tax avoidance (October 19, 2009)
  • Effect of new tax proposals on companies (October 12, 2009)
  • Advance pricing agreements (October 05, 2009)
  • Income from house property (August 31, 2009)
  • Surcharge on companies (August 10, 2009)
  • Tax on unexplained expenditure (August 10, 2009)
  • Depreciation on intangible assets (August 03, 2009)
  • MAT amendments — from bad to worse (July 27, 2009)
  • Political donations (July 27, 2009)
  • An interesting and challenging test (June 29, 2009)
  • Venture capitalists look for positive tax signals (June 29, 2009)
  • Need for reforms in international tax (June 22, 2009)
  • I-T exemption limit (June 15, 2009)
  • Tax deduction on fully exempt gratuity (June 08, 2009)
  • Cost of acquisition of bonus shares (June 01, 2009)
  • Exchange rate fluctuation (May 25, 2009)
  • Economic islands (May 04, 2009)
  • Carry-backward of losses (April 27, 2009)
  • Business income vs capital gains (April 27, 2009)
  • Can loss of advance payment be treated as capital loss? (April 13, 2009)
  • Capital gains tax on house sold (April 06, 2009)
  • Assessment based on invalid return (March 23, 2009)
  • Consequence of time-barred returns (March 16, 2009)
  • Commission income (March 09, 2009)
  • Tax on consultancy work (March 09, 2009)
  • Interest charged for delayed filing of return (March 02, 2009)
  • Tax arbitrage phenomenon (March 02, 2009)
  • Time limit for levy of penalty (February 23, 2009)
  • Tax sweetener for foreign players (February 09, 2009)
  • Concept of related party transactions (February 09, 2009)
  • Concept of related party transactions (February 09, 2009)
  • Tax sweetener for foreign players (February 09, 2009)
  • Depreciation on intangibles (February 02, 2009)
  • Free meal coupons (February 02, 2009)
  • Failure to maintain stock register (January 19, 2009)
  • TDS on perquisite value of education (January 05, 2009)
    Money & Banking
  • Public sector banks’ advance tax outgo points to robust profits (September 25, 2009)
  • Sops for lending (June 16, 2009)
  • Rationalise taxes for banks, NBFCs and VCs, says CII (June 15, 2009)
  • Overseas funds: Banks for reinstating I-T exemption on interest paid (June 11, 2009)
  • Banks get service tax relief on deposit insurance premium (March 24, 2009)
  • Advance tax payouts by banks increase (March 24, 2009)
  • Banks pay higher advance tax in fourth quarter (March 17, 2009)
    Opinion
  • Information overload (November 21, 2009)
  • Discussion Papers (November 21, 2009)
  • Transition from CST (November 19, 2009)
  • Unconventional aspects of DTC (November 14, 2009)
  • Decoding the DDT regime (November 14, 2009)
  • Pitfalls in transition to GST (November 11, 2009)
  • Voluntary taxation of wealth (November 07, 2009)
  • Vacuum in FBT regime (November 07, 2009)
  • Advance pricing agreement (October 31, 2009)
  • Taxes Code curtails CBDT powers (October 31, 2009)
  • A germane tax proposal (October 29, 2009)
  • For whom does the Government toll? (October 27, 2009)
  • Jurisdictional questions in the Code (October 24, 2009)
  • Unrest in the realm of company ‘residence’ (October 24, 2009)
  • How credible is the DTC? (October 17, 2009)
  • Code blow for SEZs (October 17, 2009)
  • Discrimination in ‘grandfathering’ (October 10, 2009)
  • Will the Code take the joy out of receiving? (October 10, 2009)
  • Taxing unpaid creditors (October 10, 2009)
  • Serving out exemptions (October 03, 2009)
  • GST allegiance reaffirmed (September 19, 2009)
  • Changes that lack rationale (September 19, 2009)
  • Capital gains tax under the new Code (September 19, 2009)
  • Cracks in house property regime (September 17, 2009)
  • One-person company (September 12, 2009)
  • Taxing times for life insurance (September 12, 2009)
  • MAT should go (September 12, 2009)
  • Taxing charitable organisations (September 05, 2009)
  • New MAT is a triple whammy (September 05, 2009)
  • Dawn of a new tax era (August 29, 2009)
  • The inscrutable branch profits tax (August 29, 2009)
  • MAT changes will hit NBFCs (August 29, 2009)
  • Code sends positive signals (August 29, 2009)
  • Valuing financial assets in wealth tax regime (August 29, 2009)
  • Draft Direct Tax Code — Could be more senior-friendly (August 28, 2009)
  • Investment-linked tax incentives (August 22, 2009)
  • Professionals never had it so good (August 20, 2009)
  • Compensation for intra-group services (August 20, 2009)
  • Effect on foreign entities (August 15, 2009)
  • The hassle of pinpointing value addition (August 08, 2009)
  • Deciphering the code (August 08, 2009)
  • Strong revenue raising effort (August 08, 2009)
  • Manufacture defined, but… (August 08, 2009)
  • Infrastructure speculation? (August 01, 2009)
  • Advocating service tax (August 01, 2009)
  • MAT gets coarse (August 01, 2009)
  • Favourable decisions nullified (August 01, 2009)
  • Loose ends in LLP law (July 25, 2009)
  • Uneasy wait for new tax code (July 25, 2009)
  • Growing tentacles of MAT (July 25, 2009)
  • ‘I am a proud tax-payer’ (July 22, 2009)
  • Presumptive taxation should not be viewed as retrograde Detaxification (July 18, 2009)
  • Anonymity conferred by electoral trusts (July 18, 2009)
  • The personal tax angle (July 18, 2009)
  • Appeasing GTAs (July 11, 2009)
  • Are the proposals revenue-neutral? (July 11, 2009)
  • GST: A formidable challenge (July 08, 2009)
  • Definitions get well-defined (July 07, 2009)
  • Reason to cheer for IT (July 07, 2009)
  • Positives, negatives (July 07, 2009)
  • Gaps in the LLP regime (July 04, 2009)
  • GST’s unifying role (July 04, 2009)
  • Tax according to height! (June 24, 2009)
  • Lacunae in VAT legislation (June 20, 2009)
  • Revamp transfer pricing regulations (June 20, 2009)
  • Misapplication of surcharge and cess (June 20, 2009)
  • Make M&A tax regime transparent (June 13, 2009)
  • Dispense with STT (June 13, 2009)
  • Mutuality revisited (June 13, 2009)
  • Bring back ‘capital’ gains levy (June 06, 2009)
  • Connectivity: Taxing debate (June 06, 2009)
  • Avoiding additional DDT (June 06, 2009)
  • Validity of audit objections (May 30, 2009)
  • Depreciation on intangibles (May 30, 2009)
  • Tax signals crisscross broadcasting (May 30, 2009)
  • Transfer of capital asset (May 30, 2009)
  • Voluntary declaration of foreign money (May 23, 2009)
  • Expatriate’s tax liability (May 23, 2009)
  • Living in the past (May 23, 2009)
  • Application of the agency principle (May 23, 2009)
  • Revenue sources from within (May 16, 2009)
  • Does in-transit sale need a re-look? (May 16, 2009)
  • On the black money trail (May 16, 2009)
  • Service tax on ‘renting’ (May 16, 2009)
  • Towards national neutrality (May 09, 2009)
  • Umbrella Settlement Commission (May 09, 2009)
  • Depreciation for non-compete fee? (May 09, 2009)
  • Oil companies under taxman’s scanner (May 09, 2009)
  • Capital gains exemption dilemma (May 09, 2009)
  • Tax holiday for banks in SEZs (May 02, 2009)
  • An order bereft of reasons (May 02, 2009)
  • Unchecked tax gains from trash (April 25, 2009)
  • Taxing expat income in India (April 25, 2009)
  • Books that aren’t ‘books’ (April 18, 2009)
  • Double whammy for infrastructure (April 18, 2009)
  • Expenditure as income (April 18, 2009)
  • Employment question in SEZs (April 18, 2009)
  • TDS credit rules redefined (April 18, 2009)
  • Extraterritorial jurisdiction: Has the solution arrived? (April 11, 2009)
  • Where method matters (April 11, 2009)
  • The water tanker effect (April 04, 2009)
  • Why HUF raises hackles (March 28, 2009)
  • Ownership non-discrimination (March 28, 2009)
  • Turnover parity, settled at last (March 28, 2009)
  • Assessment of shared prize money (March 28, 2009)
  • Works contracts and GST (March 21, 2009)
  • Full value vs fair market value (March 21, 2009)
  • Taxman targets offshore deals (March 21, 2009)
  • Sell one, buy two (March 14, 2009)
  • Stalking the service lane (March 14, 2009)
  • A lower service tax brings cheer (March 14, 2009)
  • Pre-poll expectations (March 14, 2009)
  • Stand alone and then b(l)end (March 07, 2009)
  • Director’s liability for company’s taxes (March 07, 2009)
  • Closing in on tax havens (March 07, 2009)
  • New life to book losses (February 28, 2009)
  • Jingle sounds death knell (February 28, 2009)
  • Tax on loan waived (February 28, 2009)
  • Education in ‘commercial’ sweep (February 28, 2009)
  • Get cracking on evaders (February 28, 2009)
  • Revisit the corporate tax rate (February 14, 2009)
  • Searchlight on research (February 14, 2009)
  • Clearing the air on services (February 14, 2009)
  • Banks under taxman’s scrutiny (February 14, 2009)
  • A harsh ruling for share dealers (February 07, 2009)
  • Why dividend should be on net worth (February 07, 2009)
  • Unabsorbed depreciation (February 07, 2009)
  • A boon to property developers (January 31, 2009)
  • Professional services from J&K (January 24, 2009)
  • Expenditure eligible for deduction (January 24, 2009)
  • Dealing with dual GST (January 24, 2009)
  • Vulnerabilities to tax risk (January 17, 2009)
  • Does tax deter window-dressing? (January 17, 2009)
  • Tax maze in the Satyam case (January 10, 2009)
  • Not stimulating enough (January 10, 2009)
  • Suspend book profits tax (January 10, 2009)
  • NHB’s bewildering guidelines (January 03, 2009)
  • Omission in law benefits taxpayers (January 03, 2009)
  • Time to revisit dividend taxation (January 03, 2009)
  • Powers to grant extralegal benefits (January 03, 2009)
    Web Extras
  • Solar power needs funding focus (November 14, 2009)
  • Taxman reaches for the sky (November 07, 2009)
  • Hutch Essar deal: Tax Dept issues notice to Vodafone (October 31, 2009)
  • Y.V. Reddy advocates Tobin Tax (October 23, 2009)
  • Sarkari religious trusts (October 17, 2009)
  • Export of service (September 12, 2009)
  • India initiates thin capitalisation (September 03, 2009)
  • PM showcases Cairn success to invite foreign investments (August 30, 2009)
  • More certainty in transfer pricing regime (August 20, 2009)
  • Income-tax demand on Satyam at Rs 533 cr (August 08, 2009)
  • Chamber opposes hike in MAT rates (July 21, 2009)
  • Media bids adieu to FBT (July 10, 2009)
  • Industry welcomes Budget proposals (July 08, 2009)
  • ‘Natural gas’ tax holiday only for NELP-VIII blocks (July 08, 2009)
  • 7-year tax holiday extended to gas producers (July 07, 2009)
  • Let’s get real (June 27, 2009)
  • Make LLPs a viable format (June 25, 2009)
  • Tax issue may delay Cairn’s crude oil output from Barmer (June 08, 2009)
  • Nasscom to press for STPI benefits (April 30, 2009)
  • Public support for tax reforms (April 11, 2009)
  • MTM — cause or effect? (April 04, 2009)
  • Reduce corporate tax rate, says FICCI (March 30, 2009)
  • Top drivers of service tax (March 28, 2009)
  • Charitably liberal (March 21, 2009)
  • Development levy: SC allows builders’ pleas (February 26, 2009)
  • Challenge of recession to aggressive transfer pricing (February 07, 2009)
  • Service tax clarification may lower property prices, says CREDAI (February 06, 2009)
  • Service tax on deposit insurance premium looms over banks (January 24, 2009)
  • Water taxes in colonial India (January 03, 2009)


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