A part and parcel of India's sizzling growth story during the last five years is the sustained spurt in merchandise exports, which have grown by more than 20 per cent in dollar terms annually in this period. Yet exporters are none too happy as they
NEW DELHI: Switching back to paper may help corporate tax payers who had e-filed returns and are still awaiting tax refunds. With Rs 14,000 crore worth of refunds stuck due to non-processing of e-returns, the income-tax department plans to ask them t
Opening up of legal services for foreign players could be on the cards. The government has begun consultations on the issue with the Indian stake-holders, Law Minister HR Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. He said efforts would be made to build a consensus a
Minister of Corporate Affairs- SHRI PREM CHAND GUPTA LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO EDUCATE INVESTORS 19:37 IST The Minister of Corporate Affairs, Shri Prem Chand Gupta launched a website of Investor Education & Protection Fund (IFPF), www.iepf.gov.in here toda
The cap on overseas investments by individual mutual funds is likely to be removed.A finance ministry official said on Wednesday that the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have decided to do away with the ceiling. Currently, Indian mutua
The fringe benefit tax (FBT) on employee stock option plans (Esop) could hit expatriate employees of multinational companies as credit cannot be claimed against it under double taxation avoidance agreements (DTAA). Thus, expat employees of multinatio
In a landmark decision, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that judicial proceedings of all courts and tribunals are beyond the purview of the Right to Information Act."...a judicial authority must function with total independence and
The government on Tuesday said it will not accept tax returns for the quarter ending September 30 and thereafter if companies fail to provide PAN details of a majority of their employees. The Income Tax Department will not accept the quarterly TDS re
After a delay of more than five months, the government is likely to notify within a week the guidelines for evaluating fringe benefit tax (FBT) on stock options given by companies to their employees. "Finance Minister P Chidambaram has given his appr
Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said the government may take steps to help exporters cope with a nine year-high exchange rate and a U.S. slowdown. ``If I have to help the exporters, I can only do so by fiscal steps,'' Chidambaram said