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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: tax

Modi govt can make it really easy to do business in India by accepting Vodafone tax loss

Rather than appealing the decision, the Modi govt should accept defeat, honour the award, and move on.

Big relief for Vodafone as it wins Rs 20,000 crore retrospective tax dispute with govt

A tribunal ruled India’s efforts to claim Rs 20,000 cr in taxes were in breach of fair treatment under investment protection pact with the Netherlands.

The ‘dreaded’ IRS is back and so is India’s pushback against it during Covid crisis

IRS officers — the eyes and ears of the government’s economic decision-makers — found themselves under extra scrutiny this week.

PM Modi says India won’t waste time now, budget will help achieve $5 trillion target

Noting that only 2,200 people in the country had declared earnings of Rs 1 crore per annum, PM Modi called on citizens to honestly pay their dues to ensure India's development.

Govt introduces Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, to resolve disputed tax cases, in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the bill emphasises on trust building and seeks to provide a formula-based solution without discrimination.

Modi govt’s new tax will mean more paperwork, costs for Indian students going abroad

Union Budget 2020 proposal to collect 5% tax on overseas remittances above Rs 7 lakh could increase short-term costs and paperwork for Indian students.

Modi’s swagger is reserved for social policy, but it’s the economy that really needs it

What was sorely needed from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was that she deliver a 'historic' Budget 2020. But Indians got a 'history' budget instead.

No big fiscal stimulus in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2020, but govt can still do it later

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can do more on policy and legislative changes that are not related to tax, revenue and expenditure.

To realise NIP worth Rs 102 lakh crore, Modi govt needs Indians to save long-term

To help India become a $5-trillion economy, the National Infrastructure Pipeline has been unveiled. But the big constraint is money willing to be locked up for years.

Tata Trusts faces a 120 billion rupees tax liability after exemptions cancelled

The cancellation should take effect retrospectively from 2015, when the registrations were surrendered and the Trusts itself consented to the move.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.