- 24 Jan 2024 05:54 PM
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Budget 2024: Apparel exporters seek tax incentives to boost manufacturing
New Delhi: Apparel exporters body AEPC on Wednesday sought tax incentives such as uniformity in GST and enhanced interest subsidies to boost domestic manufacturing and India's outbound shipments.
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- 24 Jan 2024 05:51 PM
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Interim Budget 2024: Space industry seeks liberal FDI policy, PLI scheme
India's nascent space sector has sought a liberal FDI policy on par with the defence industry and production-linked incentive in the interim Budget that the government will present next week.
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- 23 Jan 2024 06:03 PM
- New
CBI arrests CGST Inspector & 2 Private Persons in A Bribery of Rs. 10 Lakh
Introduction: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently made headlines with the arrest of an Inspector from the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) department in Jaipur, along with two private individuals acting as middlemen. The arrests were made in connection with an alleged bribery case amounting to Rs. Ten Lakh.
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- 23 Jan 2024 06:00 PM
Budget 2024 expectations: Perks for first-time homebuyers, tax sops, industry status top real estate players' wish list
Budget 2024 expectations: With Budget 2024-25 only days away, top real estate players lay stress on increased tax slabs and revised affordability caps in their wishlist. They also advocated for incentives, anticipating a budget that addresses critical challenges, stimulates demand, and aligns with the government's vision of sustainable growth. The sectoral leaders called for the expansion of the SWAMIH (Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing) stress fund and the creation of a second tranche aimed at completing stalled projects and ensuring liquidity. Additionally, they called for tax reliefs for first-time homebuyers and the reintroduction of GST with an input tax credit on under-construction properties to stimulate demand.
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- 23 Jan 2024 05:56 PM
Budget 2024 expectations: GJEPC urges for duty cuts on gold and polished diamonds
Ahead of the Union Budget, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) have urged the government to reduce import duty on gold and cut and polished diamonds to help the sector stay competitive globally.
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- 20 Jan 2024 05:43 PM
GSTN Advisory on payment through Credit/Debit cards and UPI
Source: https://taxguru.in/goods-and-service-tax/gstn-advisory-payment-credit-debit-cards-upi.html
In a move to enhance the convenience for taxpayers registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the GSTN (Goods and Services Tax Network) has introduced two new methods of payment under e-payment. This Advisory aims to guide taxpayers on making payments through Credit Card (CC), Debit Card (DC), and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in addition to the existing net-banking option.
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- 19 Jan 2024 06:59 PM
Budget 2024: ITR deadline should be extended, says Hiren Thakkar of Hiren S Thakkar and Associates
Budget 2024 : The government undertook the rationalisation of income tax slabs and launched a new tax regime in which tax rates were highly reduced, addressing a long-standing need in the last Budget, says Hiren Thakkar, Proprietor, Hiren S Thakkar & Associates Chartered Accountants.
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- 19 Jan 2024 06:50 PM
‘New GST burden may make biz unsustainable’
New Delhi: Gaming companies have been grappling with the swift changes in the newly imposed GST tax liability on them. In the Supreme Court, there are two cases, one for the new GST tax which the industry has been lobbying against and another which is opposing a retrospective tax liability on the GST. Amid this, one company that functions as a business unit of Baazi Games—SportsBaazi—said there could be a time when gaming companies would find it unsustainable to not be able to pass on the tax burden to the consumer. For now, their business, the company’s co-founders, Saurabh Chopra and Puneet Dua, said has had to pivot the business model to creating additional revenue streams, to mitigate the impact.
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- 19 Jan 2024 06:56 PM
Budget 2024 expectations: From FAME scheme subsidy extension to GST reduction, here is the EV sector wish list
Budget 2024: After years of capital infusion in the electric vehicle sector with the help of subsidies and tax exemptions, EV industry stalwarts believe that a prolonged subsidy and tax exemptions would catalyse the growth of the EV segment in the country.
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- 18 Jan 2024 05:29 PM
Tata Motors warns against lower GST for hybrid vehicles
Any attempt to lower tax rates levied on hybrid cars will confuse the industry and “spread thin" the government’s efforts to achieve its net-zero objectives, a senior official of Tata Motors, the country’s leading passenger electric vehicle maker, cautioned on Wednesday.
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