'Significant reductions in the compliance obligations mean businesses earlier struggling to comply will now have enough time to prepare and comply within the extended timelines.'
The GST Council's agenda includes trimming the number of items in the 28 per cent slab by 75 per cent, easier compliance for assessees and small taxpayers, and a presentation on bringing real estate under GST.
'There is something fundamentally wrong with the GST -- whether be it the rates, compliance, or the GST Network itself.'
No new capacity addition is planned for 2018 and capital expenditure plans are on hold
Only luxury and 'sin' items could be left in highest slab. 12 and 18 per cent slabs could be merged in the future
Piramal will join the JSW, Vedanta and Tata groups, which are bidding aggressively for distressed assets, especially in the infrastructure and steel sectors.
India worked in close partnership with the World Bank to improve its position, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
'The full effects of the government initiatives will have to work their way through, whether in infrastructure or in the banking sector.'
Why should India buy olives from Europe when it could do so from the world's largest producers?
The corporate sector took production cuts, conducted inventory management and reduced staff to meet challenges following the govt's note ban decision
Inter-state supply may come under GST composition
Tax experts are nudging the authorities to figure out why so many assessees are not filing their returns.
Deadline ends, after two extensions and only 70% file detailed return for July
Poor performance of the banking, oil and exploration industries have impacted corporate tax collections.
A corpus of Rs 20,000-30,000 crore is under consideration, to narrow the input tax credit cycle and facilitate their working capital requirements.
The chief statistician feels there should be a rebound after companies integrate and adopt the GST system
The income tax department has a steep collection target of Rs 9.8 lakh crore during 2017-18, rising 15.7 per cent from a year ago.
Apart from Modi, Jaggi Vasudev to address 2-day tax officers' conference
Of the 11,000 kg imported between July 1 and August 9, around 90 per cent was brought in by two business groups which took advantage of the favourable reduction in tax incidence under GST, routing their imports through Korea.
After initiating stern action against 331 companies, the market regulator seems willing to revoke its stringent restrictions for some entities.
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