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.'
Nirma detergent brand has shed its affordable tag for a more premium positioning against Surf, as rival Ghadi consolidates its position as a mass-market player.
Only luxury and 'sin' items could be left in highest slab. 12 and 18 per cent slabs could be merged in the future
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?
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.
Growth over September 2017 in the used vehicles space has been a staggering 40 per cent.
The coming elections seem a tough battleground for the BJP in the wake of anti-incumbency, Patidar and Dalit agitations and implementation of the GST.
The curious case is of Honda, which has moved up the pecking order while actually losing market share!
The health drink brand from Mondelez walks the tight rope between tradition and trendy to stay relevant.
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.
Gujarat has around 3,000 licensees for allopathic drug manufacturing, apart from around seven homeopathic licensees, 500 ayuvedic and 600-700 cosmetics licensees
Sayre Therapeutics aims for a spot among top 5 players in oncology.
Apart from around 40 Japanese companies and five global vendors of MG Motor India, many other biggies are eyeing Gujarat for either greenfield opportunities or brownfield expansion.
Sabarmati railway station is the venue for the ground-breaking ceremony, be chaired by Modi and Abe, of the Rs 98,000-crore Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project.
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