Make In India and the reduction in barriers of trade will potentially create a growth environment.
The states have unanimously pitched for sole administrative powers to carry out assessment, scrutiny and enforcement for entities up to an annual turnover of Rs 1.5 crore.
The Congress, however, said it wanted to see the final print on the wording of the dispute resolution mechanism before committing its support to the Bill
The disagreement between the Centre and states continued over administrative powers.
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Non-compliance, underreporting or misreporting will attract a penalty of 50-200 per cent. The authorities may during assessment even tax assets that are 15-20 years old
In the first tranche, the department will send out letters in 100,000 cases where the money spent is at least Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) each a year.
Asked about the Congress's opposition to the GST Bill, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said no party opposes GST outside Parliament.
If the new regime is introduced in 2017, the govt may lose out on cess, surcharge
Those evading taxes could soon find tax officials at their doorstep, with a rather insightful account of their big purchases.
The sentence could go up to three years if the evasion exceeds Rs 50 lakh (5 million).
Directors look at ways to avoid overstretched valuations.
Indradhanush-II is likely to chart out the process for resolution of non-performing assets.
The 0.5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) on all services increases the total tax chargeable on services to 15 per cent, making it expensive to dine out or travel.
The income tax department on Monday released rules for equalisation levy - a tax on online advertisements that would come into effect from June 1.
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In the previous Budget, the government had come out with a similar scheme.
For debt-laden companies, asset sales is an obvious solution.
The cumulative loss of 20 state-run lenders stood at Rs 14,000 crore during Q4
The Modi government could steer through Parliament 59 out of 75 Bills.