Move to address MNCs' taxation woes; UK likely to be the next.
All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.
Rules applicable from April 1, 2014; investors who have already redeemed will also have to pay tax
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.
The ministry is likely to go by the recommendations of a committee on liberalising external commercial borrowings, headed by M S Sahoo, a former director with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
The company moved the income-tax appellate tribunal and its appeal is pending there.
FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.
The country may propose pipeline via China when Putin visits this year.
Green signal from Jaitley; CVC okays Hemant Contractor for head of PFRDA
The panel suggested the cess for BS-IV and BS-V fuels should accrue to the Oil Industry Development Board
Cabinet may tweak Rangarajan formula; new price may be further delayed.
Finance ministry considers tax sops, regulation of hospitals to make health care affordable.
The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission had in a report last year proposed a unified regulator for the entire financial sector -- markets, insurance, commodities and pension. It had, however, proposed to keep banking out of its purview for now.
Vodafone's long-pending tax dispute with the government might be heading for a resolution, with the finance ministry considering changing the Income-Tax Act's retrospective amendment and taxing indirect transfer of assets prospectively from 2012, the year the law was clarified.
ONGC takes Reliance to court, alleging years of stealing from its offshore block and a sleeping govt, right after it was agreed there would be a probe by experts.
This will add to the woes of the conglomerate that had received a show-cause notice from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last week for alleged over-valuation of imported machinery by Rs 2,000 crore.
The company is looking to invest more than $3 bn over the next three years.
Under new government, tax office to explore ways to reduce disputes.
A decision by P Chidambaram in his last days as finance minister has annoyed the revenue department.