Sukumar Mukhopadhyay

SEZs: Exactly what's wrong with them

SEZs should be judged in the same way you would many other export promotion schemes such as Drawback, Duty Entitlement Pass Book and Export Promotion Capital Goods while discussing indirect taxes.

Hurdles facing customs & excise duties

Customs and excise tariff reforms are still pending.

Killing the goods and services tax

If states are to levy service tax, a combined GST will become a nightmare since a host of tax departments in each state will also have to be dealt with.

The fight over VAT on diapers

Let's get the advance ruling set-up to work

Budget tips to simplify Cenvat

Tips on service tax for the next Budget

How good is a public notice to the taxpayers

Breaking the VAT chain

VAT and the problems it poses

In search of an ideal threshold for VAT

Does VAT lead to inflation?

Forget about a unified VAT

Mini-Budget: What's in it for capital goods biz?

Overstepping into the VAT regime

Jaswant Singh's illusion of efficiency