After the enactment of retrospective amendments to the Income Tax Act next month, the government may ask Vodafone to pay in excess of Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) -- more than two and half times the tax amount the telecom major was "advised to withhold" on its $11-billion deal with Hutchison in 2007.
French consulting-IT major to focus on specialised areas in energy, tax and telecom
A finance ministry official said Vodafone had threatened arbitration against something that had not happened. He said the UK-based telecom company was presuming it might happen.
Higher online filing of returns that is expected in the ongoing financial year will enable faster processing of claims and hence a further increase in refunds.
The largest subsidiary of India's second largest IT services company reported a 400-basis points improvement in operating margins, to 22 per cent in 2011-12.
To ensure its financial inclusion drive is not restricted to meeting branch opening targets, the Union finance ministry is to ask banks for a performance report of the 'ultra small' branches set up in the past two years in about 73,000 villages.
To focus on leadership grooming, corporate governance and brand repositioning
A senior income tax department official in the know of the discussions to have taken place in the finance ministry said the ministry was looking into the issue as a possible option.
The next time Amitabh Bachchan hosts Kaun Bangea Crorepati or Sachin Tendulkar hits a ton in an Indian Premier League match, the taxmen may come knocking on their doors.
Philippines might have emerged as the new capital for call centre works, but the country still has a long way to go to match India in the overall business process outsourcing (BPO) segment not just in terms of size of the industry, but also in terms of range of services.
The IT budgets for 2012 may remain flat or even decline marginally, but the silver lining for the Indian IT services players is an increasing component of offshoring in the overall budget.
Microsoft's interactive self-service assets (client, people and technologies) are to be merged with 24/7 Customer, to be now known as 24/7 Inc.
Budget likely to list tax-exempt items as finance ministry, states agree
Global IT major HP is understood to be in the last leg of lapping up the largest of the eight contracts under the India Post IT modernisation programme. The deal is estimated to be in excess of Rs 1,000 crore, making it one of the largest e-governance contracts in India.
The question is which tool it should use to shift gear.
The idea is to save customers the inconvenience of opening and closing bank accounts or keeping multiple accounts if they have to shift to a new location or find their bank's services unsatisfactory.
More than one-third of this amount (Rs 6,000 crore or Rs 60 billion) is likely to go to the country's largest lender, State Bank of India, while the demand for most other banks is less than Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) each.
They are realising unstructured data generated from social media and mobiles is vital for business decisions.
Pay healthy advance tax, but can't make up for large companies' volumes.
Aim is to drive accountability and bring the organisation closer to the client.
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