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.
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.
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.
Indirect tax collections saw only a meagre 3.5 per cent growth, as mop-up from Customs fell sharply on account of a drop in imports.
Many ministries couldn't use the allocated funds since it came into force, resulting in much-needed savings.
A tax reforms panel, headed by finance minister's advisor Parthasarathi Shome, is considering moving away from setting fixed tax-collection targets and linking these with the changing economic scenario during the year.
The US has been widely criticised for using pressure tactics to secure information from other countries, without reciprocity.
Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans.
Generally,profit of a partnership firm is divided among its partners in sync with their partnership deal.
FY14 sees 16% decline in adjustments; department adds only Rs 59,000 crore to the profits attributed by multinationals, against Rs 70,000 crore a year ago
Delhi High Court quashes reassessment proceedings by Income Tax department.
The RBI needs to maintain a healthy contingency reserve so that it can lend its support in case of a bank failure.
The Finance Ministry is of the opinion that Vodafone might drag its tax dispute to court.
The government managed to raise revenues by sending notices to high net individuals to did not file I-T returns last year.
The Finance Ministry has asked top rung exectives of United bank of India to furnish bad loan recovery report on daily basis.
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It would be fair to say that markets are coming to the end of a down-cycle and are at the cusp of the next up-cycle.
To help compare numbers better, FinMin might retain the interim Budget Estimates with the new ones.
The finance ministry is working on a Cabinet note for establishing a full-fledged Public Debt Management Office, officials told Business Standard.
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