In the past couple of years, Saregama has redefined itself into a 'content IP company'.
The government has to cover a lot of ground if it wants to achieve the target of generating 10 million new jobs in the sector over the next three years, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Constantly evolving rules and anomalies over tax treatment have constrained corporate programmes in the first year that the government's CSR mandate has been in force.
Fixed-line Internet is consistent and translates into a better experience for users.
With its free listing of goods and services, Facebook could disrupt the paid model adopted by classified players in the country, say Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
In the previous Budget, the government had come out with a similar scheme.
The GST bill's draft says tax would be levied on Maximum Retail Price
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigations Team on black money has also proposed that holding more than Rs 15 lakh in cash be made illegal for individuals and for companies, report Tinesh Bhasin and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'A broad-based revival of private sector investment was likely in 2018-19 after businesses had successfully made the switch to the GST.'
It will bring down the cost of a second house because of tax benefits and price appreciation
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
India Inc is facing threat from non-traditional sources.
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.
Against estimates of black wealth of Rs 300 lakh crore and black money in cash of Rs 3 lakh crore by economist Arun Kumar, the PMGKY numbers fall short by a huge margin.
The Centre and states are likely to settle for this threshold.
Has the rail ministry taken care to draw up a transparent framework?
Aimed at creating a single tax for goods and services across the country, government on Friday introduced the long-pending GST Bill in the Lok Sabha for roll-out of the new regime from April 2016 subsuming various levies like entry tax and octroi.
If you were deputed abroad, filing income tax can be tricky.
Notification, FAQs likely after FM Jaitley returns from the US
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.
Unlike Income Tax, service tax is not charged automatically.
TCS, Infosys and others are banking on automation to protect their turf in the US, but building a successful revenue model around it may prove difficult
Havells will acquire the entire consumer business infrastructure, people and distribution network. Plus all intellectual property of the Lloyd brand, logo, trademark and attendant rights.
After the recent attack on debit cards exposed the gaps in their security systems, banks are getting serious about data privacy.
The exemption from MAT does not apply retroactively.
SBI-led consortium of 17 banks had a total exposure of about Rs 6,500 cr to Kingfisher Airlines.
What could be the reason for this swift change in less than four years of Mistry taking charge? People in the know said it was building up. The latest trigger was Tata Power's acquisition of Welspun Renewables' solar and power assets
With digital technology, the I-T department's ability to catch tax evaders has increased many times.
As corporate India prepares to put its house in order, the transition raises concerns
Despite the equity booster, many would be uncomfortable about NPS.
Goods like chocolates, chewing gum, shampoo, deodorant, shoe polish, detergents, nutrition drinks and marble will now attract 18% GST>
In 2013, the government awarded less than 1,500 km of road projects under the EPC mode after it found no takers for PPP projects.
By doing away with the 1 per cent inter-state tax over and above the GST rate, the government has met one of the three key demands over which Opposition Congress has been blocking the Bill in the Upper House
Consumers are set to gain from discounts.
The two were convicted on July 6 in the Avenfield properties case linked to the Sharif family's ownership of four luxury flats in London.
Festive season is the mainstay of most brick and mortar retail chains.
India Inc has too much on its plate to ensure double digit growth in FY16.
Any company resident in a country has to pay both indirect taxes as well as Income Tax.
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
More companies with unconventional business models to get into messy legal hassles in India.
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