Economic think-tank NCAER has said that service tax will go up by one per cent per annum in the next four years, following the government's decision to introduce goods and services tax from April 1, 2010.
Announcement of an increase in prices will dampen the affordable housing business at a time when realtors already face razor-thin margins.
Trade deals ease risks for Indian equities, but weak demand and stretched valuations raise questions over whether optimism -- especially in smallcaps -- can turn into a sustained bull run, points out Debashis Basu.
Shares of brokerage-related companies nosedived 18 per cent on Sunday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed raising securities transaction tax on commodity futures to 0.05 per cent from 0.02 per cent in the Union Budget 2026-27.
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In October 2024, Jindal Stainless challenged a Goods and Services Tax (GST) notice in the Delhi high court. It was about corporate guarantees issued to related parties by its former group company, Jindal Stainless (Hisar), before their merger in March 2023.
The finance ministry is likely to raise the exemption limit for service tax from Rs 400,000 to Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) in the forthcoming Budget.
'LIC will reduce but not fully exit its stake in IDBI Bank, which remains an important bancassurance partner,' says LIC of India' MD and CEO R Doraiswamy.
Rural India outpaced urban centres in passenger vehicle sales in 2025, recording a growth of 12 per cent compared with 8 per cent in cities.
The SC has gone a step further to state that even if one were to not apply the codified GAAR provisions, the judicial GAAR would continue to apply, point out Pranav Sayta and Bhargav Selarka.
The Supreme Court of India has struck down key provisions of the 2021 Tribunals Reforms law, citing violations of separation of powers and judicial independence. The court restored earlier directions on tenure for tribunal members.
The growth of India's services sector eased in September from the recent high in August, as new business and activity expanded at slower rates, according to a monthly survey released on Monday.
The government said remittances from abroad will not attract service tax, putting to rest the concerns raised in view of new tax norms.
Filing a belated return is far better than not filing at all.
Capex, infrastructure development, and prudent fiscal management are the key focus areas in the Budget, says Nilesh Shah.
The key question is how much of the latest growth record represents recovery from the 2020-2021 downturn, and what is the sustainable growth rate now, asks T N Ninan.
Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has lowered its savings account rates and introduced new slabs for small and medium balance categories, effective January 9, 2025, as per its website. The interest slabs and rates for higher balance accounts remain unchanged. Despite the revision, the bank continues to offer one of the highest savings account interest rates in the industry among mid-sized banks.
Investments in real estate have just got a bit costlier. Since April 2010, an additional amount in the form of service tax is being collected from buyers, on under construction properties. So what is this service tax and who is deemed to pay it?
The increase in service tax from the 10 per cent to 12 per cent expected to impact the industry. This will negatively impact the industry. However, the reduction of cascading taxes by providing tax credits expected offset this. Also, the allowing 100 per cent deduction to the franchise model (operated by other) is positive to the sector.
The Cascading taxes has been reduced significantly by permitting utilization of input tax credits in a number of services such as catering, restaurants, hotel accommodation, pandal and shamiana and transport sectors.
Accounting regulator ICAI has called for excluding land value from the proposed service tax on the realty sector, saying land is a state subject.
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty dived sharply by nearly 2 per cent on Sunday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a hike in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on derivatives. Reversing the early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex plunged sharply by 2,370.36 points or 2.88 per cent to slide below the 80,000-mark at 79,899.42 in afternoon trade as the finance minister announced a hike in STT on futures contracts to 0.05 per cent from the current 0.02 per cent.
Supporting the striking truck operators, the National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday asked the government to withdraw the proposed service tax on transport booking agents.
India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's mother Shabnam on Friday sought to clear the air on reports that the her son owes a whopping 96.43 lakh in service tax on his income from the first and second Indian Premier League season, saying the King's XI Punjab batsman was paid only for playing and not promotional activity.
India will now face a lower reciprocal tariff of 10 per cent, down from 25 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict against his sweeping duties on several nations.
The 5per cent service tax (effectively on whole amount) on services on Private hospitals with 25 or more beds have central air-conditioning facilities and to diagnostic tests of all kinds make the health services costlier to the patients as the hospitals tend to pass the same to the patients.
Base revisions are technical exercises, but history shows they can significantly reshape the narrative around India's growth performance.
The Central Excise Department said it has slapped service tax of Rs 6 crore on the Preity Zinta co-owned KPH Dream Cricket, which is part owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab.
The Finance Minister attributed the large number of defaulters to benign provisions of the Service Tax Act.
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