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Company says that this is a long-term plan as it continues to evaluate options.
Diesel in Mumbai costs Rs 79.72 per litre at IOC outlets and Rs 79.79 at BPCL outlets.
Confident of meeting the schedule of introducing the goods and service tax in the beginning of the next fiscal, state finance ministers will meet the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee around mid-June on various issues relating to the new tax system.
In an attempt to stop states from levying local sales tax on inter-state transactions, the Centre has told Rajasthan that only Central Sales Tax can be levied on crude oil sold from Cairn India's fields in the state to refiners elsewhere.
In Air 2, Apple has upgraded main camera to 8 megapixel while camera in iPad mini 3 remains the same at 5 MP.
The prices of mobile handsets are likely to increase in Maharastra from Wednesday as the state government has hiked the sales tax on devices to 12.5 per cent from four per cent now.According to analysts, the tax increase would push up the cost of a Rs 3,000 mobile handset by Rs 250.
The Centre will soon write to the states to bring uniformity in the Value Added Tax on oil products so that benefits of price cuts filter down to the masses.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been slapped with a showcause notice by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for allegedly not declaring dutiable goods at the Mumbai airport while returning from London last year.
Traders are placing great hopes that the next Budget will have some concrete measures on implementation of Goods and Services Tax but some experts doubt the new tax may take more time than expected.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
After achieving high levels of market penetration, the Rs 8,800 crore (Rs 88 billion) detergents industry is now banking on growth through high-value products and innovation. Innovation in the laundry care industry is possible through four ways, according to Sudhanshu Vats, category head, home care, Hindustan Unilever (HUL).
Real Madrid's revenues exceeded 500 million euros for a second consecutive season in 2012-13, rising 1.3 percent to 520.9 million (436.7 million pounds), the world's richest club by income said.
The excise duty on unbranded petrol was increased from Rs 5.46 per litre to Rs 7.06 a litre.
Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (AYSS) on Wednesday announced the launch of civil disobedience movement in Jammu region.
According to Ilmi, she was invited by RSS-supported Forum for Awareness of National Security to speak at a seminar on "Triple Talaq" and the university had pressurised the organisers to change the subject to "Muslim's women's empowerment: Issues and challenges" and drop her name from the speaker's list.
The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science.
The peak GST rate of 28 per cent as also the 5 per cent ad valorem cess will continue
At present, 70% of the mobile handsets sold in India are imported.
India, which imports over 80 per cent of its oil needs, spent $87.7 billion on importing 220.43 million tonne (MT) of crude oil in 2017-18. For 2018-19, the imports are pegged at almost 227 MT.
Tata Motors on Monday announced that the Tata Nano Standard version (BS2) will be priced at Rs 1 lakh (Rs 100,000) ex Factory Pantnagar (excluding transportation charges and VAT) thereby delivering on the promise made at the unveiling of the car at the Auto Expo in New Delhi last year on January 10th 2008.
The fuel price hike for the last 16 days had caused inconvenience and disappointment among the general public.
The Centre has decided to keep ayurveda products in the mid-range of the goods and services tax
The company will operate the IT system for five years.
Tamil Nadu says it's intriguing only BJP-ruled states top the list, while industrialised states are given a go-by.
The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee, headed by Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, in its fifth bi-monthly review, kept the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent and reverse repo at 5.75 per cent.
Almost half of the retail price of petrol of Rs 44.63 a litre in the national capital comprises taxes and duties, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said.
What has come as a bigger blow for small traders in the commodity market is the 'invasion' of big retailers into the commodity market. This is hurting them more than the Centre's new regulation curbing stock holding and the effects of VAT. In fact, entry of big retailers has created a new dimension in the commodity market, particularly in the last two years. The small traders hold them responsible for the current scenario in the market, including steep rise in prices.
Hit by soaring fuel prices, the aviation industry is mulling introduction of a "differential fuel surcharge" based on VAT rates in each state to partially offset losses suffered by the air carriers. "Airlines would not be able to survive if the cost of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) is so high and competition brings down the fares," V Thulasidas, chairman and managing director, Air India said.
The kiosks will offer government services like land records, various licences, getting cast or domicile certificates, filing of VAT return, payment of motor vehicle tax, and enrolment forms for the state government's pension scheme for the old and destitute. The operators, running these kiosks, will be allowed to collect user charges to recover their investment.
As per norms, the returns have to be filed online on www.aces.gov.in.
In the late 1990s, the Gujarat government had issued a policy allowing deferment of sales tax/VAT up to a certain amount, with the benefit capped for a period not exceeding 17 years. Projects with investment over Rs 1,000 crore could be eligible for the tax benefit. A deferment benefit on sale tax means a dealer is allowed to postpone the payment of tax on purchase of raw materials sales of products for a fixed period or/and up to a specific monetary limit.
Higher costs of car inventories, missing sales targets and manufacturer expectations, and soaring rentals, are eating into dealers' margins.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
The Centre is against giving any shock in the first year of the rollout by bringing in new services.
No mention of cab aggregators in GST bills
Britain is due to leave the European Union by October 31, with Johnson racing against time to strike a deal to meet that deadline.
The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
Across 10 prominent services, revenue to the government reduced by 20 per cent in the first year of GST compared to the last year of the service tax regime. This happened despite tax liability against these services growing by 50 per cent in one year.
'What has taken the government so long to understand what the people of this country are going through?'
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