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August 31, 2018 / News

Highlights of Union Budget 2018-19

Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley presents general Budget 2018-19 in Parliament.
Budget guided by mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME and infrastructure sectors.
Government says, a series of structural reforms will propel India among the fastest growing economies of the world. IMF, in its latest Update, has forecast that India will grow at 7.4% next year in the backdrop of services resuming high growth rates of 8% plus, exports expected to grow at 15% in 2017-18 …

August 31, 2018 / Business

Mauritius Signs Multilateral BEPS Convention To Tackle Tax Avoidance by MNE’s

At the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Mahess Rawoteea of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Mauritius, signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) in the presence of Douglas Frantz, OECD Deputy Secretary-General.

Based on expressed reservations at this point in time, 23 tax treaties would be impacted by this signing. We note that Mauritius issued a statement today, reaffirming its commitment to implement the minimum standards …

August 31, 2018 / Business

CBDT Signs Bilateral APA With Japanese Firm

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has signed a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with the subsidiary of a Japanese company as it looks to reduce litigations by providing certainty in transfer pricing. The total number of bilateral APAs signed with various Japanese subsidiaries has thus reached five, all with rollback provisions, a Finance Ministry statement said.
Four APAs out of these five have been signed in the current financial year, it added GST registration online.
The APAs are …

August 31, 2018 / Business

Cash Transaction Limit Lowered To Rs 2 lakh.

The Rs 3-lakh limit proposed for cash payments in the Budget for 2017-18 would be brought down to Rs 2 lakh as part of an unprecedented 40 amendments to the Finance Bill. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the amendments in the lower House on Tuesday. This is aimed at tightening the noose on those dealing in cash.Most other amendments — making Aadhaar mandatory for filing tax returns, applying for permanent account numbers (PAN) and allowing payments by only non-cash modes …

August 31, 2018 / Business

Tax Free Limit For Qraturity Hiked To Rs. 2 Million

Formal sector workers may soon be eligible for up to Rs 2 million tax-free gratuity as central trade unions have agreed on the proposal in a tripartite consultation with the Labour Ministry.
The central trade unions have agreed on doubling gratuity amount ceiling as an interim measure in a tripartite meeting on the proposed amendment to Payment of Gratuity Act conducted by the Labour Ministry. gst consultants in Delhi

“While accepting the maximum payment limit of Rs 2 million as …

April 8, 2019 / Business

Post-FIPB, RBI To Frame Procedure For FDI Approval

The Reserve Bank is expected to formulate standard operating procedure (SOP) for approval of FDI proposals by ministries following the government decision to phase out FIPB.
The proposal for setting up norms for foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals in sensitive sectors, which are currently under government approval of the FDI policy, was discussed at a recent inter-ministerial meeting in apply for gst online .
According to sources, several options came up for discussions at the meeting. In order to further …

August 31, 2018 / Business

GST Final Draft To Retain Clause On Services Sector

The goods and services tax (GST) council is likely to retain a clause in the law that will require service providers to register in every state where they operate, despite recent representations from various Union ministries and telcos, banks, and insurance firms for a single registration system in chartered accountants firm.
At present, service providers benefit from a single centralized registration system for paying service tax—a tax levied and collected by the Union government.
However, under the GST regime, …

August 31, 2018 / Business

Goods and Services Tax

GST

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August 31, 2018 / Business

Govt Cracks The Whip On Shell Companies

After trying to tighten the rules against shell companies through its Budget proposals, the government has decided to follow with “harsh punitive” action that will include freezing of bank accounts and striking off the names of dormant companies.Their investments in real estate could also come under the scanner, as the government has also decided to invoke the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act. A meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office with senior officers of various departments on Friday to …

August 31, 2018 / Business

India’s Growth Rate of More Than 7% is The Strongest Among G-20 Countries OECD Survey.

The Indian economy is expanding at a fast pace, boosting living standards and reducing poverty nationwide. Further reforms are now necessary to maintain strong growth and ensure that all Indians benefit from it, according to a new report from the OECD. The latest OECD Economic Survey of India 2017 finds that the acceleration of structural reforms and the move toward a rule-based macroeconomic policy framework are sustaining the country’s longstanding rapid economic expansion. The Survey, launched in New Delhi today …