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Now, Apple INC,s iPhone Plans in India Hit GST Hurdle

Until it is clear whether, and how, the domestic tax incentives will be accommodated in the forthcoming goods and services tax (GST) regime, the government won’t take a call on US tech giant Apple’s wish-list in the context of its plan to set up an iPhone/iPad manufacturing unit in India, reports fe Bureau in New Delhi.
Ministry of electronics and IT secretary Aruna Sundarajan on Friday said a decision on incentives to Apple can be taken only after tax rates …

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New Tax Norms Target Shell Firms

The government on Tuesday issued guidelines to plug tax evasion by shell companies or foreign firms set by groups in India to retain income outside the country, dashing hopes ofindustryThe rules outline companies incorporated overseas but with effective control of that implementation of these norms would be deferred to next year.The rules will affect companies in industries like pharmaceuticals, automobiles, energy, manufacturing and software. The guidelines have a few safeguards that were not present in draft norms issued in 2015 …

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Input Tax Credit On ATF: Aviation Ministry Suggest Ways To Compensate Airlines

Civil aviation ministry has written to the finance ministry suggesting ways to compensate airlines that will not be able to take input tax credit on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Since petroleum products including ATF are outside the GST regime for the time being, airlines will not be able utilise credit on taxes paid on ATF – a key input which comprises over 40 per cent Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said …

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GST To Ease Loan Access For Millions of Firms Using Digitalised Data.

The implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) should drive nearly seven million small businesses to the formal digital economy and help them get easy access to loans, said Nandan Nilekani, the technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys who was tapped by the government to run an ambitious identity-recognition programme, on Friday.
The new unified indirect taxation in India system, which is scheduled to be implemented later this year, will bring in millions of unorganized businesses on one platform. This …

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Key Highlights of Budget 2017

This is the first time in Indian history that Union Budget has been announced one month in advance. This decision is made to complete the legislative process for approval of annual spending plans and tax proposals in chartered accountant firms in mumbai before beginning of the new financial year on April 1.

 

-Govt. proposes levy of surcharge of 10% for income between Rs. 50 lakhs and Rs. 1 crores
-FM proposed no change in Exemption limit but reduces tax
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Budget 2017 – Push or Pull To Digital Economy

Government is trying its every best to make India “A digital Economy”. It seems as India is on the edge of a massive digital revolution. Promotion of a digital economy is an integral part of Government’s strategy to clean the system and weed out corruption and black money.
There are not many changes in current indirect taxation in India regime as GST is proposed to be rollout on 1stJuly, 2017. Hon’ble Finance Minister in today’s speech, said that IT system …

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Startup Brace For Legal War With I-T

Startups that have been ordered to pay tax despite valuations being marked down in recent funding rounds are challenging the demands, complaining that the move runs counter to the government’s campaign to encourage entrepreneurial spirit.
With startup fever having waned over the past year or so amid concerns over profitability and competition, valuations have declined sharply. Last month, the tax consultancy firms in Delhi department challenged such reductions at about 100 startups and issued orders seeking 33% tax at the …

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Threshold Limit on ESI Increases to Rs. 21,000

As per notification issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment dt. 22nd December, 2016, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, the Central Government, after consultation with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Third Amendment Rules, 2016. (2) They shall come into force from …

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GST Could Trip Make In India For Smartphones

India’s success in making firms such as Samsung, Xiaomi, and Micromax to locally produce phones could become a cropper, once the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect, as the new expats taxation regime could neutralise the cost benefits to make these phones in India in taxation services for expatriates
Since the last two years, India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers in the country, after it tweaked norms that made cheaper to make phones in …

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Tax Experts Hope Goods And Services Tax Will Pep Up GDP Growth By 2%

Tax experts on Sunday said there will be a uniform andone-nation-one-tax in the form of Goods and Services Tax(GST) proposed from April 1. The experts guided CAs on GST during a regional tax conference held here jointly by the Nashik and Jalgaon branches of TheInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Bimal Jain, chairman, Indirect Tax Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce, said, “The present indirect taxes in India have driven business to structure and model their supply chain and …

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