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GST to Have Big Impact on Ease of Business Ranking Next Year

India has vaulted substantially a jump of 30 ranks to occupy the 100th place this year in the World Bank’s `Doing Business’ report, bringing it closer to the target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be in the top-50 countries. Ramesh Abhishek, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the nodal department for the ease of doing business study, told that the jump in ranking proves that with strong political commitment and a motivated bureaucracy, things can happen. …

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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 …

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With GST, India Heading Towards a Transparent Tax Regime: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as by far the biggest economic reform and said India is now moving towards a modern, transparent, stable and predictable tax regime GST consulting services.
Addressing an India-Israel CEO Forum, he said regulatory and policy issues facing companies have been resolved and his government is positioning India as a manufacturing hub.
India-Israel CEO Forum, which met for the first time today, set a target to increase the …

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Commerce Ministry To Align Foriegn Trade Policy With GST

The commerce ministry will come out with a notification to align the foreign trade policy (FTP) with the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which will be rolled out from July 1.
The ministry will have to come out with a notification as it has not been able to revise the FTP as was planned earlier. How to apply for gst registration
In a statement, it said that the ministry will release the reviewed FTP in September and …

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GST Experts in India

In what would have come as a relief to ecommerce marketplaces such as Amazon and Flipkart, the proposed tax collected at source (TCS) on them under the goods and services tax (GST) is to be capped at 1%, the GST Council has decided gst experts in India.
The draft law had proposed a levy of 1% without any limit. Mentioning the cap in the law will ensure the levy remains below that level.
“The council has decided to provide …

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GST Consulting Services

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GST is a huge reform for indirect taxation in India, the likes of which the country has not seen post Independence. GST will simplify indirect taxation, reduce complexities, and remove the cascading effect. Experts believe that it will have a huge impact on businesses both big and small, and change the way the economy functions in GST registration online.

The ebook will help you understand the basics of GST, important terminologies and concepts, and how this might affect …

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Budget Session: PM Modi Hopes For Breakthrough On GST

As the Budget session of Parliament resumed today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped there will be a breakthrough on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill and that issues will be discussed in a democratic manner.
“We hope that there will be a breakthrough on the GST because all states have positively cooperated. All political parties have also extended cooperation in a positive way,” he told reporters outside Parliament. How to apply for GST registration
The second leg of the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …