India could shield startups floated prior to 2016 from the socalled angel tax to boost entrepreneurship in the country. The finance ministry has started discussions with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on the certification of genuine startups...
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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...
FDI Push Likely to Give Further Boost to Rupee
The Indian rupee, which climbed 6% last year amid record fund flows from overseas, is set to appreciate further against the dollar this year, with traders expecting foreign direct investments (FDIs) to accelerate after New Delhi eased ownership rules in industries as...
IBC Bill Passed by RS, Rules may be changed for MSMEs
The government is looking into the application of the amended insolvency law for medium and small enterprises, and a decision will be made based on the recommendations of a committee set up the review the law, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. Replying to...
GST Network simplifies returns filing process
The GST Network said it has introduced a functionality which simplifies the returns filing process for taxpayers. "A new functionality has been introduced on the GST portal for ease of the taxpayers under which questions will be posed as soon as the taxpayer enters...
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,...
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...
With GST, India Heading Towards a Transparent Tax Regime: Modi
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...
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...









