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No capital gains tax exemption for IDRs

   11 September 2009 at 14:54

The plan to encourage overseas firms to raise capital in India through Indian Depository Receipts, or IDRs, as they are popularly known, appears to have hit a road block, with the revenue department not in favour of granting long-term capital gains t ..

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GMR HYDERABAD AIRPORT GETS VAT RELIEF FROM AP

   10 September 2009 at 13:42

GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) has received from the Andhra Pradesh Government VAT (Value added tax) relief on two counts. While the first order helps the airport company, the other benefits passengers whose purchases from the duty-free ..

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Personalisedproperty tax bills from '10

   10 September 2009 at 13:12

This will come as a relief to a large number of citizens who diligently pay their property tax. From the next financial year when the BMC introduces the capital value-based property tax system, every citizen owning property in the city will receive ..

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e-payment facility launched for VAT dealers

   09 September 2009 at 14:57

Having achieved 100 per cent e-filing of returns, the State Government has taken the next logical step of introducing ‘e-payment’ to all its registered VAT dealers.e-payment has been made mandatory for all TIN dealers from September 1. It ..

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Delhi HC refuses relief to Microsoft India seeking a duty re

   08 September 2009 at 15:14

The Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of Microsoft India seeking a duty relief to the tune of Rs 260 crore for alleged violation of service tax norms. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Valmiki J Mehta dismissed the petition by Microsoft In ..

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5 MORE EPCS GET SERVICE TAX EXEMPTION

   08 September 2009 at 14:52

The Finance Ministry has extended service tax exemption to five more export promotion councils (EPCs). With this move, the total number of EPCs that could avail themselves of service tax exemption has gone up to 27 across the country. Budget 2009-10 ..

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CBDT ORDERS SCRUTINY OF NEW REVENUE SOURCES

   08 September 2009 at 14:47

Companies deferring TDS transfers, trust incomes to be under lens The interest paid on delayed compensation to land owners by companies or entities engaged in the creation of Special Economic Zones, industrial parks and infrastructure developments,an ..

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I-T officials to get details of defaulters

   07 September 2009 at 17:01

The government will arm its income tax officials with details on assets of those whose tax payments are pending, a move aimed at meeting the Rs 13,153-crore target for arrear collection this fiscal. With tax arrears of Rs 2,13,646 crore due as on Apr ..

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COS LIABLE FOR INTEREST ON WRONGLY TAKEN CENVAT CREDIT

   05 September 2009 at 13:05

The Finance Ministry has made it clear that interest liability will arise on companies in situations where Cenvat credit had been wrongly taken, but not utilised. A clarification circular to this effect was issued by the Central Board of Excise and C ..

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Service tax exemption for specified goods

   03 September 2009 at 17:06

The Finance Ministry has now given service tax exemption on transportation of certain specified goods by rail or through inland water and coastal shipping.The exemption has been given keeping in mind the common man, a Finance Ministry official said. ..

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