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Govt may not ease norms for foreign banks
Rediff.com23 Feb 2009

The second phase of reforms was expected to address areas like extending 'national...

State-owned oil producers face double whammy
Rediff.com9 Feb 2009

After sharing the losses of state-owned fuel oil retailers, upstream producers may also...

I-T slaps notices on Vedanta and Indian Rayon
Rediff.com4 Feb 2009

After Vodafone, UK-based Vedanta Resources Plc and Aditya Birla group firm Indian Rayon...

Taxing times ahead as govt ups scrutiny
Rediff.com31 Jan 2009

Faced with the prospect of missing the direct tax collection target because of the...

Satyamgate: CA certificates under I-T lens
Rediff.com30 Jan 2009

After the Satyam scam, the role of chartered accountants has come into focus again....

Goods tax: States seek compensation
Rediff.com28 Jan 2009

Though the states might lose because of providing tax credit on input, they will also...

Montek bats for continuity at IIFCL
Rediff.com23 Jan 2009

In a note, titled 'IIFCL financing for PPP projects,' sent to Prime Minister Manmohan...

Lower tax mop-up: States want CST rate to stay
Rediff.com22 Jan 2009

Though CST is a central tax, the entire collection, estimated at Rs 250 billion per...

Centre, states may agree on 16% GST
Rediff.com22 Jan 2009

GST, which will replace almost all central and state taxes, could have two components...

Satyam scam prompts Clause 49 review
Rediff.com14 Jan 2009

Serious Fraud Investigation Office joins multi-agency probe.

I-T dept to expand tax evasion probe
Rediff.com10 Jan 2009

The Income Tax department is likely to include eight other related firms for its...

PwC has a chequered past with taxmen
Rediff.com9 Jan 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers, an advisory and consulting firm whose sister company audited...

Banks pay 38% higher advance tax in Q3
Rediff.com30 Dec 2008

The higher tax paid by the banks comes in overall 22 per cent decline in advance tax...

Govt may scale down indirect tax target
Rediff.com26 Dec 2008

The government is likely to revise downwards indirect tax collections target for the...

E-returns: I-T dept discovers Rs 1,700 cr gap
Rediff.com24 Dec 2008

During a verification of electronic returns, the department found that as many as 1,714...

Commerce ministry wants speedy stimulus package
Rediff.com22 Dec 2008

Secretaries' panel fails to arrive at a decision. Sources told Business Standard the...

RBI not done with cuts
Rediff.com22 Dec 2008

The meeting comes ahead of a fresh stimulus package aimed at sectors not covered in the...

States agree not to change GST unilaterally
Rediff.com18 Dec 2008

The Centre and the state governments have agreed not to unilaterally change the tax...

Changes in non-life covers to aid clients
Rediff.com16 Dec 2008

Under the standard fire and special perils policy, everything is excluded other than...

TRP scheme to be revamped
Rediff.com11 Dec 2008

The finance ministry has now decided to extend the coverage of the scheme to tax...