Move to address MNCs' taxation woes; UK likely to be the next.

All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.

The company moved the income-tax appellate tribunal and its appeal is pending there.

FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.

Green signal from Jaitley; CVC okays Hemant Contractor for head of PFRDA

Finance ministry considers tax sops, regulation of hospitals to make health care affordable.

The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission had in a report last year proposed a unified regulator for the entire financial sector -- markets, insurance, commodities and pension. It had, however, proposed to keep banking out of its purview for now.

Vodafone's long-pending tax dispute with the government might be heading for a resolution, with the finance ministry considering changing the Income-Tax Act's retrospective amendment and taxing indirect transfer of assets prospectively from 2012, the year the law was clarified.

This will add to the woes of the conglomerate that had received a show-cause notice from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last week for alleged over-valuation of imported machinery by Rs 2,000 crore.

Under new government, tax office to explore ways to reduce disputes.

A decision by P Chidambaram in his last days as finance minister has annoyed the revenue department.

Indirect tax collections saw only a meagre 3.5 per cent growth, as mop-up from Customs fell sharply on account of a drop in imports.

Many ministries couldn't use the allocated funds since it came into force, resulting in much-needed savings.

A tax reforms panel, headed by finance minister's advisor Parthasarathi Shome, is considering moving away from setting fixed tax-collection targets and linking these with the changing economic scenario during the year.

The US has been widely criticised for using pressure tactics to secure information from other countries, without reciprocity.

Generally,profit of a partnership firm is divided among its partners in sync with their partnership deal.

FY14 sees 16% decline in adjustments; department adds only Rs 59,000 crore to the profits attributed by multinationals, against Rs 70,000 crore a year ago

Delhi High Court quashes reassessment proceedings by Income Tax department.