Finance - general
GST Council approves draft Compensation Bill
18 Feb 2017
A decision on rate slabs will be taken after the next meeting of the GST Council on 4-5 March, finance minister Arun Jaitley said after the council meeting
Budget may take service tax rates to 16-18% levels from 1 April
30 Jan 2017
An expected hike in service tax rates in the coming budget from the current 15 per cent would take away all other tax incentives that finance minister Arun Jaitley may offer in the budget proposals for 2017-18