Finance - general
Note ban takes 11 out of India’s super rich club
08 Mar 2017
GST Council clears draft CGST, IGST bills
04 Mar 2017
The council will take up for approval the State-GST and Union Territory-GST (UT-GST) laws at its next meeting on 16 March, clearing the deck for the passage of the bills in Parliament and eventual roll-out by 1 July
GST Council proposes to hike peak tax slab to 40%
02 Mar 2017
While the 4-slab rate structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent agreed upon last year will remain unchanged, the GST Council is making a provision in the model law to take care of contingencies in future
CBEC launches mobile app for GST
23 Feb 2017
CBEC launches mobile app for GST
23 Feb 2017
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