Finance - general
GST core slabs may merge, 28% slab to remain
21 Nov 2017
The government could combine the 12 per cent and 18 per cent slabs under the GST into one in the near future, possibly keeping the core rate around 15.5 per cent as suggested by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian last year
GST collections at Rs 95,131 crore in October
20 Nov 2017
Cabinet clears setting up of GST anti-profiteering authority
17 Nov 2017
The approval by the cabinet paves the way for immediate establishment of an apex 'anti-profiteering’ body that will provide an institutional mechanism to ensure that the full benefits of input tax credits and reduced GST rates are passed on to the consumers
Govt looks to PSUs as revenues falter under GST
14 Nov 2017
GST: The pruned list
11 Nov 2017
GST Council trims items in the top 28% tax slab to 50
10 Nov 2017
The GST Council pruned the list of items attracting the top 28 per cent tax rate from 227 to just 50 even as it made eating out cheaper, fixing rate for restaurants and hotels that do not claim tax credit at a flat 5 per cent
Central staff to get up to Rs25 lakh in house building advance at 8.5% simple interest rate
10 Nov 2017
GST rates on over 70% items in the 28% bracket to come down
09 Nov 2017
Of the over 1,200 products and services fitted into one of the four tax slabs — 5, 12, 18, and 28 per cent — only 62 are now in the 28 per cent slab while 1,138 are in the 18 per cent and below tax slabs
Demonetisation ethical, transparent exercise: Jaitley's riposte to Manmohan Singh
08 Nov 2017
Unlike the `2G spectrum scam’, the `coal block allocation scam’ or the `Commonwealth Games scam’, the NDA government’s demonetisation exercise was an ethical measure aimed at ending corruption, Jaitly said
GST rates to fall as govt plans biggest overhaul of rate slabs
06 Nov 2017
The government is expected to offer further relief to small and medium enterprises by rationalising tax rates in sectors where the total incidence has gone up because of the GST implementation
Ministerial panel proposes lower GST rates for small businesses
30 Oct 2017
The ministerial panel at its meeting on Sunday recommended 1 per cent GST impost on traders, manufacturers and restaurants against the existing rates of 1 per cent, 2 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively
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