Day: May 22, 2017

Ignorance, people say, is bliss. Not so with hypertension though. For, uncontrolled high blood pressure, if left untreated over a prolonged period, can cause a

The government today asked industry to hold back price increases till GST roll out from July 1, saying such hikes might later lead to inquiry

Many small traders are happy that they can take deemed credit on their stocks the day the Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws come into

How to avoid GST-related litigation The expectation is that tax litigation will reduce significantly under GST. This is because the credit chain is seamless and

E-commerce players and sellers on marketplace platforms say the goods and services tax (GST) rates will hurt their business. The Confederation of All India Traders

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) are trying to assess the full extent of the goods and services tax (GST) regime over their businesses, as

As disruptive innovations and new business models transform organisations and communities around the world, their sustainability is threatened by a plethora of cyber risks. We

For a search giant that answers online queries instantly, Google raises deeper questions in the real world. What if internet users knew in 2005 that

The real side effect of the banking sector crisis is a sharp drop in private investment, especially corporate investment, which has fallen by around 7%

The 40-plus days of advance notice should be a relief for corporates and enterprises, as not only does it allow them to assess the impact

While GST laws include anti-profiteering measures (which say that the benefits of the reduction in the tax rate and input credit shall be passed on

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the apex decision-making body for the new federal indirect tax system, held a two-day summit meeting in Srinagar,

The underlying objective of this rate fitment has been clear for some time, which is to maintain the current effective indirect tax burden (Centre and

India’s final goods and services tax design has four rates for goods and services, plus cesses, but excludes petroleum, electricity, real estate (except in the

The RBI will increase the number of members in the oversight committee which presides over the restructuring proposals and also expand the scope of the

So why precisely has the government signed off on this spaghetti tangle of rates? What could be so important that India’s most important tax reform