Tax
- Telangana
Harish Rao slams Union min Piyush Goyal for ‘choti soch’ remark
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao criticised Union Minister for Industry and Supply Piyush Goyal for his remark on southern states including Telangana. It is to be noted that…
- India
Hopes running high of tax cut as Sitharaman presents record 8th budget
New Delhi: A cut or tweak in income tax rates/slabs to ease the burden of middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth is widely expected in Finance Minister Nirmala…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia extends tax amnesty initiative
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has extended the cancellation of fines and exemption of penalties initiative until June 30, 2025. The initiative was earlier extended…
- Middle East
Kuwait to impose 15 pc tax on multinational companies
Kuwait City: Kuwait is set to impose a 15 percent tax on multinational companies operating in more than one country or a state starting January 1, 2025. The Kuwaiti cabinet recently approved…
- Middle East
UAE announces corporate tax registration exemptions
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that certain businesses are exempt from registering for corporate tax that will be introduced in June this year, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.…
- World
UK PM Rishi Sunak sacks Tory party chief over tax penalty row
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday sacked one of his Cabinet ministers and Conservative Party chairman, Nadhim Zahawi, after he was found to have been in serious breach of the…
- India
Actor Anushka Sharma moves Bombay HC against Sales Tax dept orders seeking dues under Maha VAT Act
Mumbai: Actor Anushka Sharma has moved the Bombay High Court challenging two orders passed by the deputy commissioner of Sales Tax raising dues for 2012-13 and 2013-14 assessment years under the Maharashtra…
- Middle East
Dubai scraps 30% tax on alcohol sales, fee for liquor licenses
Abu Dhabi: In a major decision, the Dubai government on Sunday ended 30 per cent tax on alcohol sales and made liquor licenses free to obtain, Dubai Municipality reported. The rule for…
- Telangana
11% of GST revenue was increased in Telangana in December 2022
Hyderabad: The Telangana government collected Rs 4,178 Crores in December 2022. In 2021, the collected revenue amounted to Rs 3,760 Crores. Telangana increases its goods and services tax (GST) every year by…
- Middle East
Dubai relaxes liquor sale rules, tax scrapped to boost tourism
Jeddah: In an aim to boost the country’s economic and social standing to attract more foreign tourists, the United Arab Emirates further relaxed some rules, which were based on Islamic norms. As…
- World
US House panel releases redacted version of Trump’s tax returns
Washington: The US House Ways and Means Committee has released a redacted version of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The documents include six years of tax information for the time Trump,…
- India
GST Council meeting: No tax increase on any item
New Delhi: No tax increase on any item was decided at the GST Council meeting on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Council recommended reducing GST on biofuel from 18 per cent to 5 per…
- Business
Tax collections up by 24% in current fiscal year-on-year
New Delhi: Net tax collection in 2022-23 was 24.26 per cent higher than the net collection for the corresponding period of last year. With this, 61.79 per cent of the budget estimates…