Finance - general
Govt rescinds order banning PF withdrawal amidst violent protests
19 Apr 2016
With the rescinding of the order, curbs to accessing the entire provident fund corpus, which were to come into effect from 1 May, now stand withdrawn, subject to certain conditions
US firms using loopholes to pay little or no tax
15 Apr 2016
Some of the biggest American companies, including Apple and Coca-Cola, are stashing their profits abroad in order to avoid paying US taxes, studies in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal show
Panama Papers: Multi-agency team to probe money stashed abroad
04 Apr 2016
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the team comprising investigators from agencies like CBDT, RBI and FIU has been constituted on the advice of the prime minister
Japan commits Rs14,251 cr in ODA loans to India
31 Mar 2016
Centre hikes dearness pay of employees, pensioners by 6 percentage points to 125%
23 Mar 2016
The dearness pay hike that will benefit 5 million employees and 5.8 million pensioners will cost the exchequer over Rs14,725 crore during a 14 month period from 1 January 2016
CBDT panel recommends 10% withholding tax on e-commerce deals
22 Mar 2016
The CBDT panel addresses the key issues of base erosion and profit sharing, including under-taxation of "stateless income" and an unacceptable division of tax revenues