Customs overhaul to be focus in next set of reforms: Finance Minister Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressed confidence in India's economy growing at 7% or more this fiscal year, despite global headwind...
07 Dec, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Sitharaman flags complete customs revamp as next big reform driveFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a comprehensive overhaul of India's customs framework as her next major reform. The initiativ...
06 Dec, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
Budget 2026: Ficci pushes for tax certainty, faster dispute resolutionCorporate India is rallying for crucial reforms as the budget season approaches. Their wishlist highlights the necessity for minimized lega...
29 Oct, 2025, 12.32 AM IST
Budget 2025: Key reforms expected in the indirect tax ecosystemThe budget aims to include key sectors under GST, streamline assessment processes, and provide clarity on plant and machinery credits.
21 Jan, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
Finance minister Sitharaman asks tech costo beef up GSTN and income-tax portal"The FM made it clear to make the refund and tax-filing system glitch free, simple and swift," a senior official told ET. Currently, Infosy...
05 Sep, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
Top US advocacy group submits Budget wish list, seeks rationalisation of tax systemThe forum advocated for a stable and predictable tax environment, more improvements in ease of doing business, rationalisation of the cost ...
28 Jan, 2023, 10.24 AM IST
New income-tax regime needs tweaks to get more attractive: Tarun Bajaj, Revenue secretary"We are reaching a stage where we need to give complete stability to the tax structures on both sides. We've done a bit of a journey on thi...
28 Nov, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
GST 2.0 may be free of jurisdiction: Vivek Johri, chairman, CBICNew Delhi, which raised the import duty on gold recently, is not looking at any further administrative measures immediately to clamp down i...
08 Jul, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Standing committee on finance pushes for govt to increase GST collections to compensate statesThe standing committee on finance sought that the government should initiate all possible structural and enforcement related measures to sh...
16 Mar, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Faceless GST assessment being weighedThe move will be along the lines of the facility for assessment of income tax and customs and is expected to make adjudication and scrutiny...
23 Feb, 2021, 07.01 AM IST
Ease of business in self-reliant India – Indirect tax budgetary changesIt would not be an exaggeration to term this budget as balanced and progressive insofar as it has aimed to cater to the interest of the dom...
05 Feb, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
Status quo signals stability in tax regime: ExpertsSurprising everyone, especially the markets which closed with the biggest Budget-day gains of 5 per cent, the Budget left all taxes unchang...
01 Feb, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
India's tax pie gets altered because of pandemic; share of direct taxes dropsThe share of indirect taxes, which mainly comprise of levy on goods and services as well as import duty, has risen while that of direct tax...
04 Jan, 2021, 02.59 PM IST
Recovery continues despite phases of Covid-19 resurgence: Ajay Bhushan PandeyHe attributed some component of the surge in revenues to the drive launched to identify tax evaders and those availing input tax credit fra...
04 Jan, 2021, 07.46 AM IST
Prime Minister Modi's new regime for businesses looks to lighten compliance burdenThe Department for Promotion for Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is working on the agenda with the NITI Aayog after the Prime Minister ...
02 Sep, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
EY and Automation Anywhere to bring RPA-based tax automation solutionsThe RPA solutions are aimed to automate high volume tax compliance processes across various industry sectors.
10 Jun, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
Customs regime may be tweaked to boost make in India, exportsGovernment could soon revamp its customs duty regime with focus on exemptions and inverted duty structures.
29 Jun, 2019, 08.21 AM IST