5 hot Pavs for Budget Bhaji 2026: Check right data, keep old promises, do infra right, fix 'Tiger Global' and smugglingThe upcoming budget must pivot towards sustainable economic advancement, steering clear of just showcasing favorable figures. Fulfilling ea...
21 Jan, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
GST 2.0 in action: How govt made Diwali savings real for consumersAhead of Diwali, the government has implemented GST 2.0, reducing rates to boost festive shopping. The reform simplifies slabs to 5% and 18...
22 Sep, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
GST registration exemption for online seller with low turnover to boost e-commerceNow such suppliers will not have to obtain GST registration, if their turnover is lower than Rs 40 lakh and Rs 20 lakh for goods and servic...
30 Jun, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
View: GST ghosts for MSMEsThe Economic Census 2013 found 5.85 cr non-agricultural business establishments in operation, employing about 13 cr workers, an average of ...
08 Apr, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
Companies face extra costs for donationsTata Sons, PepsiCo, Flipkart, Walmart, Vivo India, Larsen & Toubro and TikTok, among others, came forward to donate ventilators, personal p...
26 May, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
IBJA wants commodity exchanges to be outside GST ambit of eMarketplacesCollecting 1 per cent TCS would make operating a spot exchange unfeasible.
22 Oct, 2018, 09.54 AM IST
GST rate cuts: Amazon, Myntra on anti-profiteering watchlistTax authorities have kept a close watch on firms to ensure that rate cuts were being passed on to consumers.
23 Jul, 2018, 11.43 AM IST
GST: New tax system brings pain, paperwork to India's online sellersThousands of small merchants have been dropped from e-commerce sites because they can't meet the new requirements.
18 Jul, 2017, 10.09 AM IST
- GST blues: Millennials, get ready for a tougher life after July 1
If you are a millennial, you may rejoice because millennials are all for reforms, etc. But the ground reality is that the GST is going to b...
22 Jun, 2017, 07.40 PM IST
Small e-comm vendors will have to pay GST upfrontUnder GST, all registered vendors on ecommerce sites are liable to 1% TCS. The objective is to capture all transactions in the ecommerce sp...
22 May, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
Phone bills, insurance, banking, business class travel to become costlier with GSTTax rates for services were announced today after the GST Council meeting, with an 18 per cent rate for telecom and financial services, up ...
19 May, 2017, 09.59 PM IST
Everything you need to know about GST rates declared so farIf you are looking to buy a small car, you may have to shell out some extra money once GST is implemented because of an additional cess.
19 May, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
GST rate for services: Arun Jaitley gives you all the detailsThe Goods and Services Tax Council broadly agreed on 4 tax bracket for services, though they are yet to decide on a tax bracket for gold.
19 May, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
Taxi aggregators, ecommerce companies must register for GSTEcommerce players such as Flipkart and Amazon will also need to register under GST regime irrespective of value of supply made by them.
22 Sep, 2016, 08.54 AM IST
268-page GST FAQs out; e-tailers, aggregators to registerThe FAQ booklet said penalty could extend up to five years of jail with a fine if the tax evaded is more than Rs 2.5 crore.
21 Sep, 2016, 09.38 PM IST
For companies, GST will take away even IT Act fig leafThere needs to be a certain consistency which was there in the service tax regime, which recognises the Information Technology Act's defini...
29 Jun, 2016, 09.58 AM IST
Top ecommerce firms Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal shun UP, Uttarakhand post tax hasslesFlipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon cite harassment by tax authorities over a form that buyers are required to furnish when purchasing goods from...
23 Oct, 2015, 07.13 AM IST