Govt looking for alternative to LBT: Prithviraj ChavanChavan, while talking to reporters here, said he was not averse to the idea of introducing surcharge on VAT or Entry tax as an alternative.
Local leadership wants octroi to continue in Mumbai: Prithviraj ChavanTraders are opposed to LBT. Chavan recently met mayors and municipal commissioners of civic corporations to ascertain their views on the is...
Maharashtra mulling over scrapping of LBT, may offset with VAT hikeThe government may increase Value Added Tax (VAT) to compensate the withdrawal of LBT, sources said.
Maharashtra govt firm on LBT in state, says ChavanLBT is account-based and will provide relief to traders from the payment of octroi at check posts, he said, adding LBT will promote transpa...
- Maharashtra Govt not firm on LBT in Mumbai from Oct 1: Opposition
The Opposition claimed the Maharashtra Government has assured them it won't introduce the local body tax (LBT) in Mumbai from October 1, as...
Maharashtra traders go on anti-LBT strikeIntroduction of LBT will remove the bottlenecks in the present methods of octroi collection and will improve efficiency in movement of good...
Sharad Pawar, Prithviraj Chavan meet traders on LBT; panel to be formedSharad Pawar and Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan today met traders' representatives here in a bid to resolve the imbroglio over local body...
Stir against LBT to continue, says Federation of Associations of Maharashtra"Though the traders have opened their shops honouring the advice of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the stir against LBT will cont...
- CREDAI Chairman Lalit Jain says LBT will lead to rise in corruption
Opposing the Maharashtra government's decision to impose local body tax(LBT) in lieu of octroi, developers' apex body CREDAI Chairman Mr La...
- Supreme Court refuses to grant interim stay on Local Body Tax
The Supreme Court today refused to stay imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT) for every raw material used or imported into city limits by all ...
'Maharashtra traders strike caused Rs 75,000 cr business loss'Wholesale and retail traders from Mumbai, Thane and Nagpur have been on an indefinite strike against LBT.
Shiv Sena seeks Governor's intervention over LBT implementationShiv Sena on Thursday sought Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan's intervention to prevail upon the State Government to stop the implem...
- LBT issue: National traders body seeks Centre's intervention
The Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT) today said traders from Maharashtra and other states will stage protests in New Delhi if imme...
Prithviraj Chavan urges traders to stop misleading people over LBT"Even if the decision to implement LBT in Mumbai would be taken in the State Legislature, some traders are misleading the people on the iss...
Maharashtra government firm on LBT: Prithviraj ChavanMaharashtra government today said that it was firm on implementing Local Bodies Tax (LBT) and would not backtrack from it.
- Maharashtra traders start indefinite strike against LBT tax
Traders and shopkeepers in Maharashtra today started an indefinite strike against the newly-introduced Local Body Tax (LBT) which replaces ...
- LBT will be a game-changer: CII
The newly-introduced local body tax (LBT) in Maharashtra is going to bring transparency and would be a game changer, industry body CII said...