Kimberlee Singler's arrest in the UK, confirmed by Colorado Springs Police, links her to the deaths of her young son and daughter, with an ...

A lot of items, at present, are outside the GST net. The new govt must improve its coverage.

The portfolio of the scheme is well-diversified which to a large extent reduces risks associated with concentrated exposure.

All consumption taxes tend to be regressive. But the four-tier rate structure made India’s GST a bit less so.

In our country, where there are different stratas of society to be looked after, it's not possible to have an ideal GST.

As an example, it is better to first build a single-rate GST with a low GST rate, achieve full mastery of this, and only then consider more...

The GST impact on growth will likely be negative in the short-run but positive longer-out given the benefits of a unified taxation regime.

Worried about a steep rise in service tax when the goods and services tax is rolled out, the government is considering a two-rate structure.

The Central Board of Excise & Customs is creating two dedicated verticals that will deal with the policy and implementation of the new tax.

The landmark bill on GST today won majority support of the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, which endorsed almost all the provisions.

Emphasising the need to strengthen public finances, the survey said the country requires a new Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management ...

The finance minister agreed to compensate the states fully for any possible loss of revenue from shift to the new GST tax, brightening the ...

It’s a middle-of-the-road budget,neither harsh nor soft, neither left nor right. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is neither a populist no...

Centre is likely to back the two-tier duty structure suggested by states for the proposed goods & services tax.

The best fiscal stimulus that can be delivered is by reducing the total incidence of indirect tax from 30% to a single GST rate of, say, 17...

Your service tax liability could increase from 12% to 20% over the next three years.

Even as the Union government and states are struggling to clear the roadblocks in the way of the dual value added tax system, the Kelkar co...