Supply of services by “intermediaries” outside India is not an export, should be taxed at 18%: HCThe High Court in a ruling on Thursday, however, asked the revenue department to consider the representations made by the petitioners in th...
30 Jul, 2020, 06.28 PM IST
Airtel terminates call centre services from Karvy for alleged breach of rules, pactThe development follows several notices sent by Airtel, the latest being May 21, demanding Karvy to rectify tax defaults and submit documen...
30 May, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
Breather for BPOs: Government withdraws contentious GST Circular on back office support servicesThe Circular was ambiguous and continued to fuel the debate as to which back-end services constitute as support services and which services...
05 Dec, 2019, 04.41 PM IST
BPO firms left in the lurch over input tax refundRefunds have remained stuck because of unclear laws, making for a serious issue for the entire industry.
27 Nov, 2019, 06.55 PM IST
Clarity likely on BPO sector today at GST Council meetIndustry wants its services to qualify as exports and wants waiver.
20 Sep, 2019, 09.47 AM IST
IT companies challenge government's plan to brand BPOs as brokers & GST in courtGovernment wants to slap 18% GST on certain services exported by some IT/ITES cos
01 Aug, 2019, 04.55 PM IST
Shot in arm for BPOs: No GST on select servicesBusiness to be treated as 'intermediary' only when there is clear facilitation of services.
20 Jul, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Select BPO services won’t be subject to GST: Government“The clarification will help in settling most of the frivolous objections regarding export of services in case of intermediary services,” s...
19 Jul, 2019, 08.45 PM IST
Tax case: McKinsey has KPO in India not BPO, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court upheld a Delhi High court order on the issue, rejected McKinsey’s petition.
19 Feb, 2019, 05.42 PM IST
BPOs may be kept out of GST ambitKeeping BPOs out of GST will bring relief to the $167-bn sector that has been on tenterhooks for a while.
20 Dec, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
India likely to offer GST relief for the BPO IndustryThe issue could be clarified soon, said a senior government official privy to the deliberations. "Officials are examining it after which th...
10 Dec, 2018, 08.11 AM IST
Taxman starts questioning & issuing notices to BPOsIndustry trackers fear that more and more companies may now be issued notices and questioned.
06 Dec, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
Domestic BPOs answer GST call with plans to cash in on tax filingsBPO CEOs are already looking at how GST could open up new markets for them including with small-and-medium-sized companies that could not t...
09 Nov, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
'GST reduced taxes for commodities consumed by weaker section'GST was rolled out from July 1 and an anti-profiteering authority will be set up soon to ensure the benefit of tax reduction is passed on t...
25 Jul, 2017, 06.57 PM IST
IT Minister approves 9,000 seats for call centres in small townsMore than 50 companies will set up BPO operations at 60 locations in 18 states and 2 union territories, including Varanasi, Unnao, Patna, A...
03 Oct, 2016, 06.52 PM IST
India Inc will get tax refunds to ensure fair start to GST"We want to ensure there are no pending refunds in the system," a senior finance ministry official said, adding that the idea is to clean u...
15 Oct, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
Modi Government should make India investor friendly to boost job creationThe Modi Government needs to promote India as an investor friendly country to have more international BPO units set up in India.
07 Jul, 2014, 05.50 PM IST