Gurmeet Chadha has urged the government to revisit capital gains tax and STT, citing sustained foreign capital outflows. He claims India is...

The Budget 2026 hike in Securities Transaction Tax is expected to reduce arbitrage fund returns by about 0.5% next year, according to Capit...

In the Union Budget 2026-27, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a hike in Securities Transaction Tax (STT), on both futures...

The budget presents a mixed bag for capital markets and entrepreneurship. Speculative trading faces increased taxes on futures and options,...

A recent study by Sebi had shown that loss-making traders expended an additional 28% of net trading losses as transaction costs in FY22.

STT was introduced in 2004 when long term capital gains tax (LTCG) was abolished by the then finance minister P Chidambaram. STT is collect...

"No one can predict the market in 3-6 months, but one can expect 15% compounded return."

Here are key expectations that retail investors have from the FM in this Budget. It will help attract more retail participation and nurture...

While some measures are meant to make investments lucrative, others such as hike in excise duties will pinch pockets.

The struggling asset management industry has sought a clarity on the proposed Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme (RGESS), announced in the U...

The Rs 6.75-trillion mutual fund industry lauded the STT cut in Budget 2012 as they believe the move will provide a fillip to the strugglin...

In his budget, Pranab announced a relaxation in the STT rates from the existing 0.125% on delivery-based turnover in the cash segment, to 0...

Lesser STT on delivery trades could lead to more activity in equity trading, which earns higher brokerage yields than derivatives.

Government has a number of good companies in its fold, very good banks and it is hard to understand why it would need to hold on to all of ...

U K Sinha is comfortable with government’s plans to move to exempt exempt tax (EET) regime as long as the long-term tax direction is clear....

Mobile phone giant Nokia threatened to leave its native Finland if a change to laws blocking companies from monitoring employee emails was ...

Stock exchange members, who have been on the tenterhooks for the past one year due to the possibility of service tax being levied on transa...