India’s 'China-plus-one' push needs tax ease and fast-track FTAs with developed nations: Arvind VirmaniIndia must reform its tax system and streamline clearances to attract global investments moving away from China. Economist Arvind Virmani e...
17 May, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
Are you affected? Medicare breach may expose Social Security Numbers — steps to check nowThe Medicare data leak has triggered fresh fears around Social Security number exposure and identity theft across the United States. A publ...
07 May, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
ITR joy, the ultimate Stockholm syndromeTaxpayers anticipate refunds, but the article suggests it is a mind game. The government returns a portion of what it initially collected. ...
12 Sep, 2025, 12.09 AM IST
India’s high tax rates: Boon for bureaucrats, bane for the economyIndia has one of the highest GST rates globally, leading to lower tax revenue efficiency and economic activity. High tax policies have dete...
27 Feb, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
DOGE's big shake up of the federal government: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to make this move firstElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are setting their sights on revolutionizing the U.S. tax system with a free mobile app to help Americans file...
23 Nov, 2024, 07.50 PM IST
GST compensation to states should not be extended: Hasmukh Adhia"Compensation was more an insurance against tax losses for five years (2017-22). But if it is continued for too long, it will lead to laxit...
02 Jul, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Idea of tax charter came up between 2 meetingsThe argument was that while the government had acted to assure taxpayers, particularly businesses, that they would not be subjected to hara...
03 Feb, 2020, 10.58 PM IST
View: Corporate income tax done, next should be GSTEmpirical data from across the world on the benefits of a unified single tax is incontrovertible.
20 Sep, 2019, 11.18 PM IST
Bureaucracy, 'microscopic minority' to blame for work delays: Nitin GadkariAs a solution to conditions in which people travel in local trains, Gadkari said he had floated the idea of looking at water transport as a...
08 Aug, 2017, 06.50 PM IST
GST to be revenue-neutral in the short-term, says FitchIt is, however, likely to boost revenue indirectly over the long-term, as it supports GDP growth and encourages tax compliance.
04 Jul, 2017, 03.18 PM IST
Serious differences between Centre, states on finalising GST tax rate structure: P ChidambaramHe was speaking at a panel discussion on former RBI Governor D Subbarao's book "Who Moved My Interest Rate", orgainsed by the Indian Instit...
07 Aug, 2016, 11.44 PM IST
Cadreism in government offices is worse than casteism in societyThe World Bank's 2016 edition of ease of doing business rankings placed India at 130th position in a list of 189 countries it ranks below e...
30 Jun, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
ET 500: Will the 'Make in India' dream turn into reality?India is expected to grow at 7.5% to 8%, says the World Bank, higher than Thailand and Indonesia, which are expected to grow at 4-5.5%.
27 Oct, 2015, 09.51 AM IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says it would not be bad if AAP fulfilled 50% promises"We will at least achieve 40 to 50 per cent promises which would not be bad," Kejriwal said.
20 Apr, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
Indirect tax cost, bureaucracy among trade barriers for MNCs: Ernst & Young study"Multinationals are finding that indirect tax costs, formal rules, restrictive regulations and bureaucracy can be a barrier to internationa...
09 Jun, 2013, 01.11 PM IST
GE, Vodafone CEOs join chorus against India business climateGE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt said that next week's Budget must address the concern of foreign investors and push infrastructure devel...
23 Feb, 2013, 12.49 PM IST
G20 meet's critique of MNCs profit shifting has a bearing on Vodafone“We are determined to develop measures to address base erosion and profit shifting, take necessary collective actions," the final communiqu...
19 Feb, 2013, 09.31 AM IST