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20% tax on corporate MF unitholders
July 08, 2004 12:27 IST Last Updated: July 08, 2004 12:35 IST
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has proposed to impose 20 per cent tax on corporate unit holders of mutual funds, in the Union Budget for 2004-05 he presented on Thursday. - Equity related Mutual Fund will continue to be exempt from Dividend Tax.
- TDS and TCS being extended to more activities.
- Companies doing research on bio-technology to get 100 per cent tax exemption for ten years.
- 0.15 per cent tax on transaction on securities will be levied.
- Companies doing research on bio-technology to get 100 per cent tax exemption for ten years.
- 0.15 per cent tax on transaction on securities will be levied.
- Peak rate of Customs Duty to continue at 20 per cent.
- The concession of tax exemption of new industries in J and K extended by one more year to April 1, 2005.
- Reduction in customs duty in non-alloy steel from 15 per cent to ten per cent, excise duty raised from eight per cent to 12 per cent.
- Number of concessions on excise duty for agriculture.
- Tractors will be fully exempted from excise duty against existing 16 per cent.
- Dairy machinery also fully exempted. Spades and shovels also fully exempted.
- Health sector to be provided a number of conessions.
- In health sector, braille, braille typewriters, Braille computers fully exempted from customs duties.
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