Aiming to "entice" a large number of assessees to return to the tax fold, the government on Thursday proposed a one-time scheme called 'Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme' for service tax......
Calling Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) a rare opportunity to make a "fresh start", Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked those in trade and industry......
The tax department’s various initiatives to coax individuals to pay taxes haven’t succeeded in the past. This time too, making on-time return filing a status symbol might not work......
A K Bhattacharya digs into the yet-to-be-public report on ways to curb black money and finds out that Modi's next moves could include action on dabba trading, hawala, and education. Even as the......
Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......