Constitutional compulsion to roll out GST by Sep 16 next year: Arun Jaitley

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday it was a “constitutional compulsion” to roll out the Goods and Services Tax before September 16, 2017, reported PTI. He added that since the existing indirect tax system will cease to exist by September next year, it will be impossible to run the country without…

Pay 50% tax on unaccounted deposits, or 85% if caught by I-T deposit

Providing a window to black money holders, the government on Monday proposed to levy a total tax, penalty and surcharge of 50 per cent on the amount deposited post demonetisation while higher taxes and stiffer penalty of up to 85 per cent await those who don’t disclose but are caught The Taxation Laws (Second…