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Countdown to Budget 2008
Budget 2008 makes investors to keep their fingers crossed
VC funds jittery on Budget-eve
Realty trusts may get tax sops
Budget proposals likely to drive consumer demand
Social sector may not be FM's actual focus
CEOs expect revision in income tax exemption: Assocham
NBFCs seek I-T benefits on bad loan provision
Avoid tax cascades in the financial sector
Effective tax rate burden rising for India Inc
Transporters ask for exemption on cash payments, fringe benefit tax
Life insurance agents may get tax relief
EoU tax break extension unlikely
Finmin may make AIR must for selling shares
Chidambaram likely to present budget for 'aam aadmi'
Sept 30 likely to be last date for filing tax returns
Customs duty on ferro alloys may be raised
Banks seek parity with MFs, want tax sop on 3-yr deposit
Health covers may see higher exemption limit in Budget '08
Customs duty on sunflower oil may be cut
Banks for deduction on NPA provisioning
Ship companies may be exempted from MAT
Bankers want freedom from transfer pricing
State FMs meet Chidambaram on long-term co-op credit structure
Brokerages wish for no extra burden on investors
Finmin mulls duty cuts to help oil PSUs stay afloat
Clarification sought on profits from SEZ units
Insurers seek separate tax sops for long-term savings
Govt mulls measures to stem exporters' losses
Exporters seek sops to tackle strong rupee
Budget likely to give relief to income tax payers
Coop banks may enjoy tax exemption
Durable makers for lower indirect taxes
TDS may cover more incomes
CSE calls for stiffer excise duties on cars
I-T for differential tax on dividends
'Continue I-T sops for export-oriented units'
Sops tax payers are hoping for in this budget
Commerce ministry against customs duty cut
Sops likely for urban cooperative banks
Not cast in iron: Export duty may not count pellets as ore
Cess on cigarette to cut tobacco farming
Traders against cut in customs duty on edible oil
Sunset clause for housing may get extension
Budget 2008-09 may benefit common man: Survey
Changes likely in taxation of foreign firms
Services export may be redefined in Budget 2008
FM unlikely to levy a new cess
Wish-list: 'Allow tax payers to submit details of assets with returns'
Banks want uniform rules for provisioning
Revisit realty sector exemptions: I-T Dept
e-issuance of bonds may get duty waiver
CBDT wants capital gains tax for all FIIs
Excise cut on bikes could leave Nano jittery
Banks seek tax sops on core sector loans
Tax sops on cap gains bonds to continue
No exemption in excise likely for small enterprises
Budget likely to bring sops for complex fertilisers
Bankers seek tax exemption on interest income in infra bonds
Finmin may scrap withholding tax on aircraft leases
Stainless steel industry calls for scrapping of duty on basic inputs
Budget countdown: Textile industry seeks fiscal sops to set off export loss
Budget session begins on Feb 25
Wider service tax net may pinch harder
Small traders' excise follies may be forgiven, amnesty scheme on cards
Steep rate: Will FM offer tax sops to cos?
Budget watch: LLPs may get to choose tax model that suits them
IT sector kept out of industrial parks
Demat of TDS certificates may be deferred again
Companies on standby mode, waiting for STPI command
Wish-list: Pharma sector divided on excise duty relief
PFRDA for equal tax treatment to scheme
Budget likely to ease merger of private airlines
Budget watch: Rejig in duty structure on cards
Manufacturing panel seeks sops
GST set to replace state & central taxes by '10
Processed nuts to attract excise duty
Commex deals may get tax sop
Govt to use IT to simplify tax administration, increase collections
Sportspeople to be brought under TDS net
Assocham wants 10% surcharge on corporate tax to go
Realty real estate industry wants tax sops
Congress calls for an 'aam aadmi' budget
Charitable trusts now under finmin scrutiny
Life may be less taxing after Budget
Industry`s budget wishlist
Separate exemption cap on long-term savings likely
Budget '08-09: Centre to see 17% jump in GBS
Govt may advance date for I-T returns
Prices of 7,000 life-saving drugs to fall, post-Budget
Govt may not touch excise duty
Domestic air travel could become cheaper after Budget, says Patel
ET Budget: Service tax rate may remain unchanged
REITs likely to get tax-gains coating like MFs
Panel to discuss removal of tax sops for SEZs
Tax breaks likely for infrastructure bonds in Budget
FM likely to rewrite FBT norms
Expect more: This year it is an Election Budget
Chidambaram hints at more reforms
Centre weighs tax exemption for RRBs
DIPP builds excise relief for cement companies
Fiscal sops for leather sector on cards
Budget session begins on Feb 25
IT sector for sunny days, not sunset clause
Carbon, tax credits for green drive
Core score: Bond St may be swept clean of TDS
Presumptive tax net may expand
Agri-land ambit could widen
for capital gains
Limit cost accounting norms
to essential goods units: CII
Only charity for a cause to
get tax exemption
Unexercised options may
be spared STT
Road map for GST likely
this Budget
Ministry wants tax sops
for tourism
Tax body moots clubbing
exemptions with deductions to eliminate MAT
Govt mulls another round of
export sops
Export promotion schemes
face axe
Infra, social sector
spending to go up
Regional rural banks may
get tax sops
FinMin moots export
obligation for SEZs
Cooling charges likely
to attract TDS
FinMin mulls cut in tax
surcharge
Unlisted firms stopped from
raising funds through ADR or GDR
Tax expert for scrapping of
5% R&D cess
Excise, loan repayment sops
for textile sector in Budget 2008
Banks want more tax rebate
for NPA kitty
Export-import control over
dual-use chemicals may ease
Lottery cos may come
under service tax net
Enhance personal income-tax
threshold limit: TN Chamber
Builders may get tax sops
for housing poor
Excise sops to HP partially
withdrawn
Coal mining may strike
infrastructure's tax benefits
No excise exemption for
'peripheral activity'
Customs relief on cellphone
parts for repairers in offing
Banks want tax sops for core
funding back
Budget may give more in
pocket, extract even more
Paper cos seek
rationalisation of excise, customs duties
Finance, commerce
ministries spar over export sops demand
Pilgrims may get tax-free
lodging
Budget to list funds spent
on minorities
12 new services to be in tax
net
Interest on withheld ECBs
may be taxed
Chidambaram sanctions Rs
195 cr incentive to I-T Dept
Tax sops planned for
'green' rated buildings
Std deduction limit may be
raised to Rs 1.2 lakh
Rangarajan calls for
moderate indirect taxes
Outsourced drugs may not
get excise sop
Budget may cut duty on ferro
nickel to 2%
Insurers seek separate tax
exemption
Imported set top boxes may
cost more
Govt likely to exempt PSBs
from FBT on pension funds
Set-off Losses
Ministry calls for
scrapping MAT on second hand ship sale
IT Dept. to be more
friendly to bulk taxpayers : FM
Govt mulls tax cut on rental
income for aged
Govt vets new tax regime
to tighten grip on individuals
MNCs' Esop variant in tax
net
Banks seek review of tax
exemption limit on gratuity
Cement industry expects no
relief from Budget
Govt may scale down tax
sops for renewable energy
Tax refund cases of over Rs
5 lakh to come under scrutiny
12 more export services
likely to get tax refund
'No input credit on
construction services used in immovable property'
Will Finance Minister opt
for tax rate rejig?
Govt may offer amnesty
scheme for defaulters
Govt extends tax sops for
industrial park scheme
10-year tax holiday to
jack up manufacturing
Plan pro-people Budget,
CPI(M) tells govt
Economists bat for Tobin
tax, rational indirect taxes
Trade unions want exemption
limit hiked
Union Budget to be
presented on Feb 29
Banks want I-T cap on
pension contribution to go
Economists' don't want a
cut in direct tax rates in Budget
Micro insurance products may
escape service tax net
Farm NPAs could get Budget
relief
IPO-bound cos may have to
e-file disclosures
Changes in excise policy
likely
Tax preparers may also file
service tax returns
Duty cut on building
materials sought
'Bring agriculture into tax
net'
Many firsts in FM`s
pre-Budget parleys
Ethanol may get declared
good tag
Hardware, software makers
may soon be able to invest in SEZs
No export sops for services
like global roaming: governemnt
No tax holiday for mega
food parks, says finance ministry
Finance Minister to start
pre-budget consultations from January 7
'There's nothing called
election Budget'
Sops to attract pvt hand
in hydel power
Budget will give relief to
sectors under stress: FM
Banks seek exemption from
transfer pricing norms
Efforts on to widen tax
base: CBDT member
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