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• DTC may retain tax shelters on interest and principal repayments for home loans

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  The government may modify the draft direct tax code to retain tax shelters on interest and principal repayments for home loans to make the proposed new code more attractive for the average Indian, a finance ministry official told .The proposed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
  4 days ago

• W-2 WTF?!?!: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode!

  
  Finance News Hub — Authority: 143
  Is it patriotic to pay taxes? And if so, who the most patriotest Americans? Who are the least? How many words are in the tax code? How much do patriotic Americans pay to prepare their taxes? How long do you have to work in a year to earn enough to pay your taxes? The answers to these and other questions add up to one ...
  1 week ago

• Fix the Tax Code Friday: VAT

  
  taxgirl — Authority: 504
  It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, I wrote a piece for WalletPop about the possibility of a VAT being imposed in the US . The idea is that the VAT would be similar to those in Europe and Asia and would be imposed at each stage of a transaction in an effort to mitigate fraud. It’s a controversial proposal. ...
  1 week ago

• Government will take inputs from various stake holders before giving final shape to DTC

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  The government will take inputs from various stake holders before giving final shape to Direct Taxes Code, said the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee while addressing the second meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee attached to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  2 weeks ago

• MAT will be eased for infrastructure companies in new DTC

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  The government is likely to ease the incidence of minimum alternate tax, or MAT, on infrastructure companies. The department of revenue plans to change the proposed direct tax code to exempt these companies from MAT for the first few years since... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Government will review EET regime, MAT at 2% on Gross Asset value and proposal to tax charitable organisations

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  A senior revenue department official told , "There are three issues on which a political call is required. These are: the exempt-exempt- tax regime for retirement savings, the 2 per cent minimum alternate tax on gross tax assets of companies and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
  2 weeks ago

• Direct Tax code (DTC) may be rewritten: FM

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday indicated the government could rewrite the new direct tax code to make it acceptable to all stakeholders. On the tax code, he said, the government would attempt to build consensus on the proposals. “I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Proposed one-year moratorium on new Colorado insurance mandates

  
  Independence Institute: Patient Power — Authority: 474
  Remember, mandated benefits in insurance plans are hidden taxes. They force you to pay for benefits that you may not want or need, and effectively force you to subsidize other people’s insurance. From the Denver Business Journal : Colorado businesses could get a one-year reprieve from new health-insurance ...
  2 weeks ago

• Government Open to Rewriting Direct Tax Code - Pranab Mukherjee

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 171
  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the government will strengthen and improve the public distribution system (PDS) to protect consumers, as rising prices of essential commodities continue to push up food inflation.
  2 weeks ago

• Kucinich To Introduce Legislation To Mirror UK Banker Bonuses

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 739
  Maybe Goldman traders should put off buying those Ferraris (the two for the price of three special will be back) for at least a few more days: Congressman Kucinich has announced that even after his proposed amendment to HR 4173 to tax TARP recipients was shot down, he "will be introducing legislation based on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Many See the Value-Added-Tax as a Cure for Deficits

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 133
  Like universal health care, every other industrialized country in the world already has a value-added tax (as do about 100 emerging countries).
  2 weeks ago

• Kazakhstan to raise mineral extraction tax

  
  Silk Road Intelligencer — Authority: 441
  (SRI) - Kazakhstan will raise the mineral extraction tax when metals prices return to previous high levels, Prime Minister Karim Masimov said Thursday.“The resources belong to the people of Kazakhstan. During the crisis, […] the taxes were lowered [and] steps were taken to take off some pressure. During peak ...
  2 weeks ago

• DTC 2009 – Focus on Outbound investments from India

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  As a first step towards simplifying and bringing about structural changes in direct taxes, the new Direct Taxes Code („Code?) Bill 2009 has been released for public debate. This is expected to be presented in the winter session 2009 of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2009 – Minimum Alternate Tax on Companies

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  The concept of Minimum Alternate Tax (“MAT”) was introduced in the Indian tax regime to widen the tax net. Often there were situations where companies declared both profits and dividends but were not liable to taxation on account of various... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill 2009 – Capital Gains Tax

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  The definition of Capital asset continues in DTC. However the DTC classifies assets into two broad categories i.e. investment assets, and business assets. DTC envisages taxing income from transfer of investment assets as capital gains. Under the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Unit Linked Insurance Polices (ULIPS)-FAQ

  
  SIMPLE TAX INDIA — Authority: 119
  We hope the following FAQs will enable a better insight to all buyers about the character and features of Unit linked Products. 1.         What is a ULIP? ULIP is an abbreviation for  Unit Linked Insurance Policy.  A ULIP is a life insurance policy which provides a combination ...
  3 weeks ago

• Taxability of ULIP and Insurance policy maturity amount under the DTC regime

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 158
  Premium Punch:- At present, premium payment for a life insurance policy is tax-exempt provided the premium amount is not more than 20 per cent of the sum assured. Similarly, any sum received under a life insurance policy – be it money back at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
  3 weeks ago

• LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AND NEW DIRECT TAX CODE

  
  SIMPLE TAX INDIA — Authority: 119
  In India, nearly two-thirds of all new life insurance policies are sold during the six months between September and March — an indicator that life insurance is bought primarily for tax saving. However, the New Direct Taxes Code, slated to be implemented from April 2011, proposes to do away with the disproportionate ...
  3 weeks ago

• Enforcers At The IRS Harass $10 An Hour Worker

  
  Big Dogs House — Authority: 509
  Copyright © 2009 Big Dog . Visit the original article at http://www.onebigdog.net/enforcers-at-the-irs-harass-10-an-hour-worker/ . A hair stylist in Seattle who makes fewer than $20,000 a year was recently investigated by the IRS because the government organization claims that she does not make enough money to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why do condemn insurance companies

  
  Independence Institute: Patient Power — Authority: 474
  Is the for-profit insurance industry a “predator” that “prevent[s] us from having a decent health care system”?  Letter writer Bruce Robinson says so ( Daily Camera , December 1 ). He’s partially right. The real predators are politicians who inhibit needed health policy reform.  But insurers are guilty ...
  3 weeks ago

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