BUDGET SCANNER
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 Service tax on goods transport by rail : Is Indian Railway really exempted or is the entire service exempted?
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 Budget punctures spirit of liquor importers; finds WTO threat hollow!
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 Budget prepones deadlines for annual general transfers by Revenue Boards
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 Budget reveals huge tax subsidies; to be treated as guiding principle for future sops!
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 Early passage of Budget may bring windfall gains for FM!
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 More twirl in Additional Customs Duty : Will CBEC step in, Please!
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 Service Tax on Truck Owners (?) : Has Mr PC misled Parliament?
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 Service Tax on Speed Post : Has FM fired a salvo at his Cabinet colleague?
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 Consume tons of ice-cream and flush it with aerated waters, biscuits ..... they are not within your reach! - but they are now because of corrigendum
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 Power Point presentation on Budgetary Changes
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 Budget puts at rest controversy about defintion of 'Consulting Engineer'
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 Tax subsidies set to open a can of worms
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 Idli Mix, Dosa Mix is now cheaper, but .......
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 Will service tax on 'paying cards' and ATM services dent our purse?
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 Service Tax : Power to attach property of service provider is iniquitous!
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 The Super sub-rule : 'Commercial concern' substituted by 'person'
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 Some stray thoughts on the Budget from a Netizen - Relinquishing title of goods
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 In and Out - Sec 66A and Explanation to Sec 65(105)!
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 Ready Reckoner on direct taxes changes
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 Toothbrushes and parts, components & assemblies of motor vehicles to be costlier in days to come
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 Budget 2006 - IT Industry reeling under shocks!
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 Mismatch between Budget avowed objectives and withdrawal of excise exemptions to labour-intensive industries!
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 Upstream petro companies along with 'aam-admi' left high and dry in Budget!
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 Finance Bill : FM makes subtle changes in I-T Act; proposes institution of Tax Return Preparers
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 Information Technology sector : No more the blue-eyed boy!
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 Tax rates enhanced on securities transactions
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 The end of the road to 'powerless' manufacture : Rosin, Turpentine, to name a few, now dutiable
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 Service tax - canteen at AIIMS and JNU now taxable
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 Man behind 'Milk Revolution' compliments FM for reducing duty on milk products
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 PC makes computers costlier and cars cheaper?
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 Duty on DTA clearances by EoUs : Level-playing field?
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 Withdrawal of exemption to dramatically widen scope of service tax from tomorrow
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 Valuation under Central Excise : Notification 313/77 bids adieu
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 Finance Bill 2006 : Metlex judgement and metallisation - Chapter Note to Chapter 39 saves the day
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 Key highlights of the proposed Budgetary changes across the taxation basket
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 Poor service to Service Tax sector!
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 PC imposes 4% CVD across the border
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 Expenditure on free drug samples and brand ambassador exempted from FBT
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 FM Vs FM : Former Vs Present
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 The silence in the Budget!
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 Who writes the Budget?
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 What happened to my taxes?
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 Economic Survey identifies inflation, interest rate & fiscal deficits as islands of worry!
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 Survey indicates volatility in petro prices may bring more uncertainties in inflation rate