Three days after delivering her first Budget speech, the Finance Minister met the representatives from the Indian corporate sector and economists for the Budget Roundtable.

On Budget day, Sensex rose to 40,032 level gaining 124 points intra day before the Budget speech started. However, the index tanked 467 points intra day to hit a low of 39,441 after FM Sitharaman finished her maiden Budget speech.

The 30-share barometer Sensex closed 394.67 points, or 0.99 per cent, lower at 39,513.39 as proposal of raising public shareholding limit and extending buyback tax on listed firms spooked investors sentiment

Withdrawal of capital gains tax can help bring stability in the market while making the investments in stock market and mutual funds more lucrative and beneficial for the investors. Removal of LTCG will help channelise more funds to markets either directly or through mutual funds.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her maiden Union Budget on July 5 this year. Market expects Sitharaman to scrap Securities Transaction Tax (STT) to raise volumes on the bourses.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her maiden Union Budget on July 5 this year. Union Budget 2019 is likely to focus on infra development, providing tax relief to common man, resolving agrarian crisis, creation of jobs, disinvestment and fiscal consolidation.

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Sensex has risen 8.82% compared to the 36,469 level  on February 1 when last Budget was presented by former FM Arun Jaitley. Similarly, Nifty has gained 8.92% during the same period.

CBDT said the order has been issued in public interest after a number of such requests were received by it from public sector banks (PSBs) seeking information of immovable assets of a loan defaulter to effect recovery from them.

The backlog is related to the fiscal 2015-16 and 2016-17, an official spokesperson stated after the Chief Minister announced his decision, following his meeting with Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister along with MLA, Jalandhar West, Sushil Kumar Rinku.

Increase in LTCG tax is expected to reduce gains in the benchmark  indices Sensex and Nifty this year. While Sensex has gained 9.55% since the beginning of this year, Nifty is not far behind logging 8.77% rise during the same period.

Sitharaman will have to walk a tight rope between fiscal prudence and spending on social welfare. The budget will set the tone for the next five years and offer insights into its thinking and critical focus areas.

This year, there have been a lot of changes in ITR forms. Here is the low-down on new ITR mandates and must-follow steps

Unlike equity investment, where the long-term approach is appreciated, debt investment should be avoided for long-term goals as longer the investment horizon, the higher the uncertainty on the interest rate and credit risks

An Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), a police FIR equivalent, was filed early this week after taking cognisance of an Income-Tax Department prosecution complaint against Bahl and others.

Dalal Street expects FY18-19 GDP growth to come in at 7 per cent - only marginally better than 6.7 per cent in the previous year

The government has experimented with multiple ways from gold ETFs, SGBs, gold mining funds, gold fund of funds (FoF) to digital gold.

As you manage your child's school expenses, don't lose sight of the higher education expenses.

Based on FY18 financial statements of the BSE-500 constituents, IiAS identified 75 companies that can return cash of up to Rs 1.1 lakh crore to shareholders