The government has decided to provide further time to the taxpayers for furnishing of Income Tax Returns, tax audit reports and declaration under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of over Rs 1,45,619 crore to more than 89.29 lakh taxpayers between April 1 and December 8.

PM Modi remarked that along with the reduction of tax and simplicity in the process, the biggest reforms that have been done are related to the dignity of honest taxpayers, to protect them from trouble

Global studies show ownership does not make enterprises efficient, factors like competition, autonomy, regulation and institutional development do. Evidence also shows that private sector thrives on public hand-outs in normal times and public bail-outs in crises

This is the third extension given by the Centre for taxpayers to file both revised and original tax returns for 2018-19 fiscal

In the US, federal health officials have allocated the limited supply to states, but that agreement with Gilead will end after September

The deadline for filing of income tax returns for 2019-20 has been extended from 31 July to 30 November 2020

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Speech on Economic Package Live Updates: Free Food grain supply to migrants for 2 months; about 8 crores migrants to benefit from this; Rs 3,500 crore will be spent on this intervention for 2 months

While widespread poverty and inequality have reduced the capacity of a large population to survive the crisis of health and livelihood, the Indian government needs to get its priorities right to deliver what is expected of it

The UN Secretary General asserted that the economic recovery from the COVID-19 should go hand-in-hand with climate action.

Not just in health emergencies, even in normal times, India needs a public healthcare system that can ensure that \"catastrophic\" healthcare expenditure does not routinely drive six crore Indians into poverty every year

Decades of low public investment has denied a large population access to quality healthcare. High out-of-pocket costs are driving millions into debt and poverty every year. Here is a chance to redesign the system keeping both affordability and quality in mind

So far, their progress is mixed with individual countries taking more aggressive positions to bring a change to the impact of what would be known several years from now

Coronavirus impact: Mnuchin told reporters that the delay would cover \"virtually all Americans other than the super-rich.\"

GST was supposed to be a simple, self-regulating and non-intrusive tax compliance regime to replace a complicated and multiple indirect tax systems. What has been rolled out remains very much a work-in-progress after more than two-and-half years

Speaking to opinion makers and analysts in New Delhi, the finance minister said the LTCG was introduced in 2018 and market volatilities are not letting her make a reasonable estimate on it

Kumar was commenting on the Budget proposal of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2020 may be remembered for the new personal tax regime, thanks to a host of small initiatives, history may remember it as the Budget that restarted - however slowly - India's consumption and investment engines following the \"deep slowdown\"

A day after she presented her second Budget, Business Today caught up with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her North Block office to find out the reasoning behind the key initiatives in Budget 2020

Budget 2020: Experts believe that the forthcoming fiscal will be a better year in terms of consumption and economic growth, but it will be a gradual growth story