Actor Johnny Depp is a master at dodging as Captain Jack Sparrow in the 'Pirates of the Carribbean' series. Now he reveals he likes dodging tax officials in real life. The actor confesses he has had

First, it was the oil companies and the airports. Now even government departments have run out of patience with Air India and Kingfisher Airlines. The service tax commissioner's office here has frozen

The computerised processing of income tax returns has ensured quick refunds - often within a few months after they are filed. The flip side of digitisation is that many others have received income tax

India will roll out a long-awaited direct tax code, aimed at simplifying archaic tax laws, on April 1, 2012, television channels reported Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as saying on

India plans to enter into tax information exchange agreements with 17 countries, the finance secretary said on Wednesday. Government's silly argumentR.S. Gujral also said India sought to amend its

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed the hope that the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which seeks to modernise tax laws in the country, will come into force from April 1, 2012. "The proposed

With state governments offering tax sops on investments, automobile firms have enjoyed relatively low tax rates over the last few years. On an average, tax rates for auto companies, which have set up

Kitty from the two metros almost static; collections from smaller ones way above last year's. Direct tax realisation across the country shows the major centres of Mumbai and Delhi witnessing flat or

As the Indian economic growth slowed to a nine-quarter low of 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year, Ficci has urged the finance ministry to provide more disposable income at the

The government has given a two-month extension to the term of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) committee that is examining ways to strengthen laws to curb the generation of black money in the