In a recent note, Rohit Sarin, Co-Founder of Client Associates, highlighted the notable momentum gained by India’s defence sector over the past five years. Supported by government initiatives like “Make in India” and a growing emphasis on self-reliance, the sector has experienced a significant rise in stock prices. The critical question arises: Are these defence … Read more
Filing your taxes at the last-minute could lead you to miss out on disclosing some transactions or failing to gather all the required documents on time. For instance, if you invest in cryptocurrency, you have to disclose those transactions scrip-wise. Karan Batra, founder of Charteredclub.com, said crypto exchanges don’t have a standard format for statements, … Read more
New Delhi: Privatisation of central public sector enterprises has not been put on hold, but is not a priority under the government’s calibrated approach to disinvestment, said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary of the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM). He said that the focus will be on ‘value creation’ from disinvestment, dividends and … Read more
The Indian stock markets will be closed for a total of 10 days including weekends in August 2024. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be closed for the entirety of the 10 days in the month of August. Here is a list of holidays for August, investors and traders … Read more
The Income Tax Department has asked all citizen filing income tax returns to not make bogus claims for expenses, under-report their income or exaggerate deductions, this is a punishable offence causing delays in the issuance of refunds, reported PTI on Sunday, July 28. The income tax return (ITR) filing session for the assessment year 2024-25 … Read more
Since AI’s most popular offering, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, debuted two years back and made esoteric AI tech accessible to the masses, there has been excitement over intelligent machines taking over mundane tasks or assisting humans in complex work. Geeks declared that costs would drop and productivity skyrocket, eventually leading to ‘artificial general intelligence’, when machines would … Read more
The changes in the capital gains tax announced in the Union budget for FY25 are rational decisions that will benefit people in most scenarios, and it is for the government to decide on the suggestions that come up, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairperson Ravi Agarwal said in an interview. “We feel that this … Read more
At a time of rising penchant for luxury homes, DLF Ltd is on firm ground. The residential realty developer clocked pre-sales or bookings of ₹6,404 crore in the June quarter (Q1FY25), up more than 200% year-on-year. This whopping increase was driven by the launch of the second phase of the luxury project Privana West in New Gurugram. … Read more
The Union government clarified on Sunday that tax clearance certificates would be mandatory only for those accused of financial irregularities or who have substantial tax arrears. The clarification comes after a Budget 2024 proposal that would have made them mandatory for all overseas travellers sparked outrage on social media. In the Finance Bill 2024, the … Read more
On July 23, 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Parliament, announcing modifications to direct taxes. One notable highlight of the Union Budget 2024-25 is the 50% rise in the standard deduction, now up to ₹75,000. This is a beneficial move for salaried taxpayers, particularly those choosing the new tax … Read more