Thursday, 11 January 2018

News digest: Budget 2018, GST Council, Sebi bans Price Waterhouse, and more

News Digest

GST Council may lower rates for farm gear, electric vehicles next week
The GST Council may take up rationalisation of the goods and services tax (GST) rates for a handful of items at its meeting next week.

These items include bio-diesel buses, electric vehicles and irrigation equipment.
The GST Council meeting will be its last one before the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1.

Sebi curb: Price Waterhouse set to lose 75 listed firms to rivals
The hit on Price Waterhouse (PW) has opened up new business opportunities worth over Rs 1 billion for other auditing firms in the country. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had on Wednesday banned PW from auditing listed companies for two years.
Budget bonanza: Govt likely to do away with dividend distribution tax
The finance ministry is likely to do away with the dividend distribution tax (DDT) in the upcoming Union Budget. Sources in the know have said there have been considerable discussions on the topic among various stakeholders.
At present, if a company gives dividend to its shareholders, it has to pay DDT of 20.36 per cent. Read more
TCS Q3 net profit dips 4% to Rs 65.45 billion, meets Street target
The third quarter net profit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) dipped 3.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs 65.45 billion, while its revenues grew 2.7 per cent to Rs 317.7 billion as the software bellwether met Street expectations.

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