Tag: Arun Jaitely

Less tax for small traders on digital transactions: Arun Jaitley

Small traders and businesses with a turnover of up to Rs 2 crore will pay less tax if they accept payments through banking and digital means, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on December 19. He said in the budget for 2016-17 that small traders and businessmen with turnover of up to Rs 2 crore w…

Small food clusters on the anvil

After the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in his Budget speech proposed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in food processing sector, the Central government has begun working on to establish small food clusters. Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur has said that the governmen…

Traders unhappy with budget

The Union Budget 2016-17 failed to impress local industrialists as they were hoping for more announcements to boost up the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. Industrialists feel Finance Minister Arun Jaitely had stressed on the agriculture sector and they had been neglected. Anurag…

Reduce tax burden of start-ups: NASSCOM to FinMin

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) wants startup to be redefined and demanded tax sops for startups in the forthcoming general budget to be presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on February  29. In a pre-budget memorandum, NASSCOM demanded that st…