Cigarette prices in India have surged by up to Rs 55 per pack following a fresh excise duty hike under the new tax regime, impacting smokers, retailers and distributors nationwide.
The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according ...
On pension reforms, the PWD minister said the New Pension Scheme (NPS) has adversely impacted the state's borrowing capacity. "Due to NPS, borrowing of around Rs 1.6 billion has been stopped. This ...
This article traces the dispute over taxing intermediary services under GST. The key takeaway is how policy reform, not courts, resolved structural ...
The case examined whether a cinema operator passed on the GST reduction on ticket prices. The Tribunal held that maintaining the same cum-tax prices by increasing base prices amounted to profiteering ...
Hyundai noted that the SUV penetration in rural areas is now slightly higher than in urban centres, driven by improving ...
With Budget 2026 tightening the tax treatment of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs), investors now need to reassess their gold ...
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Here’s Kenya’s pathway to a low-tax economy

Efficient Value Added Tax (VAT) collection can sustainably inform a reduction in income tax.International experience shows that economies which shift the tax burden from labour to consumption record ...
While maintaining that the Budget is “good for the country's economy”, Paramjit Singh Pamma, president of Sadar Bazar Bari ...
Union Budget 2026 sticks to a reform-led growth strategy amid global uncertainty, backing manufacturing, MSMEs, services and ...
The budget for 2026-27 projects a modest target for gross tax revenues at Rs 44.04 lakh crore, a growth of 8% over the ...
Building on substantial tax reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), corporate tax and personal income-tax, this Budget ...