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.

"Customs system is dynamic and transaction-based so pin points, bottlenecks, and irritants will always be addressed agilely," ...

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 ...

Union Budget 2026 sticks to a reform-led growth strategy amid global uncertainty, backing manufacturing, MSMEs, services and ...

Building on substantial tax reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), corporate tax and personal income-tax, this Budget ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an increase to the federal GST credit — renamed the Canada Groceries and Essentials ...

Despite price cuts, consumers have not been able to fully benefit from the GST reforms due to surging copper prices.

Last week, official data was published that showed food prices in Canada rose 6.2% year on year in December, the highest rate ...