Minimum Alternate Tax
At the Commerce Department’s Wednesday briefing, in New Delhi, to mark ‘100 days’ of Narendra Modi’s government, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that new measures will soon be announced by the government to revive Special Economic Zones (SEZs). In an apparent attempt to give the SEZs a new look, the government is working [...] Continue Reading »
Reliance Industries today announced that it has returned nearly 1,384 acres of land in Gurgaon that was acquired for its SEZ. The withdrawal of the concessions offered to special economic zones has made such projects unviable. The MAT (Minimum alternate tax) and DDT (Dividend Distribution Tax) were imposed by the government in 2011 and the SEZs [...] Continue Reading »
The government is working towards restoring the concessions provided to special economic zones (SEZs). In the past few years the SEZs had lost their sheen due to various factors. The issue of minimum alternate tax (MAT) and dividend distribution tax (DDT) has been taken up with the finance ministry. Since these taxes were levied on [...] Continue Reading »
The pre-budget economic survey which was presented in the Parliament reiterated the need to promote structural changes in manufacturing in the medium term. There was a tremendous slowdown witnessed by the industrial sector which had negatively impacted the GDP of the nation, needs robust mechanisms for revival. Reviving private sector investments to spur growth in [...] Continue Reading »
As per the Economic Survey report, fresh investments have slowed down in SEZs in the recent years. The report has urged the government to give clear signal to revive the special economic zones (SEZ). The SEZs were major export and manufacturing hubs, and every company wanted to open their units in SEZs. However in the recent [...] Continue Reading »
Anand Rathi Institutional Research has many expectations from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s maiden budget to be presented on July 10. They want the revision of the interim budget fiscal deficit target upwards and a clear roadmap to recapitalize public-sector banks. They also have a list of other expectations listed below- For the Technology sector, they expect [...] Continue Reading »
In order to generate interest in investment in the India’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the government may exempt investors from paying the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in the Budget FY15. The commerce and finance ministries have held discussions after several years, in a bid to revive investor confidence. The commerce ministry has asked for various [...] Continue Reading »
During the presentation made by the officials to the ministry to state on matters of commerce and industry Nirmala Sitharam, several topics were raised. This included imposition of MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax), deriving of the manufactured output, restrictions made on the import of gold which ultimately affect the jewel and gems industry along with stagnant [...] Continue Reading »
