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GST Network helpdesk gets 10,000 calls per day

Such is the load that GST Network is looking to double its call centre helpdesk strength to 400 agents in two weeks to help it handle queries related to filing returns

2 min read11 Jul 2017
Politics

GST: Mumbai’s BMC gets Rs647 crore to offset octroi loss

Maharashtra govt has agreed to pay compensation factoring in a growth of 8% per annum that the BMC would have collected through octroi

1 min read6 Jul 2017
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GST impact: Four days later, traders still looking for answers

Four days after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) came into effect, trader community across India is still grappling with the change. In images

5 Jul 2017
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Opinion

The end of an era

The claims that GST will integrate a fragmented market and that it will reduce corruption is best tested in places like Mumbai's now shut octroi centres

1 min read4 Jul 2017
Politics

Shiv Sena to support GST ratification in Maharashtra

Maharashtra industry minister Subhash Desai said the GST Bill passed by the Parliament incorporated the points raised by the Shiv Sena

1 min read24 Aug 2016
Politics

State FMs to meet to discuss GST rate

State finance ministers to deliberate on the revenue neutral rate, besides other issues, for smooth roll out of GST

1 min read4 Jun 2015
Politics

Entry taxes may be subsumed under GST

Government plans to do away with the entry tax as per the revised draft of the constitution amendment Bill

3 min read17 Oct 2013
Politics

Maharshtra traders go on a two-day strike to protest Local Body Tax

Traders are opposing the present form of the Local Body Tax, which they say is hampering competitiveness

1 min read15 Jul 2013
Politics

Mumbai wholesale traders to keep shutters down over local body tax

Wholesalers continue to keep their establishments closed even as retailers call off three-week-long strike

4 min read13 May 2013
Politics

SC rejects Pune traders’ plea on local body tax

The apex court has directed the Bombay high court to hear the traders’ petition once again

1 min read10 May 2013
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