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CII welcomes new direct tax code

New Delhi, Aug 12: The CII today said that the Government needs to be complimented for the endeavour to simplify the law relating to levy of tax on Income and Wealth.

The Direct tax Code Bill and the Discussion paper released today is well within the deadline promised by the Finance Minister in his Budget speech on July 6, it said.

The CII statement said that a glance across the Bill clearly indicates that an attempt has been made to make tax law simpler, stable, robust and also streamline the various provisions in such a manner that there is less scope for litigation and easy compliance.

The CII statement said that on the whole the language seems to be quite simple and there are not many provisos or explanations that would normally complicate the understanding of the law. Taxpayers can certainly find more reasons than one to welcome this Bill.

ANI

NE NRI meet to be held at Guwahati in Dec

Guwahati, Aug 18: For the first time, a meet of the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) of the North Eastern region will be held in December this year at Guwahati. Announcing this at a press meet here today, Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Pradyut Bordoloi said the meet will be held on December 21-22 to coincide with the Christmas and New Year celebrations, as the NRIs visit the country during the year-end vacations. The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) had been entrusted with the.....
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