A mutual fund is an investment fund where the many investors pool their money for the purpose of investing in securities including stocks, bonds, money market instruments and other assets. Since the money is pooled up, it is called a mutual fund. These investors may be retail or institutional in nature. There are various kinds of […]
Luxury Brands Louis Vuitton and Harley Davidson and several other prominent players in the business industry have fallen under tax radar for taking cash above Rs. 2 lakh in clear violation of a new income tax law introduced in this year’s budget. Earlier this year between January and March, The Directorate of Intelligence and Criminal […]
Unicorn India, a Mumbai based early stage VC has collaborated with British counterpart Ascension Ventures to launch a cross-border evergreen fund between two countries. Dubbed as “Unicorn Ascension EIS Fund“, it is an open-ended fund (Enterprise Investment Scheme)that aims to raise up to Rs. 45 crores ( £5 million approx) per year with investments at […]
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) is a scheme launched by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Damodardas Modi on April 8, 2015. If you own a small business and want to have sufficient funds to make your business grow and flourish and need a strong financial backing? Then this scheme may help you […]
On Wednesday, our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a live conversation with the startups across the country who have benefited from the Startup India Policy as well as with student innovators who are a part of Atal Innovation Mission’s Tinkering Labs. With the aim to promote young entrepreneurs in the country, the prime minister […]
The Income Tax department will seek purchase agreement from Flipkart on the mega e-commerce USD 16 billion buyouts by US retail mammoth Walmart to assess the tax liability and also find out whether the General Avoidance Rule provisions can be invoked as informed by an official related with the matter. The department id presently is […]
The ICICI-Videocon Loan Row case has already blazed too much attention and adding to it, now the Income Tax Department has issued a notice to Deepak Kochhar, husband of Chanda Kochhar, CEO, and MD at ICICI Bank. Issued under I-T Act, section-131, Deepak has been asked to submit all details relating to his personal expenses, […]
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has put an end to some certifications and issued warnings to organizations seeking to avail exemptions by categorizing themselves as “startups”. In a recent meeting of Inter-Ministerial Group on Startups held on March 15, certificates of recognition and that of eligibility given to two entities- Riot Solutions and […]
Nasscom, the software industry lobby has once again expressed concern over the falling funding into indian startups and called for added focus to galvanise the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) had last November shared its concern over the taxation issues in the startup scene, which led to a steep 50 per […]
Amidst the buzz of Union Budget 2018, a lot has been said and commented upon by the Ministers, Entrepreneurs and Media Personalities. The issue of how the citizens would get affected by the financial plan has been a food for thought to everyone. While the trollers were busy trolling about the delicate topic; How Income […]
The Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley, has announced the budget for 2018-19 today. Starting off with providing the details on how the previous year’s budget turned out, he mentioned how India stands out as the fastest economy in the world and now is a 2.5 trillion-dollar economy. On the basis of purchasing power, India […]
The Income Tax Department today conducted survey operations at major Bitcoin exchanges across the country on suspicion of alleged tax evasion, official sources said. They said various teams of the sleuths of the department, under the command of the Bengaluru investigation wing, today visited the premises of nine such exchanges in the country including in […]