CA Final B.Com
55 Points
Joined September 2009
Minimum Alternate Tax up from 15% to 18% on book profits
Reduced Surcharge of 10% on domestic companies to 7.5%
Professionals with Rs 15 lakh income need accounts audit
Additional Rs 20,000 deduction made available for investment in Infrastructure Bonds. This is above Rs. 1,00,000 80C exemption
INDIRECT TAX:
Service Tax rates unchanged at 10%, to bring more services under service tax
Duties on smoking and non-smoking tobacco products up
Peak excise duty hiked from 8% to 10%
Peak customs duty remains unchanged at 10%
Rs 1 per litre excise on petrol, diesel
Full excise cut on electric cars
Partial rollback of excise duty on cement
Agricultural seeds exempt from Service Tax
News agencies exempt from Service Tax
Service tax to GDP ratio is 1%
Customs duty on gold, platinum imports raised to Rs 300 from Rs 200
Import duty on silver raised to Rs 1500 per kg