Month: September 2025
ETtech Explainer: Why are ecomm, food delivery firms hiking platform fees ahead of festive season?
Ahead of the festive season, food delivery and ecommerce majors are raising platform fees levied on users to offset higher operational costs and improve margins….
Tax cut bonanza cleared in GST regime overhaul | Latest News India
Taxes on goods spanning household essentials, medicines, small cars and appliances will be slashed from September 22 as the GST Council on Wednesday approved the…
India’s service activity at 15-year high in August amid 49 straight months of order growth
New Delhi: India’s service activity raced to a 15-year high of 62.9 in August, from 60.5 in July, as robust demand spurred a rush of…
New GST rates: Cigarettes to SUVs and some motorcycles land it highest tax slab
A new 40% slab of GST will come into effect on September 22, along with all new rates. The 12% and 28% slabs are gone,…
New GST rates: All you need to know about what happens next, and when | FAQs
After the GST rates were changed on Wednesday, to come into effect on September 22, here are some of the major questions being asked, and…
GST rate cut: Individual health, life insurance policies exempt from GST
The GST Council has exempt individual life insurance and health insurance policies from GST as part of broader reforms for the indirect tax regime. Finance…
New GST rates: Full list of items that have received rate cut
The GST Council on Wednesday approved a two-tier rate structure of 5 and 18 per cent, which will be implemented from September 22. New GST…
Small cars, some motorcycles to get cheaper after GST rate cut. Check details
In the GST rate rejig announced on Wednesday, bikes under 350cc engine capacity and small cars get a tax cut of 10 percentage points. They…
India delivers tax bonanza ‘for common man’, new GST rates from 22 September
India has cut GST rates on hundreds of consumer items,—ranging from soaps to small cars—to spur demand in the world’s fourth largest economy in the…
Simpler GST regime with two rates from September 22
An overhauled and simplified goods and services tax (GST) regime with only two main rates rates, 5% and 12%, will be implemented from September 22….