ZOMATO SERVICE TAX DEMAND
Chorus grows for angel tax repeal; policy push for EVs
Startup Inc’s calls to do away with angel tax have found support from the government. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Buy Zomato, target price Rs 250: JM Financial
Zomato Ltd., incorporated in the year 2010, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 182957.59 Crore) operating in Services sector.
Zomato stops ‘Xtreme’ service; Reliance to bring back Shein
Zomato has halted its hyperlocal goods delivery service due to a lack of demand.
Zomato suspends hyperlocal goods delivery service Xtreme, restarts Intercity Legends: sources
Zomato's hyperlocal goods delivery service 'Xtream' was rolled out in nearly all the 750-800 cities where the company offers food delivery. Zomato has also removed the Xtream app from Google Play Store as well. The online food delivery giant has more than 300,000 delivery executives nationwide.
Food services market in India to reach Rs 10 lakh crore by 2030: Report
The food services market in India is set to reach Rs 10 lakh crore by 2030, with an estimated customer base of up to 45 crore, driven by an 18 per cent CAGR in online food delivery. Currently valued at Rs 5.5 lakh crore, the market is expected to grow at 10-12 per cent annually, with online delivery contributing 20 per cent by 2030, fueled by expanding customer base, digitisation, and regional diversity.
IPO rush amid market rally boosts demand for independent directors
Amid IPO frenzy, companies race to appoint independent directors with specific skill sets crucial for growth. Women lead key committees, while former bureaucrats remain sought after. The process overlooks competencies, favoring recommendations from bankers and auditors. Specialized firms aid in identifying professionals for board roles, ensuring compliance with listing regulations.
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Budget 2024: India’s GST kitty remains central focus; a look at overall collection
India GST Collection Budget 2024 | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to incorporate robust Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections, hitting Rs 2.1 lakh crore in April 2024, into Union Budget 2024. With May's collections at Rs 1.73 lakh crore, GST continues to streamline, aiding government fiscal strategies amidst economic growth and coalition governance challenges.
Zomato gets Rs 9.5 crore tax demand, company to appeal against order
Food delivery company Zomato said it has received a tax demand from the Karnataka authorities, aggregating to Rs 9.5 crore. This is the latest of multiple orders the company has received previously; the last was Rs 11.82 crore in April.
Zomato launches platform to offer hiring, regulatory services to restaurants
Zomato's move comes a week after rival Swiggy launched a new feature on its partner app to connect restaurants with staffing experts as part of a new recruitment support initiative.
Budget 2024: Skilling industry demands incentives, tax rebates and labour codes in meeting with FM Sitharaman
Ahead of the Union Budget for 2024-25, the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs held the eighth Pre-Budget Consultation in New Delhi, focusing on employment and skill development. Key figures like Anshuman Magazine and Suchita Dutta emphasized the need for skilled workers and job readiness among graduates. Discussions also highlighted incentives for skill improvement and formal employment practices, including lowering GST rates for employment services. There were calls for greater inclusion of women in the workforce and the expansion of social security measures. Startups advocated for foreign language education to tap into global job markets.
Flour, TV, refrigerator, LPG become cheaper: PM Modi says GST resulted in 'significant savings' for poor, common man
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST) during its seven-year tenure, highlighting its role in improving the lives of 140 crore Indians. He noted GST's reduction in taxes on essential household items like flour and detergent, enhancing affordability for the common man.
GST Council proposes interest, penalty waiver on tax dues
"Our intent is to make GST assessees' life easier, simpler and less cumbersome... We are working towards less and less compliance," Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, chairperson of the body, told reporters after the council's 53rd meeting that was held in the capital.
GST Council proposes interest, penalty waiver on tax dues
The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, empowered tax authorities to waive interest and penalties on past tax demands, aiming to ease compliance for GST assessees.
Discounting wars in quick commerce; tax relief for ecommerce suppliers
The recent funding raised by Zepto may trigger a discounting war in the quick commerce space. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Retro tax waiver set to ease gaming companies Rs 1 lakh core tax pain
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) council's recommendation to allow the government to overrule retrospective tax demands could resolve pending indirect tax cases worth ₹1 lakh crore against companies in India's cash-rich real money gaming (RMG) sector.
What is expected from the GST Council meeting today?
The GST council may delay the inclusion of petroleum products under GST and the much-awaited rate rationalization. Discussions may also focus on reducing GST on insurance products.
Retro tax demand on online gaming companies may be quashed
As per the recommendation tax notices in cases where the lower tax was paid due to interpretation of law or lack of clarity can be quashed, people familiar with the development said. The law committee has suggested amendment to the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 via the introduction of a new Section 11A in the legislation.
Curb on unfair GST demand recovery proceedings: GST official needs prior approval from higher authority to act within 3 months of demand
GST demand order: If you have received a GST demand order, you can either it pay it or file an appeal against it. However if GST officials believe that it is necessary to ask for early payment of the demand before the stipulated time period they can do so. However they need to give a justifiable reason to do so.
View: GOI has the solution of India's economic puzzle but it needs to let go fiscal hesitations
India's economy is thriving with 8.2% GDP growth, strong public investment, and tax revenues. However, weak consumer demand and private capex remain issues. To boost growth, the government should create more public sector jobs, increasing incomes and consumption, funded by local savings.
Startups seek support, policy continuity from new govt
As of 6.30 pm, data from Election Commission showed the incumbent BJP leading with 241 seats, opposition Congress with 98 seats -- leaving both parties short of the 272 Lok Sabha seats needed to form a government and increasing the chances of a coalition.
Brett Lee granted tax relief by ITAT due to invalid notice service
The Delhi bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) provided relief to former Australian cricketer Brett Lee in a tax case, ruling that the notice served to him under the Income Tax Act was beyond the limitation period. The case involved a ₹3 crore endorsement fee received by Lee for the assessment year 2013-14 from three Indian entities. The tribunal found that the notice, sent a day before the deadline and to the wrong email address, was invalid. As a result, the assessment order was quashed.
Food delivery, quick commerce take a bite out of QSR sales: brokerage reports
For the overall QSR industry, revenue growth for the final quarter of FY24 was at 9% on a year-on-year basis, down from 18% a year ago, while both same-store sales growth (SSSG) and average daily sales (ADS) declined, a report from brokerage firm BNP Paribas Exane said.
A quarter of hits & a few misses; and other top tech, startup stories
Welcome to another edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter. This is Pranav Mukul in New Delhi. This week we’ve wrapped up another compelling quarterly earnings season for listed new-age companies from Zomato and Delhivery to Paytm and PB Fintech.
Buy Zomato, target price Rs 230: Emkay Global Financial Services
Emkay Global Financial Services has buy call on Zomato with a target price of Rs 230.
GST on corporate guarantees: SC to offer clarity, say officials
Several companies caught in the crosshairs of the GST authorities got a sense of relief last week after the Punjab & Haryana High Court stayed operation of a central board of indirect taxes & customs (CBIC) circular clarifying on the validity of the levy. CBIC's October 27, 2003, circular had clarified that a corporate guarantee, provided by one company to banks or financial institutions to help an associate company secure a loan, even without a consideration, should be considered supply of service between related parties under the Schedule I of the CGST Act, 2017.9
Major GST relief for holding companies in corporate guarantees case
The circular, issued in October by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), has been stayed via an interim order. The circular had held that a corporate guarantee provided by a holding company to a lender for the approval of credit to its subsidiary would be regarded a 'supply of service' liable to GST.
Zomato gets Rs 11.82 crore tax demand notice
Zomato faces Rs 11.82 crore tax demand and penalty order by the Additional Commissioner, Central Goods and Services Tax, Gurugram, related to GST on export services to subsidiaries outside India.
Maruti Suzuki India gets revised ₹2.5 crore tax demand
"Even on revised total demand of Rs. 25 million, the company will be filing appeal against the order before the Supreme Court. As per the company's view, the order will have no major impact on the financial, operation or other activities of the Company," Maruti Suzuki said in an exchange filing.
Zomato gets service tax demand and penalty order of Rs 184 crore
The demand order has been received for non-payment of service tax for the period October 2014 to June 2017 determined on the basis of certain sales made by the foreign subsidiaries and branches of the company to its customers located outside India, the company said in a late night regulatory filing.
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