BUDGET ANALYSIS

<Direct Taxes>

n Finance Bill, 2008 on Direct Taxes//Srinivasan Anand G.

n Budget Full of Generosities…//Mukesh Patel

n Commodities Transactions Tax (CTT)//T.C.A. Ramanujam

n Budget Bonanza//B.N. Das

n Finance Bill 2008 : An Overview//T.C.A. Sangeetha

n Budget 2008 would make Indian Economy a manufacturing Hub and Repose consumer confidence and boost investment//Gangadharan V.

n Budget Fine prints//Gopal Nathani

n Budget gains confidence of both tax payers and consumers//V. Gangadharan

n Personal Taxation//Priya Subramanian

n Commodities Transaction Tax - Another Feather in FM’s Cap//Ajay Kumar Garg

n Gusto - Personal Taxation!//Geeta Das

n Impact Analysis//Rajiv Tuli

n Relief in personal income tax will help developing tax culture//Narayan Jain

n The Budget, 2008-A PRE POLL BUDGET-An Analysis//R. Srinivasan

n BUDGET 2008-09//Srikumar Banerjee

n Commodities Transaction Tax//C.R.T.Varma

n Fiscal Responsibility Framework//Y.Srinivas

n Amendment in Section 195: Confusion continues//Surendra Bhargava, Ridhi Karan

n Pc’s Magic Wand Grants Unprecedented Income Tax Reliefs But Could Soon Become A ‘Danda’ For Coercive Collection!//Mukesh M. Patel

n PC’s tax respect for Senior Citizens!//Mukesh M. Patel

n Amendments Neutralising The Precedents - A Review//S. Rajaratnam

n Union Budget2008-09-Last/Lost Opportunity//K.D. Shah

n Personal Taxation//R. Sundararaj

n Repeating the Same Mistakes//A.P. Agrawal

n Budget time thoughts//V. Swaminathan

n New set of tax incentives in the Finance Bill, 2008 despite experts’ view for their elimination//T.N. Pandey

n A budget to be balanced?//B.S. Madhusudhan

n Business Deductions – Changes proposed under Budget 2008//Hariom Jindal

n Reverse Mortgage and Union Budget 2008: Relief for Senior Citizens//Ashhok Saxena

n Taxation of Agricultural Income after Union Budget 2008-09//Ajay Kumar Garg

n A mixed bag of amendments to Income-tax Act, 1961//V.K. Subramani

n Clarification regarding Reverse Mortgage Loan Scheme//T.N. Pandey

n Reverse mortgage and tax implication//V.K. Subramani

n Amendment of Section 40A(3) of IT Act relating to disallowance of certain cash payments//CA Dindayal Dhandaria

n Implications of changes in dividend distribution tax : Union Budget 2008-2009//Samir S. Mogul

<Service Tax>

n Amendments w.e.f. date to be notified//Tushar K. Doctor

n Service Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme - 2008//Tushar K. Doctor

n Changes in Excise and Customs//V S Datey

n Pragmatic Approach to Exempt Services under Common Input Services//Pradip R Shah

n New Cenvat Credit Rules 6(3) and 6(3A) - A Pandora’s Box//V S Datey

n "Present scope of taxable service of 'tour operator’ in relation to those who operate a tour in respect of motor vehicle and its expansion by Finance Bill 2008"//Rahul Jain

n Budget fine prints-Service tax//Gopal Nathani

n Changes Effective from 1-3-2008//Tushar K. Doctor

n Amendments w.e.f. 1-4-2008//Tushar K. Doctor

n Service Tax amendments which will come into force from the date of enactment of the Finance Bill 2008//Tushar K. Doctor

n Publication of Names under Service Tax Provisions//Ashhok Saxena

n Excise Duty and Service Tax//B.S. Madhusudhan

n Service Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2008: An Assessee-Friendly Measure//Ashhok Saxena

n Service Tax Proposals//CA. Prasanth Srinvas

n Service Tax on Sub Consultants/Contractors - Proposed changes under Budget 2008//Hariom Jindal

n Changes in Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax//S. S. Gupta

n Service Tax - An Illusion like water of India//Ravi Holani

n Finance Minister travel far ahead towards a goods and service tax//V.Gangadharan

n Service Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme - A Cleansing Device//Ajay Kumar Garg