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Check your mail or tax credit: Millions of NY homeowners get $2B STAR relief

NY STAR tax relief gives $2.1B aid to 2.78M homeowners (Unsplash/Representative image)
Published on Jun 19, 2026 11:52 pm IST

Georgia stimulus checks approved: Are you eligible for up to $500 refund?

The payments are tied to 2024 or 2025 state income tax returns.
Updated on Mar 21, 2026 01:05 pm IST

Georgia $1,000 tax refund 2026: Who qualifies?

Refunds are expected to be issued using the payment method selected on taxpayers’ returns.
Updated on Feb 28, 2026 02:37 pm IST

Industrialists up in arms as LMC moves to seize assets over tax dues

Industrialists have decided to meet the municipal commissioner after holding discussions with zonal officers on Tuesday. (For representation)
Published on Feb 17, 2026 08:04 pm IST

Govt working to ensure benefits of GST rate cuts passed on to consumers

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs a meeting of the consultative committee attached to the finance ministry
Updated on Aug 27, 2025 01:57 am IST

‘Diwali gift for citizens’: PM Modi announces next-generation GST reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands for the national anthem after hoisting the national flag during the 79th Independence Day celebration at the Red Fort, in New Delhi.
Updated on Aug 15, 2025 09:47 am IST

Former CM Bommai slams Karnataka govt over GST burden on small traders

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai assured legal action over Congress' allegation that BJP is "plotting to eliminate" Kharge and his family.
Updated on Jul 20, 2025 01:20 pm IST

I-T relief, policy rate cut to boost growth, says Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman (ANI)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 06:34 am IST

Can’t predict with US tariffs, we need to be watchful, says FM Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman, Union finance minister (Sanchit Khanna/HT)
Updated on Feb 03, 2025 08:01 am IST

‘Taxpayers build nation they’ll drive demand,’ says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 03, 2025 05:11 am IST

Delhi polls: BJP says budget ‘revolutionary’, AAP calls it ‘deceptive’

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team before presenting the Union Budget. (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 02, 2025 10:53 pm IST

Empowerment, growth, and tax relief: Economists cheer Union budget

For representation only (Sourced)
Published on Feb 02, 2025 05:06 am IST

A budget that ticks all boxes

Ranchi, Feb 01 (ANI): People watch the live telecast of Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha of the Parliament, at a television showroom in Ranchi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Somnath Sen)
Published on Feb 02, 2025 02:44 am IST

K'taka industry stalwarts welcome budget, say tax relief will encourage growth

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Published on Feb 01, 2025 07:48 pm IST

Budget 2025-26: How India’s tax rate changes will impact middle-class spending

Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials outside the Finance Ministry ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2025-26. (file image)
Published on Feb 01, 2025 05:54 pm IST

Budget 2025 memes: 5 excellent posts that sum up middle class expectations

Budget 2025: Memes that sum up the anticipation around the Union Budget.
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 04:37 pm IST

HC comes to taxpayers’ aid, postpones ITR filing deadline

Mumbai, India - February 07, 2022: The Indian National flag flies half-mast on Bombay High Court building as a mark of respect to Lata Mangeshkar during the two-day national mourning being observed after she died on Sunday morning, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, February 07, 2021. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/ HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 07:48 am IST

Infosys gets 3,898 crore partial GST tax relief for FY 2017-18 alone

Infosys Ltd has been given a tax relief of 3,898 crore for the financial year 2017-18 (Reuters)
Published on Aug 04, 2024 02:17 pm IST

Old vs proposed income tax slabs under new regime. What has changed?

A man watches a screen displaying India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech at a railway station in Mumbai, India, July 23, 2024.
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 01:47 pm IST

Budget 2024: SBI Chairman pitches for tax relief on interest earnings

Budget 2024: SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara pitched for tax relief on interest income, saying it would help banks to garner savings that could be used for funding long-term infra projects.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:58 am IST

California storm victims get tax relief from IRS and FTB

IRS and FTB offer tax relief to California storm victims(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Published on Feb 29, 2024 12:17 pm IST

PMC to issue online property tax bills within a week

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday initiated the process to issue property tax bills after the Maharashtra government okayed the 40 per cent rebate scheme. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 11:27 pm IST

The Kashmir Files is tax-free in K'taka, Bengaluru gives it a thumbs up

The Kashmir Files starring Anupam Kher and Mithun Chakraborty, a film on the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus, has done well at the box office in its first few days since launch. (Source: imdb)
Updated on Mar 14, 2022 07:57 pm IST

Gross Direct Tax collection grew 8% in FY20, says CBDT

In order to boost investments, the government in September last year gave a 1.45 lakh crore bonanza to the industry by drastically reducing corporate tax rates. (Representative Image)
Published on Jun 08, 2020 05:25 am IST

Covid-19 outbreak: Buses sanitised at Ludhiana bus terminal

A worker sanitising a bus at the ISBT in Ludhiana on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 08:05 pm IST

Covid-19: Draw up a new economic plan | HT Editorial

The government needs to, urgently, come up with a comprehensive coronavirus contingency economic plan — to keep businesses viable — including through tax relief and extension of deadlines on loan repayments, among other measures
Published on Mar 18, 2020 06:41 pm IST

Ensure GST collection is Rs 1.1 lakh crore every month, government tells officials

Government also told the officers to exhort themselves to reach the target of Rs 13.5 lakh crore in direct taxes.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 04:23 pm IST

GST rate cut likely for small cars, part makers

Cars, bikes and mopeds at present attract a peak GST rate of 28% with additional cess ranging from 1% to 22%, depending on the length, engine size and type of the vehicle.
Updated on Sept 06, 2019 11:40 pm IST

Major relief likely for taxpayers between 5 lakh and 10 lakh as panel proposes new slabs

There is no change in the first income-tax slab (up to 2.5 lakh a year), which attracts zero tax.
Updated on Jun 22, 2020 09:29 pm IST

Govt panel recommends relief for middle class, cut in corporate tax

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives the report of the new direct tax code panel from its head Akhilesh Ranjan, a member of CBDT, and other members of the panel, in New Delhi on Monday.
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 03:05 pm IST