Indian Inc requested early implementation of Goods and service Tax

India Inc on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to introduce Goods and Services Tax “as early as possible”, amid speculations that the indirect tax reform may not be implemented from the scheduled date of April 1.  “We want that the GST deadline should not be missed,” Ficci president Harsh Pati Singhania told reporters after a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee along with other industrialists here on Tuesday.

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Finance Ministry started the process of pre-Budget consultations

With just three months left for the Union Budget 2010-11, the Ministry of Finance has started the process of pre-Budget consultations. A first round of pre-Budget meetings with the various ministries has already taken place.The ministry has also written to industry bodies to send in their proposals for the Budget. It will hold discussions with the industry beginning next month.

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