« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  How To File ITR Online - Step by Step Guide to Efile Income Tax Return, FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25)  Old or new tax regime for TDS on salary? This post-election 2024 event will impact your tax planning  What Are 5 Heads Of Income Tax?  Income Tax Dept releases interim action plan for FY25 on tax collection, refund approvals   Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Why you need not rush to file your ITR immediately  Income tax returns: ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing  Section 80DDB tax benefits for specified illnesses: 5 things to know  Income tax slabs FY 2024-25: Five tips to help taxpayers decide between old and new income tax regimes  ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) available now on e-filing income tax portal «  Chandigarh exempts VAT on "Agarbatti"... SC stays income tax notice against General Electric... » FM urged to increase duty draw back rate by 3 pc December, 15th 2007 Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) on Friday requested Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to increase the duty drawback rate by another three per cent, so as to "sustain" in the global market and use the units' capacity fully. In a letter to Chidambaram, a copy of which was released to the media, TEA president A Shaktivel thanked him for revising upwards the duty drawback rates by one per cent for cotton knitwear products at a time when export was continuously facing a declining trend and showing a dismal performance due to unprecedented appreciation of rupee against the dollar. Shaktivel requested the minister to consider that hedging cost should be compensated or dual exchange rate should be considered and to fix the value of rupee against dollar at rs 42 for one year for the exporters. The exporters should be exempted from payment of service tax on all services and Fringe Benefit Tax, he said. Tirupur Knitwear exporters were making efforts to produce value added garments and exploring new markets and conducting lot of seminars with various Banks to make exporters familiar with the hedging mechanism for using such tools to protect themselves from the currency fluctuation, he said.