NEWS:- Commodity transaction tax to be levied from July 1 with a levy of 0.01 per cent of the transactional value being applicable on the seller in futures trading of a host of items such as gold, sugar and edible oils. Apart from gold, other commodities such as silver, crude oil and base metals and processed farm items such as sugar, soya oil, mentha oil and guar gum will also come under CTT. According to a Finance Ministry notification here on Thursday, 23 pure agricultural commodities such as wheat, barley, chana (gram), cotton and potatoes would be exempted from the levy. Also in the exempted category are some other farm produces such as coriander, cardamom and guar seeds. #CSRoCks!!!
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 06:06:17 +0000