Economic Times Top Stories

• 79 Years of Freedom, But Are India’s Auditors Truly Independent?
• Jobs in AI age: What new finance skills are the CFOs hiring for?
• ED grills Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group executives in Rs 17,000 crore bank fraud case
• GST 2.0 reforms: Centre mulls extra duty on tobacco, states want share
• Axis, Bandhan, Sammaan Capital tweak A/c practices to rewrite books
• From Risk Radar to Strategic Vision: Redefining the CFO's Role
• FinMin proposes 2-tier GST structure, special rates on select items; Council meet likely in Sept
• Independence Day 2025: Modi Pushes GST Revamp, Made-in-India Chip, Energy Drive; Vows Farmers Safe from Trump-Era Trade Pressures
• GSTAT’s first anti-profiteering ruling expands probe scope, rejects cost-based defences; hospitality, retail on notice
• Exclusive: ICMAI likely to urge MCA for amendments to Cost and Works Accountants Act after non-inclusion in tax audits; to meet on Aug 24

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• Draft BIS norms spark debate over cost burden on small sellers
• Lockton India names Girish Mantri as Chief Financial Officer
• Centre, States equal stakeholder in GST, revenues shared equally: Govt source
• Proposed GST cut may boost auto jobs, benefit small carmakers: HSBC
• Safeguard duty on steel imports may hit auto sector hardest, warns GTRI
• Public sector banks raised nearly Rs 1.54 lakh crore in equity and bonds in 3 fiscals: Minister
• Cement stocks on a strong footing in FY26; GST cut could cement further gains
• Cars, ACs, Televisions & more: Full list of items that are likely to get cheaper under new GST reforms
• Swiggy to appoint two separate heads of finance for Instamart and food delivery
• State-run telco MTNL defaults on loan repayments worth 87 billion rupees

CA Club India

• Bombay HC Quashes Tax Notice to Wife in Rs 6.75 Crore Mumbai Property Case
• CBDT, CBIC Face Massive Staff Shortages Amid Push for New Tax Reforms
• ICAI Issues Checklist for Filing ITR-1 and ITR-4 for AY 2025-26
• Income Tax Department Probes CSR-Linked Suspected Money Laundering Network
• CBDT Amends Form No. 7 to include both Assessment Year and Block Period Effective from 1st September 2025
• ICAI Welcomes New Income Tax Bill for Promoting Investment and Simplifying Tax Regime
• GST Council Likely to Approve 5% and 18% Two-Slab Structure: Big Reforms Coming by Diwali
• GST System to Align AATO Figures on NIC e-Invoice Portals from 1st September 2025
• From Zero Tax to 40,000 Compliance Cuts: PM Modi Outlines Decade of Transformation on 79th Independence Day
• PM Modi Announces Next-Gen GST Reforms to Boost Economy and Ease of Living

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• BBC postpones Ozzy Osbourne documentary
• Will UK feel the effect of Hurricane Erin?
• Love Island will not be investigated by Ofcom despite 14,000 complaints
• BBC at Rafah crossing as queues of aid trucks wait to enter Gaza
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