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Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2009 – key amendments

|Proposed Changes|India
India

The Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2009 (DTC) released by the Ministry of Finance on 12 August 2009 contains proposed amendments to the direct tax regime. Details of the key amendments are summarized below. If enacted, the DTC will come into force from 1 April 2011.

Corporate tax

-   corporate income tax will be reduced to 25%;
-   the rate of tax for forei…

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