Sugar Tax

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  No Wrongdoing: BJP Leader After Tax Notice To Family-Controlled Sugar Mill

  BJP leader Pankaja Munde on Tuesday confirmed that a cooperative sugar mill controlled by her family has received a notice from the Goods & Services Tax (GST) department.

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  Bengaluru Man Rants About Paying "50% Of Income As Tax", Internet Agrees

  Mr Goyal broke down the taxes imposed by the government on basic products including sugar, cream, and a choco-bar.

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  Government Reviewing Options To Tax Obesity Inducing Food Items: Report

  Government could consider taxing food items high on sugar, fat and salt content and which don't have front-of-the-pack labelling

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  Weight Loss: Taxing Sweetened Beverages May Reduce Obesity, Says Study

  It is based on the fact that the harm from sugary drinks comes from the high sugar content and high taxes may prevent people from buying them.

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  Income Tax Searches At Sugar Mill, Home Of NCP Lawmaker In Maharashtra

  The Income Tax (I-T) department on Thursday carried out searches at the sugar mill and residence of Nationalist Congress Party MLA Hasan Mushrif in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.

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  Taxes, Labelling Are Effective In Reducing Sugar Consumption

  Taxes on sugary products and labels on the packages can help reduce sugar consumption, recent findings suggest.

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  GST Council Approves Single Form System, Monthly Return Filing To Start In 6 Months

  GST Council meet: Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said the monthly return filing system will come into force in six months

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  This One Tip May Bring About Serious Health Reforms

  The research team estimated that adding 10 percent to the price of chocolate, confectionery, cakes, and biscuits may reduce purchases by around 7 percent.

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  In An Attempt To Beat Obesity, UK Rolls Out Sugar Tax

  Top-selling brands such as Fanta, Ribena and Lucozade have already cut the sugar content of their products to avoid the tax, but Coca-Cola and Pepsi will both stick with the same recipes, which both contain more than 10 grammes per 100 ml.

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  Government Likely To Raise Sugar Import Tax To 50%: Report

  Lower imports by India could put pressure on global prices, but will support local prices that have come under pressure in the last few weeks due to expectations of imports.

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  After GST, Some Items That Could Become Cheaper

  GST will subsume many local and central taxes including excise duty, service tax, VAT and octroi.

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  After GST, Dal, Foodgrain, Daily Consumer Goods To Be Cheaper

  The Goods and Services Tax or GST could bring good news for crores in the country. A crucial meeting of the GST Council on Thursday finalised tax rates for over 1,000 commodities that makes sure people will not have to pay more when India's biggest tax reform in decades kicks in on July 1. In fact, the government announced that food items - pulses,...

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  Union Budget 2017: What The Restaurant Industry Expects From Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

  Reportedly, it is speculated that the budget may initiate scrapping sugar cess and hike tax rates on fast food and sugary beverages.

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  Karnataka Minister, Congress Leader Evaded Taxes On Rs 162 crore, Say Officials

  Huge deposits of cash and gold have been recovered from the home of Karnataka minister, Congress's Ramesh L Jarkiholi and Laxmi R Hebbalkar, the chief of the state's women's unit of Congress, following raids by the income tax department. Rs 41 lakh in cash and 12.8 kg of gold were found during the raids at their homes in Belgaum, Gokak and Bengalur...

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  British Teenagers Drink A Bathtub Of Sugary Drinks A Year: Report

  British teenagers consume sugary drinks equivalent of nearly a bathtub on average in a year, Cancer Research UK reported.