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Fringe benefit tax abolished

New Delhi, July 6

Bowing to the long standing demand of India Inc, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has abolished the fringe benefit tax and commodity transaction tax.

However, Minimum Allocation Tax (MAT) on book profits has been increased from 10 percent to 15 percent, but with a provision of carrying forward the tax credit on MAT to 10 years from the current seven years.

Last updated on Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:26 pm IST--IANS


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