Ludhiana: After being termed as disappointing by middle class and salaried persons, the Union Budget has turned out to be ‘good’ for businessmen despite having nothing significant for them, due to which they seek more reforms. This because their biggest nightmare of imposition of Covid cess or some new kind of tax on them did not turn out to be true.
Besides this, the taxation reforms like reducing the re-opening of income tax assessments to three years from six also proved to be a step in the direction of giving the businessmen some relief. Moreover, several changes in the custom duties are being welcomed by the engineering sector as it will address the problem of incessant hike in the rates of iron and steel being faced by Punjab’s industry. Though there is nothing concrete for the textile and garments sector, but reduction of custom duty on certain products and imposition of duty on cotton is getting mixed response from the businessmen of this sector.
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