Jaitley orders tax authorities to stop issuing MAT bills

May 14, 2015

India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has told the tax authorities not to send out any new bills for minimum alternate tax (MAT) to foreign portfolio investors while a committee he has created enquires into the controversy.

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