Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and members of the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing at the White House on January 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Sarah Silbiger | Getty Images U.S. health officials have instituted a mandatory 14-day quarantine of Americans traveling from China, starting this Sunday, marking […]
Archives for February 2020
Income Tax Slab FY 2020-21 – Budget 2020-21 Review
Union Budget 2020-21 is released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Income Tax Slab for FY 2020-21 is revised in new budget. Now you need not to pay tax for income up to 5 Lakh. Additionally tax percentage is also changed. At first instance it seems to be very good budget for middle class. But, it’s […]
For under $25, this QuickBooks training helps keep your small business accounting on point – The Next Web
TLDR: The Quickbooks Pro Desktop Certification Bonus Bundle breaks down what every small business owner needs to know to use the heritage accounting system, all for only $24.99. Small businesses have to work lean, which often means employees wear several hats to keep business operations running smoothly. Most of those boutique outlets can’t afford to […]
New Reduced Tax Slabs – What it means for you?
The highlight of Budget 2020 speech was “new, simple and reduced income tax slabs”. It was very well received by the audience and people were exited that they would save a lot of money! But as usual the devil lies in the details. We went through the finance bill and as we read through it […]
Online education proposal to boost edtech sector: Budget2020
India will start issuing online degrees at top 100 educational institutes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced during her Budget speech. This step could boost educational technology startups including Eruditus, Coursera and upGrad. Sitharaman said that in order to provide quality education to students of deprived section of the society as well as those who do […]
Factbox: Airlines suspend China flights because of coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) – Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Friday had killed more than 200 people and infected nearly 10,000 people. Here is the latest on their plans (in alphabetical order): AIR CANADA (AC.TO) Air Canada said on Jan. 28 it was cancelling select flights […]
Govts launch rewrite of global tax rules
The rise of Amazon, Facebook and Google has strained existing rules to breaking point because big tech companies can book profits in low-tax countries like Ireland no matter where their customers are located. Reuters | February 01, 2020, 07:45 IST
Anand Mahindra fetes new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, like a boss!
Being an Indian and making it big in the field of technology is no mean feat to accomplish. Joining the ranks of Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai and Shantanu Narayen is Arvind Krishna who has been appointed the new CEO of American MNC IBM. Indian Twitter celebrate Krishna’s achievement, however, it was Anand Mahindra who ended […]