Latest Securities Transaction Tax News & Updates

Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has raised concerns over the repeated increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT), saying that higher taxes are slowly hurting trading activity in the markets.In a recent social media post, Kamath explained that STT was introduced at a time when long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax was removed.However, even after LTCG was brought back, STT has continued to rise with every Union Budget.He said that as a market participant, he always hopes for …