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Karnataka's new policy for startups to reimburse service tax paid by them

Janaki Shantharam, founder of tech-enabled placement services firm Dexter Talent Labs in Bengaluru, is happy that Karnataka, under its startup policy, reimburses service tax paid by emerging companies.  She paid service tax last year but has been trying to figure how to get it reimbursed from the government. Many startup entrepreneurs like Shantharam are looking for clarifications to policy-related questions or assistance to overcome implementation hurdles, which a new state initiative should help resolve.  Karnataka's new information technology minister, Priyank Kharge, is giving the finishing touches to a programme that promises to address various problems that startups encounter, including ones such as the one before Shantharam.  Kharge is expected to announce the finer details of the programme in a couple of days. Startup entrepreneurs face a host of problems and the state government intends to address these through its proposed Startup Booster Kits, Kharg...