GAAR – A paradigm shift in business decisions

Declaration of impermissible avoidance arrangement CBDT on 27th Jan 2017 has issued clarification via Circular No 7 of 2017 that the provisions of Chapter X-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 relating to General Anti-Avoidance Rule will come into force from 1st April, 2017. GAAR stands for General Anti Avoidance Rules. It was first introduced … Read more

Budget 2017 – Bringing India closer to Global practices

“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached” said by Swami Vivekanada seems to be the motto of the Indian government which is relentlessly working on bringing India at Global footing as far as the taxation laws are concerned. Year by year India is adopting the international best practices for all the reasons it may have, … Read more

Place of Effective Management (POEM)

There has been change in section 6(3) regarding the determination of residential status of Company. As per the new provisions the residential status of companies which are not incorporated under the corporate laws of India, would be determined by the concept of “Place of Effective Management”. Extant Position => Revised position a company is said … Read more

GAAR…. A REALITY NOW

There are several aspects which needs to be considered for investing in India viz norms of foreign direct investment, choice of entities, incentives available with respect to investment, tax treaties, corporate and capital gains tax, maturity of transfer pricing regulations and indirect taxes. The tax legislation in India has always been in the forefront of … Read more