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Finance Ministry suggests monetary limit in draft guidelines to invoke GAAR

To attend to investor apprehensions over taxation issues, the Finance Ministry has proposed a monetary limit for invoking the contentious General Anti-Tax Avoidance Rules (GAAR) in its draft...

June 30, 2012

Govt to do away with multi-level TDS on software services

Giving respite to the software industry, the government announced that it would remove the complex multi-level system of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) for the IT sector from...

June 18, 2012

India Bahrain ink accord to prevent tax evasion

India inked an agreement with Bahrain to tackle issues related to tax evasion and avoidance. The Agreement for Exchange of Information with respect to taxes usurps worth viewing...

June 3, 2012

DTAC modifications between India & the Netherlands

DTAC: Double Taxation Avoidance Convention Both India and the Netherlands have concluded a Protocol to amend the Article 26 of the DTAC concerning exchange of information to bring...

May 28, 2012

White Paper points to 4-pronged strategy to curb black money

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled a White Paper on black money in Lok Sabha, which makes a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with...

May 25, 2012

India, Malaysia ink DTAA to boost trade

India and Malaysia inked a DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) to encourage bilateral trade and alleviating exchange of tax information. The objective of the agreement is to evade...

May 14, 2012

Prasar Bharati exempted from paying income tax

In a key respite to the nation’s public broadcaster, the Prasar Bharati has been relieved from paying any income tax. As per one of the amendments in the...

May 14, 2012

OLTAS System

OLTAS refers to On-line Tax Accounting System (OLTAS) for Direct Taxes. Please note that direct taxes include the Income Tax and Corporate Taxes, which are directly levied from...

February 3, 2012

Multilateral Convention relating to Tax Matters inked by India

· Indian finalized a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. This device as yet was available only for the members of Council of Europe and...

January 31, 2012

Delhi: Circle Rates Hiked

What is Circle Rate? Circle rate is the minimum rate for Government valuation of a plot, independent house, or flat in a particular area or locality. The circle...

December 28, 2011

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