Never ask questions you don’t want to know the answers to. An apt quote by Tom Krause applies perfectly in the context of the recent
India’s Union budget announced on February 1 carries key tax amendments affecting multinationals doing business in India. In response to the increasing popularity of digital
The unregulated space of cryptocurrency has been largely perceived as volatile, unsafe and susceptible to untimely changes. Considering material volume of reported crypto transactions undertaken
While presenting the Union Budget for the financial year 2015-16, the then finance minister (the late Arun Jaitley) recognized the fact that, despite producing some
While it is popularly heard that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes, any taxpayer for that matter would give an
Notwithstanding the Ukraine crisis and its attendant effects, FY22 ended on a rather cheerful note for India’s fisc and international trade. Indian exporters did not
During the Great Depression, the renowned economist, JM Keynes advised the government to increase public spending. This would counter recessionary trends, inject liquidity...
In the past decade, the Indian manufacturing and export industry has grown rapidly and taken major strides with the aim to become a manufacturing hub for products...
The debate on Goods and Services Tax compensation for states, earlier discussed in hushed tones, has now assumed centerstage. It was expected that...
The Taxpayer Charter unveiled by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi today marks an important milestone in our nation’s history. It enjoins the...
Frustrated by the slow pace of discussions and anxious to mobilise revenue considering the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries have taken unilateral measures to...
Like most domestic laws and bilateral treaty networks that were established prior to the digital revolution, the international tax regime was built for...
Two key issues that will engage the attention of policymakers are the tax rates and the dispute settlement mechanismIt’s been a year since...
Traditional international tax law principles fail to account for the developments in technology that allow businesses to cater to market jurisdictions remotely In...
There appears to be a common wish list for all stakeholders in the new economic paradigm—that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council...
Days before the nationwide lockdown was announced, as part of the passage of the Finance Act 2020, Parliament proposed an ‘equalisation levy’ on...
The suspension of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code proceedings is grounded in preventing many liquidations which could burden the National Company Law Tribunal...
The Nafed-Alimenta judgment shows it might perhaps be time for Parliament to intervene and clarify the notion of public policy in the context...