THE PRINT : Budget 2021 is taxpayer friendly — plugs abuse of welfare schemes, respects honest taxpayers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stayed in tune with the Narendra Modi government’s commitment towards making India’s tax regime taxpayer friendly. Importantly, tax slabs were left untouched and the widely anticipated...
MNE Tax: India’s Budget – Implications for the international business community
This article captures tax implications for the international business community, in so far as the proposed changes announced in India’s budget for financial year 2021-22. The budget has been widely appreciated and overall...
Budget 2021 provides clarity on India’s tax regime
The tax measures outlined in the Budget 2021 had the stated objective of providing greater clarity and making India’s tax regime transparent and efficient. “Doing the right things at the right time is the rope which binds the...
Budget 2021: MSMEs as the driver for Atmanirbhar Bharat
Introduction The Budget speech of the finance minister makes a declaration in para 82 that the government will “ensure faster resolution of cases”. Towards this end, the FM has announced that “NCLT framework will be strengthened,...
Budget 2021: Multiple amendments to change course of indirect taxes
The Finance Minister’s announcements on February 1, 2021 have been large and widespread. There are substantial changes in the text of tax laws which affect all classes of indirect taxes such a GST, Customs and even the no longer...
First Look: India’s Budget – A step towards clarity for foreign investor taxation
The Indian government today announced its budget proposals for 2021–22, including several key budget proposals that affect international taxation. The proposed amendments suggest that the government’s intent is to provide clarity...
Budget unleashes reforms in tax dispute resolution mechanism
Delivered on an extraordinary occasion which is bound to test the mettle of any Finance Minister – and thus both an onerous responsibility and an enviable opportunity – the declarations made in the Budget speech are steadfast and...
A driver of economic revival
Given the difficult balancing act of pushing growth and ensuring fiscal discipline, it is rare for a finance minister to get enough headroom to design a budget fitted with all guns out and blazing to channelise growth and fuel...
Union Budget 2021: India’s second 1991 moment?
The Budget balances macro-economic reforms and public policy areas Late president APJ Abdul Kalam in his vision document, India 2020, envisioned India as a developed nation of 1.2 billion. Whenever history is written, FM...
Vodafone and India’s Offshore Indirect Transfer Tax: The saga continues
Vodafone and India’s Offshore Indirect Transfer Tax: The saga continues Background In September 2020, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague issued award in favor of Vodafone[1] against India’s income tax...