In this latest edition from Taxmann for May 2021, we provide you with the analytical stories on the recent changes in Income-tax, GST and Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code reported on Taxmann.com. The coverage of this edition is as follow: Direct Tax Laws • Aspects to be considered on application of MFN Clause of Tax Treaty • New rules for registration and approval of NGOs w.e.f. 01-04-2021 • SOFR as a replacement of LIBOR: Transfer Pricing considerations • Taxation of software payments – Understanding tax implications based on IP law Goods & Services Tax • Beneficial Exemption: Should it be construed in a Strict or a Liberal way? • The uncertainty encircling ITC availment on Corporate Social Responsibility Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code • Supreme Court upholds the sanctity of Resolution Plan & the ‘Clean Slate Theory’ under IBC
Fourteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2017 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business • Dealing with construction permits • Getting electricity • Registering property • Getting credit • Protecting minority investors • Paying taxes • Trading across borders • Enforcing contracts • Resolving insolvency These areas are included in the distance to frontier score and ease of doing business ranking. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in these two measures. This year’s report introduces major improvements by expanding the paying taxes indicators to cover postfiling processes—tax audits, tax refunds and tax appeals—and presents analysis of pilot data on selling to the government which measures public procurement regulations. Also for the first time this year Doing Business collects data on Somalia, bringing the total number of economies covered to 190. Using the data originally developed by Women, Business and the Law, this year for the first time Doing Business adds a gender component to three indicators—starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts—and finds that those economies which limit women’s access in these areas have fewer women working in the private sector both as employers and employees. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2016, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business†?, and analyzes reforms to business regulation †“ identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. Doing Business illustrates how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. It is a flagship product produced in partnership by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 137 economies have used the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 2,182 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception.
This short introduction to issues of tax justice explains the meaning and causes of tax injustice and offers options for a better future. Providing insight into the specific failures of Africa s tax systemand the associated problems of capital flight, tax evasion, tax avoidance, and tax competitionthis book explores the role of governments, parliaments, and taxpayers, and asks how stakeholders can help achieve tax justice. Arguing that tax revenues are essential for establishing independent states of free citizens, it demonstrates how the tax consensus promoted by multilateral agencies, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, has influenced tax policy in Africa and led to a reduction in government revenues in many countries. "
Employee engagement (or a lack thereof) can often be linked to poor communication and a detachment from company goals. Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to boost communication, recognizing its impact on key business outcomes, such as productivity and profitability. This book offers fresh insights about opportunities to improve the quality of employee communications based on employees’ needs. It highlights the importance of simple, jargon-free communication that focuses on dialogue and content. High-performing organizations are more likely to think about communication from the audience perspective, rather than purely from the management perspective. The case studies offer readers a firm understanding of ways to implement and measure communication in daily practice. Effective communication requires planning and this book, with its focus on the US, Latin America, and emerging markets, will guide readers in using communication in the alignment of corporate and employee needs.
The Economic Survey is the budget document of the Government of India. It presents the state of affairs of the Indian economy. Economic Survey 2017-18 consists of two volumes. Volume I provides an analytical overview of the performance of the Indian economy during the financial year 2017-18. It highlights the long-term challenges facing the economy. Volume II is a descriptive review of the major sectors of the economy. It emphasizes economic reforms of contemporary relevance like GST, the investment-saving slowdown, fiscal federalism and accountability, gender inequality, climate change and agriculture, science and technology, among others.
This book reveals loopholes available within ambit of law, used by corporate in legal ways to avoid paying taxes. All abusive tax avoidance structures have been brought together here in a single book. There are infinite clandestine ways of indulging in tax evasion. But tax avoidance has to happen within the constraints of accounting principles and law. Tax avoidance preys on loopholes available within the ambit of law. Hence, the number of techniques at the disposal of an accountant for avoiding taxes is limited (while techniques for Evading tax are infinite). in this book, author has discussed key rulings of Indian as well as foreign Courts and brought out the modus operandi discussed in major Court rulings. He has also discussed The modus operandi of organized syndicates that facilitate tax evasion. Organized syndicates such as the stock market syndicates, shell company syndicates and hawaladar networks often facilitate in laundering of black money and their infusion into formal accounts. Business managers and forensic auditors should be aware of how these syndicates perform, so that they can raise red flags on detecting accommodation entries made in accounts on behest of the syndicates. It will help the forensic auditor in looking for trouble areas in accounts of a business concern. Based on true stories on: - Profit shifting - base erosion - sham transactions - tax havens - Money laundering.
