OPINION
OVERSEAS BORROWINGS
A primer on corporate hedging
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EDITORIAL
The Myanmar connection
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Writ jurisdiction of courts
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TAXATION
Nurseries and exemption
Justice Khanna, in the Keshavanand Bharti judgment in 1973, propounded the sanctity of the basic structure of the Constitution. Had he been alive today, he would have been aghast at the violence being done to the basic structure of income-tax ...
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When the taxman pressed ctrl+alt+del on Microsoft
The Indian Income-Tax Appellate body has asked Microsoft to pay over Rs 700 crore in taxes. The amount itself makes front-page news. But as with any other dispute, it is advisable to understand the conflict and then arrive at one’s own ...
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The hollowness in tax audit exposed
Section 44AB in Income-Tax Act, 1961 was enacted “to facilitate the administration of laws by proper presentation of the accounts before the assessing officers (AOs) in carrying out routine verification, such as checking correctness of ...
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Amendments that don’t measure up
The Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was introduced into the income-tax code by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, taking effect from April 1, 2005. It was expected to give a major boost to both the income-tax department in terms of revenue and the ...
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LETTERS
Interest rates and inflation
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