Could you be arrested for unpaid student loans?

  Here are a few things we already know about student loans: US borrowers owe over $1.2 trillion in student loans Over 43... Read more »

Behind the invisible hand

The concept of substantial ownership and effective control is inherent in aviation law globally Read more »

A short-term revenue maximisation strategy

E-com companies will incur huge expenditures to tweak their IT systems to deal with entry tax in various states Read more »

Mukesh Butani: There is need to provide FIIs with tax certainty

Tax certainty is a significant concern for FIIs, especially in the case of mutual fund FIIs that have a wide investor-base Read more »

Auction must fetch fair market value

Circle rates are not a true measure to determine the actual market value of a property, the Supreme Court stated while dismissing the appeal case, E-City Entertainment vs State of Uttar Pradesh Read more »

Curbing the power of regulation

The power regulator and the sector can learn from a 5-year legal battle and an order by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity Read more »

Tax shadow over deals with unhelpful jurisdictions

Madras HC on tax havens and non-cooperative jurisdictions Read more »

EY Survey on reporting standards: What spooks corporate India?

In the survey, respondents said there was a need to improve the information technology infrastructure to improve reporting. Forty-eight per cent of the Indian respondents identified data consistency as a top challenge Read more »

Excise brass displays a welcome change

Where a contested audit objection becomes a draft audit para and, on examination, CBEC finds merit in the objections, it may issue directions to issue an SCN and adjudicate the case on... Read more »

Kerala loses claim on atomic minerals

The recurring legal issue over the control of minerals between state governments and the Centre surfaced again when the Kerala government claimed rights over atomic minerals on the southern coast and the... Read more »