Tax Compliance

Startup India: How fintech companies can help entrepreneurs roll out operations on the right note

Fintech firms are offering value-added services like GST registration and filing, accounting with chartered accountant (CA) support, among others.

Govt's war on black money will not be complete unless tax evasion by big corporates is curbed

Lowering the threshold for subsidiaries of MNCs located in India to report their data on a country-by-country basis to Indian tax authorities, and enacting the Beneficial Ownership of Companies Bill will help curb corporate tax evasion

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe: Why Congress vice-president should end theatrics and offer solutions

The mistake Gandhi does often is to forget to ask the real questions and confine himself to theatrics in his public rallies, thus harming his own brand and leaving questions on his political acumen.

Budget 2017: For the salaried, tax rationalisation remains a distant dream

No major change has been provided leaving the salaried class empty handed at the end of the Budget.

Flipkart CFO Sanjay Baweja quits: With GST round the corner, his exit is the 'unkindest cut' for co

Sanjay Baweja is an expert on tax and compliance. He would have been of major help for Flipkart in transitioning to GST, which is expected to be rolled out from 1 April 2017

GST Bill passed: Positive for e-commerce despite cumbersome compliance issues

For e-commerce companies, the business can thrive only when there is seamless movement of goods. GST enables that

Gound reality: GST will increase compliance but won't be a panacea for all our problems

A revenue and inflation neutral tax rate is ideal, but may be a challenge to pinpoint at this stage

Why India is economically vulnerable to negative forces

The bright spot in all this is that India undertook path breaking reforms in early 1990s led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was the FM then, and the country is now looking to embrace hard economics to bring it out of the mess it is in at present.