SMEs need to be aware of new General Anti-Avoidanc...

If it was the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) that scared investors a year ago, a clumsily-worded proposal in the Finance Bill sparked alarm among foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and sent stocks to their worst post-budget performance in four years.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the modified provisions under the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) would be implemented from April 1, 2016.

Investors in Singapore are concerned over the pending implementation of Indias General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) and its impact on investments there. According to legal and tax executives, they were seeking more clarity on GAAR at a seminar here on the ...

Further guidance was released by HMRC last month on the important and much-anticipated General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR), designed to prevent artificial tax planning. Recognising the concern that the GAAR was generating unintended uncertainty for ...

Can mobile apps help us make better decisions in regulated environments? Computerworld - The kindergarten rules for living well, "share everything," and "play fair," aren't much use in the regulated corporate world. Those rules can even get you in ...

Athletes and officials will be forced to answer truthfully all questions from the Australian Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) under new rules introduced by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). In the midst of a doping probe into the NRL and AFL ...

A committee of Canadian lawmakers has released a study of tax evasion and the use of so-called tax havens that it says can form a basis for new measures to tackle such activities. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance resumed its study ...

ICAS members must act in accordance with ICAS Rules and Regulations and the ICAS Code of Ethics ICAS has issued a new set of principles on the issue of tax avoidance. Tweet Introduction Chartered Accountants have the skills, expertise and judgement ...

Freelancer's Question Expert's Answer The guidance is a very lucid explanation setting out what the GAAR is designed to achieve and it should help ensure that the rule works as intended and helps to reduce the incidence of abusive tax avoidance ...