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US death tax trap: Uncle Sam's wealth puzzle leaves rich Indians worried for their kidsRich Indian families are racing to shield booming US stock portfolios from America’s 40% inheritance tax, but face complex FEMA and LRS hur...
Net FDI inflows dip, investors opting for Mexico, VietnamOfficials and experts attribute this trend to the country having to compete with Mexico, Poland, and Vietnam, a preferred part of investors...
GAAR shadow over payments abroad worries India IncIndia Inc seeks clarity on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) for payments to foreign entities after a Supreme Court ruling. The govt offe...
India grandfathered gains from investments made before April 2017Investors holding assets acquired before April 1, 2017, have received a significant reprieve. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has clarifi...
No indexation benefit if property sold at a loss: Long-term capital loss to hit taxpayers harderNo indexation benefit on loss: The government has provided partial relief to the homeowners for properties bought before July 23, 2024 and ...
Govt may tweak rules for long-term cap gains taxCurrently, the holding period to qualify as a long-term asset for units of an equity-linked mutual fund is 12 months, whereas it is 36 mont...
Lens on investments via tax havens worries PEs"Many investments were made in India through Singapore, Mauritius and Cyprus entities that merely existed on paper... where it appears thes...
Unicorn IPOs may bring tax woes for early investorsPrior to getting listed unicorns have to bring down the per share price, so that small retail investors can participate in the issuance. Th...
Scrip-wise reporting not needed for day-trading, short-term capital gains in ITR: CBDTAs the grandfathering is to be allowed by comparing different values (such as cost, sale price and market price as on 31 January 2018) for ...
Tiger Global's tax dodge on Flipkart-Walmart deal is making Mauritius investors waryThree Mauritius-based investment arms of Tiger Global had approached the AAR after the Income Tax Department rejected their application see...
Mauritius tax: A 30-yr-old treaty India still can't finaliseIndia needs to make its position on the subject clear. Either we implement the stated policy of granting tax treaty benefits and ensure tha...
FPIs fear retrospective tax under new rulesMLI, which is going to replace everything from April 1 is silent on grandfathering.
FPIs, PE funds get notices from AARMany PE funds and FPIs that had invested in India through Mauritius and Singapore had got a grandfathering benefit whereby they were allowe...
Foreign investors unsure on tax exemption for hybrid papersSeveral foreign investors had subscribed to Compulsory Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS) before April 1, 2017.
Higher LTCG tax for those betting on mergersAs per latest rules, selling of any stock held for less than a year will be subject to short-term capital gains.
How equity oriented mutual funds are taxedMutual funds that invest 65% or more of their corpus in equity and equity-related securities at all times are called equity oriented mutual...
Capital gains on unlisted entities till Jan 31 to be grandfatheredJaitley in Budget 2018-19 had reintroduced the LTCG tax on gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh.
ESOPs may not get benefit of 'grandfathering' in new LTCG tax regimeIn the case ESOPs, where the stock is listed on the bourses after January 31, 2018, there would be no FMV as on Jan 31 because these shares...
Tax queries: How will the cost of acquisition be calculated for gifted shares?Dilip Lakhani, Senior Chartered Accountant, answers queries from our readers on income tax and other levies.
Grandfathering fears shake up FPIsThe Income-Tax Department also tweeted that ‘grandfathering’ will be applicable to FPIs.