Indian audit regulators spar on proposed change for companiesIndia's accounting regulators are clashing over a proposal to make parent company auditors responsible for consolidated financial statement...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
Investors to pay tax on buybacks now; promoter plans may be hitThe new budget shifts share buyback taxes to investors, impacting promoters, large shareholders, and exit strategies, particularly in famil...
24 Jul, 2024, 07.33 AM IST
ET Explainer: Debating promoter reclassificationSebi committee discusses but ultimately rejects proposal to reclassify promoters in listed companies, maintaining the 10% threshold rule. C...
12 Jul, 2024, 07.19 AM IST
Expectation is that reforms will continue, but it may not be as simple as that: Ketan Dalal"Let’s take a look at some key areas where reforms are needed, but could be impacted; a crucial area of reforms is that of land reforms, gi...
23 Jun, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
Business families seek legal advice to amend tightly written deeds of family settlement amid global expansion plansBusiness families, particularly in India, are increasingly seeking legal counsel to amend rigid Deeds of Family Settlement (DFS) originally...
19 Jun, 2024, 05.00 AM IST
PE investors in IPO-bound cos have to forgo special rightsSebi advises private equity investors in IPO-bound companies to cancel special rights when filing updated IPO documents, exposing them to r...
12 Jun, 2024, 06.58 AM IST
Wealthy & Wise: The surging trend of will writing among Indian young professionalsThe trend that began with the pandemic has now gained traction, with young professionals attaching as much importance to estate planning as...
21 Dec, 2023, 07.15 AM IST
Now, listed firms will have to make all business deals publicTill now, companies enjoyed the discretion of determining whether a piece of information or event would be 'material' enough to be disclose...
18 Jul, 2023, 06.44 AM IST
CBDT clarification on tax on freebies could create complications for unlisted companies, say expertsThe government had introduced a new section (194R) to the Income-tax Act, under which a 10% TDS was to be levied from July 1 on transaction...
16 Sep, 2022, 08.33 AM IST
Big 4 may have country's largest crorepati clubThe Big Four firms had faced cash flow issues in 2020 amid the pandemic, but have since added scores of partners, rolled back salary cuts a...
29 Dec, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Firms including Vodafone, Cairn look for clarity on India's retro tax moveAs India looks to axe the retrospective tax provisions many companies including Vodafone and Cairn have reached out to their tax advisors t...
07 Aug, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
TVS Group approaches NCLT for business recastThe ownership restructuring would not affect either the management or functioning of the various listed and unlisted companies in the TVS G...
11 Feb, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
Circumventing FDI rules: Chinese investors can still invest in Indian companiesFirms looking to raise funds from Chinese investors are exploring the limited liability partnership model.
16 Jun, 2020, 09.14 PM IST
Reliance Communications shares surge 10% after brother’s bailoutThe funds provided to clear the dues – some Rs 480 crore – were a grant and not a loan, people familiar with the matter told ET.
20 Mar, 2019, 07.27 AM IST
Compliance blues spark exodus of independent directorsBoards are being pulled up in most instances where loans have turned into NPAs, many of these companies in the infrastructure and core sect...
29 Dec, 2017, 12.30 PM IST
Independent directors head for exit doors on compliance stress“So much is the worry that an unsubstantiated letter written by a customer to board members was debated for half an hour in a board meeting...
07 Oct, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Tax reforms effect: Boutique tax firms carving out a nicheTax practice in India has grown at a fast pace and Indian companies and promoters pay anywhere about $ 1billion every year to their tax exp...
10 May, 2017, 10.16 AM IST