07/12/2015

India, US sign FATCA to fight offshore tax evasion

Under the agreement, banks, mutual funds, insurance, pension and stock-broking firms will report their American client details to the tax department for sharing with the USA, said a finance ministry official, who declined to be named.

07/05/2015

Australian Tax Office pays to fire, pays to hire

The ATO is looking to catch more big-time tax cheats by hiring new specialist public servants, just months after paying more than 400 of them tens of millions of dollars to leave.

06/29/2015

Govt to expand corporate tax discounts

The government is to offer corporate tax discounts in a revised tax holiday regulation, aiming to attract more investors and boost economic growth.

06/23/2015

Will sort out India-Mauritius DTAA woes soon: Mauritius FM

Negotiations on India-Mauritius DTAA are to happen on June 29. Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, the Finance Minister of Mauritius said they will submit a new protocol for that, which will have issues related to capital gains with respect to DTAA.