HONG KONG – India is playing a major role in the global crusade against tax crimes and has completed negotiations for 16 new tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs), according to the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) M C Joshi.
PARIS – The Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development’s annual conference in Paris discussed the problems of trade mispricing, or transfer pricing abuse, and looked at how to combat it.
The Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development’s annual conference in Paris last week showed how taxpayers could benefit from a more transparent reporting standard, but activists admitted they must do more to engage companies in the debate.
WASHINGTON – India’s announcement that it had ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) has been welcomed as a “significant step”.
WASHINGTON – The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development (Task Force) has welcomed India’s announcement that it has ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).
HONG KONG – Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the country’s annual budget on February 28, which contained measures to ease the tax burden on investment as well as changes to indirect taxes, proposals to tackle ‘black money’ and a commitment to move forward with the new Direct Taxes Code.
NEW DELHI – While the Union budget disappointed those hoping for an amnesty scheme for black money transactions, top North Block officials virtually ruled out any such plan in the future.
LONDON – An international financial-crime watchdog was urged not to relax its stance on monitoring political officials in light of the desperate scramble to freeze the assets of recently deposed leaders in the Middle East and North Africa.
NEW DELHI: India and Norway are all set to expand the scope of their double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) to facilitate greater information exchange on potential cases of tax evasion. After changes to the Indo-Swiss tax treaty this would be the second such treaty that would be reworked to ensure smooth flow of information on tax-related issues.
Taxation News & Information—Worldwide tax changes and transparency measures need to be implemented soon in order to fight capital flight from poverty-stricken nations and worldwide tax evasion.
Business Guide Ghana–AFRICA loses about $1 trillion to illicit financial dealings which benefit the developed countries and make the continent poorer.
The Guardian — Large companies should reveal how much of their profits they pay in tax to developing nations to show they comply with local corporation tax regimes, Stephen Timms, the Treasury minister, will say tomorrow as part of a three-pronged effort to boost tax revenues in poor countries.
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