- 01, Aug 2020
How Provident Fund is taxed: All you need to know
Provident Fund (PF) is a retirement-cum-savings scheme introduced by the Central Government considering the long term/retirement needs of the population. India is designed as a welfare state. However, owing to...
- 28, Jul 2020
Attribution of Losses and Transfer Pricing Woes
Transfer pricing regulations introduced via Chapter X in 2002, clearly provide that, the chapter is introduced to “Check Avoidance of Tax”. Further, Sec 92 (3), provides that “The provisions of...
- 03, Aug 2020
Building Atmanirbhar Bharat: Licences likely for furniture, toys and sports gear imports
"There's going to be an additional layer of compliance to be fulfilled, which in our understanding could be onerous and would be possible only for those products for which we...
- 31, Jul 2020
Govt restricts import of colour TV sets
Divakar Vijayasarathy, founder and managing partner at consultancy firm DVS Advisors LLP, said: “As there is no ban and only a restriction [is] being imposed, there is a possibility of...
- 31, Jul 2020
After Chinese apps and contractors, India puts restrictions on colour TV imports
“As there is no ‘ban’ and only a ‘restriction’ being imposed, there is a possibility of such imports; however, with prior approval of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade,” Divakar...
- 28, Jul 2020
Economic windfall of a US-India trade deal to be significant for both struggling economies
“An India-US trade deal will obviously augur well for both economies, considering the vast market opportunities [available] for both parties,” says Divakar Vijayasarathy, the founder and managing partner at DVS...
- 26, Jul 2020
Economic windfall of a US-India trade deal to be significant for both struggling economies
“An India-US trade deal will obviously augur well for both economies, considering the vast market opportunities [available] for both parties,” says Divakar Vijayasarathy, the founder and managing partner at DVS...
- 23, Jul 2020
Extention of date for claiming tax credit: HC asks Commissioner to refer issue to GST Council
Divakar Vijayasarathy, Founder and Managing Partner of DVS Advisors LLP, said the decision highlights the apathy in the system which refuses to be tax-payer friendly. “As much as we need...
- 20, Jul 2020
Why the India-centric overseas funds aren’t based out of India?
By Divakar Vijayasarathy A market is a place for buyers and sellers to engage and trade. Higher the number of participants, higher the demand and higher is the value creation...
- 16, Jul 2020
What Do High Inflation And Low Interest Rates Mean For Your Savings?
“According to Divakar Vijayasarathy, Founder and Managing Partner, DVS Advisors, the interest is the compensation for parting with money which makes sense only if it is higher than the depreciation...