Final GAAR guidelines likely by Oct end
2 Oct 2012 12:43 AM GMT
The Income Tax department will come out with final guidelines by the end of this month on implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules [GAAR], Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday. The guidelines will be based on the suggestions of the committee headed by tax expert Parthasarthi Shome who submitted the final report to the minister earlier in the day.
'I expect Stage 1-finalisation of our views on the final report [by Shome Committee] to take place in next 10 days.
Stage 2-the final GAAR rules would take another 10 days because that would require vetting by the Ministry of Law.
'So at the moment, I would like to complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 ... that would be [done] by the end of this month,' Chidambaram said.
The ministry, Chidambaram said, would first finalise its report on GAAR and then consider if there was a necessity to amend the Income Tax Act.
'...And the 3rd Stage if it is necessary to amend the IT Act, I am afraid it will certainly take longer because that has to go to Cabinet and the Act has to be amended,' he said. The Shome Committee had in its draft report recommended postponement of the controversial tax provision by three year to 1 April 2016, and abolition of capital gains tax on transfer of securities. It had suggested that GAAR provisions should not be invoked to examine the genuineness of the residency of entities in Mauritius.
Chidambaram said the other report by the Shome Committee on indirect transfer of assets by non-resident Indians would be put up on the ministry's website for comments.  Â
'I expect Stage 1-finalisation of our views on the final report [by Shome Committee] to take place in next 10 days.
Stage 2-the final GAAR rules would take another 10 days because that would require vetting by the Ministry of Law.
'So at the moment, I would like to complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 ... that would be [done] by the end of this month,' Chidambaram said.
The ministry, Chidambaram said, would first finalise its report on GAAR and then consider if there was a necessity to amend the Income Tax Act.
'...And the 3rd Stage if it is necessary to amend the IT Act, I am afraid it will certainly take longer because that has to go to Cabinet and the Act has to be amended,' he said. The Shome Committee had in its draft report recommended postponement of the controversial tax provision by three year to 1 April 2016, and abolition of capital gains tax on transfer of securities. It had suggested that GAAR provisions should not be invoked to examine the genuineness of the residency of entities in Mauritius.
Chidambaram said the other report by the Shome Committee on indirect transfer of assets by non-resident Indians would be put up on the ministry's website for comments.  Â
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