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Legislative Intent or Error: Puzzle of Indian Tax Policy
Introductory Questions Let me start with a question: how does one discover legislative intent in a provision of tax statute? Through a plain reading of the provision or through a subsequent statement by the State’s legal…
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Tax Treatment of Mandatory CSR: Alignment of CGST Act, 2017 and IT Act, 1961
In this article, I elaborate on one of the several changes introduced by Finance Act, 2023 to CGST Act, 2017. Section 17, CGST Act, 2017 was amended via Finance Act, 2023 to clarify that the goods…