GAAR may be eased further to soothe jittery investors
In an attempt to calm investor fears, the government is expected to further dilute the general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR) on tax evasion issues when the rules are finally approved by the Prime Minister's Office. Senior government officials told TOI that even the watered down GAAR draft, which has been circulated for public comments, has failed to pass muster with foreign institutional investors (FIIs) who remain jittery about the proposal.
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