Welcome shift on GAAR

The Shome Committee Report seeks to address a number of concerns on general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR) and, thereby, mitigate the negative publicity India had received on this count. GAAR, initially sought to be introduced vide the Direct Taxes Code, was introduced a year early - as a possible response to some of the observations of the Supreme Court in the Vodafone case - the implementation was then deferred by a year as a result of all the negative publicity it got.

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