DURING the first half of November, I was part of a ‘mission' to North Korea. This was a ‘special' sort of mission, as business meetings were definitely part of the agenda and I, for one, recognized that this was indeed a unique opportunity for myself to visit a place not visited by many – ....

THE much-awaited amendment to the India-Switzerland tax treaty has finally been notified by the FTD on the 27 th December 2011. The Protocol amends the existing treaty and the accompanying protocol. Although the contents of the treaty were available in the Western media much earlier, in India, people outside the tax administration do not ....

TAXATION of exports such as fertilizers, coal, crude oil and food by one country can impact fiscal deficit of the importing countries. This correlation exists due to the subsidization of fertilizers, electricity, petroleum products and food by many countries.