The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 30, 2006

FOREIGN RELATIONS
EU is no Turkish delight
The long delay in Turkey becoming part of the European Union is bureaucratic, rather than political or strategic. For its own good the EU must find a way out of this muddle as it has as much to gain as Turkey. More

EDITORIAL
From defining 2006 to challenging 2007
The New Year offers policymakers an opportunity to bring prosperity to more people who missed the party in the year gone by. More

POLITICS
How tenable are Mr Bush's caveats?
There is nothing left to be hashed or rehashed on the hard-core, substantive part of the nuclear deal. There are, however, certain aspects concerning the remarks of the US President, Mr George W. Bush, on some ... More

TAXATION
Key High Court rulings in the I-T realm
A snapshot of decisions in 2006 which have applications in the practice of income-tax law More

Takeover of a going concern
In the Hooghly Mills case, the apex court held that no depreciation can be claimed in respect of gratuity liability even if it is regarded as capital expenditure. More

Interest on refunds
A recent High Court ruling that interest on refund due to an assessee is admissible only up to the date of signing of the refund order and not up to the date of the service of the refund order is controversial. More

Entire money comes into the common kitty of business entity
Colour of money was one of the points that the Punjab and Haryana High Court spoke about recently in a tax case. The dispute, between Rico Auto Industries Ltd, Ludhiana, and the Commissioner of Income Tax, was that Rico had diverted its ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY
The Thailand retraction, a misstep
Policies that subserve larger national interests should not be sacrificed at the altar of foreign investments More

LETTERS

Eradicating child labour

Liberalising insurance

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