India’s angel tax

July 10 2019

Generally, income taxes are not levied at the same time as the investment transaction in the share capital of any company because this amounts to the allotment of new shares. However, writes Anand Jaiswal of Infosys, this route of investment has been misused by many to dump huge funds in otherwise less valued companies for various reasons, including round-tripping and money laundering.

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