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Capital gains aren't taxed, inheritance taxes aren't charged, and individuals are taxed only on income earned in Singapore.

A full recognition policy which depicts the position of the company as at a particular date is really relevant to investors.

Finance needs to lead from the front and demonstrate more dynamism and embrace a customer-centric, service-oriented, innovation- and performance-driven culture.

The market reacts to bad news swiftly in order to avoid losses and does not react to good news in the same magnitude.

The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) is planning to set up centres of excellence at 10 places across the country, including ...

The High Court ruled that while demand for ransom is punishable, the law does not say that payment is an offence if it is meant to save a person's life.

CATAMARAN VENTURES

Most of the ventures being started are in the e-commerce space or have something to do with the Internet. Very few engineers choose to start ...

Mr N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys

They may not have had cinema theatres or television sets, but ancient Peruvians did share one part of our modern movie-watching culture — munching ...

It's not every day that the big ‘O' of the TV world turns up at a literary gathering in an Indian city to talk about her life and experiences. But ...

Compensation of accounting faculty is positively related to the quantity and quality of research output, as well as the reputation of the school from ...

Despite the perception of a greater emphasis on the intangible elements of the business, accounting systems continue to provide only minimal ...

Placing reliance on the opinion of a chartered accountant will not absolve the taxpayer from penal consequence for apparent incorrect claim. Thus ...

Internet giant Google has been named the best company to work for by Fortune magazine, taking the top slot in a list of 100 firms, with employees ...

After days of speculation, controversial author Salman Rushdie has called off his visit to India for the Jaipur Literature Festival citing security ...

The highest growth in tax collection was witnessed in vehicle tax registering a 61 per cent increase, followed by stamps and registration fee (42 per cent).

40 years of a bestselling chronicle of women's health.

Young graduates and professionals go back to the classroom, this time to teach for two years at government and municipal schools lacking in resources.

Chinese-Indians prepare to usher in a new year.

A pioneering blood test that could allow pregnant women know the sex of their unborn child as early as five weeks has been developed, but scientists ...

World Whisky Day, World Smile Day, Men's Day… today's my ‘Get Even Day'.

…in Maldives, with its exquisite islands crowding a beautiful sea.

In search of the nomadic Bedouin desert-dwellers, off the bustling tourist circuit.