Indian Competent Authority Akhilesh Ranjan On BEPS

At the 69th IFA Congress in Basel, Taxsutra’s Arun Giri, accompanied by well known tax expert Mukesh Bhutani, interviewed India’s Competent Authority Akhilesh Ranjan. Mr. Ranjan is leading the country’s charge on BEPS, and offers candid views on various issues including confidentiality of information, possibility of a BEPS outcome that looks different for OECD and for the rest of the world, capacity building at tax administration as also tax officers having to change their mindsets and of course, India’s stand on mandatory arbitration, GAAR and predominance of multilateral instruments over bilateral treaties.

The interview is available in the attached document.
Attachments : Taxsutra BEPS Newsletter – Interview with Mr Akhilesh Ranjan.pdf