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Need of Contract and It's Importance for Associations, Businesses, Corporates and Small Scale Industries

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“ A contract is a voluntary arrangement between two or more parties that is enforceable at law as a binding legal agreement. Contract is a branch of the law of obligations in jurisdictions of the civil law tradition ”. Contracts govern all transactions whether they are between firms or between firms and private individuals. Indeed, in most of the developed world, any transaction or commercial exchange is usually not undertaken without a contract. This trend is also catching up in the developing world where contracts are increasingly becoming the norm The most important aspect of any contract is to ensure that you fully understand all terms in the contract before you sign it. Many business owners have gotten themselves into sticky situations because of not reading a contract properly. If there is any terminology or phrases which you do not understand you should do your own research or alternatively turn to a business advisor for assistance. Companies around the world use contrac...

GST and Compliance as per Indian Legal Framework

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Goods and Services Tax In India and Applicability for Startups: By Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com advocate.sandigdhamishra@gmail.com Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a form of indirect taxation in India which allows merging of existing taxes into single system of taxation. Introduction of GST is a very significant step in the world of indirect taxes in India. By merging large number of taxes into a single tax would mitigate cascading taxation in a major way. With GST, it is anticipated that the tax base will be comprehensive, as all goods and services will be taxable with minimum exemptions. GST will have an impact on almost all the aspects of the business operations in the country. It is considered as one of the most significant and path-breaking tax reforms ever undertaken in the history of independent India, India embraced the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a landmark indirect tax reform from 1 July 2017. GST is a transaction tax that subsumes mos...

Buying Immovable Property, Legal Checklist

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Legal Aspects in buying immovable property in India: By Sandigdha Mishra, Adv. advocate.sandigdhamishra@gmail.com Buying a property, is not only buying a dream home but also your investment for life.  Hence p urchasing your first home can be an extremely intimidating process. You are confronted by many terms that you may not understand, and you may not realize how many necessary steps there are in the process. To make matters worse, everyone else, including the seller, banker, and real estate agent, may seem like they know exactly what is going on, so you may not feel comfortable asking questions. Even under Government Housing Schemes in India, unless all documents to be verified before buying a plot are presented for the land or plot you are allotted, no construction takes place. Documents needed to be submitted while the house or apartment is under construction. So be prepared to face the challenges which are involved in the property purchase with the help of this article that pr...