AAFM Related Exams
CWM_LEVEL_2 Exam
Section C (4 Mark)
Read the senario and answer to the question.
During identification of new business opportunities, one of Harish’s friends Shekhar has offered him a business proposal. In this proposal a partnership firm consisting of two partners, Harish and Shekhar, shall take the franchise of a company which is a reputed brand in the field of pathology lab in which their investment and profit sharing ratio shall be equal.
Franchise rights shall be valid for 5 years and the project requires an upfront investment of Rs. 25 lakh for required infrastructure. The franchisee agreement has an option that the company can take over the franchisee after 5 years by charging depreciation @15% p.a. on straight line basis.
The projected profits from the firm are as follows:

Harish wants to know what IRR he will earn on his investment from this project ? (Please ignore taxes and assuming no additional investment is made during this five year period)
Section B (2 Mark)
As per Article 11 double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with US Interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.However, such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the interest is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed:
(a) ____per cent of the gross amount of the interest if such interest is paid on a loan granted by a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business or by a similar financial institution (including an insurance company); and
(b) _____ per cent of the gross amount of the interest in all other cases.
Section A (1 Mark)
Which among the following is not an advantage of setting up a trust?