General Anti-Avoidance Rules give tax authorities power to disregard transactions lacking commercial substance.
Implemented to prevent aggressive tax planning. GAAR examines whether arrangement's main purpose is tax benefit.
Commercial rationale must exist beyond tax savings. This doesn't prevent legitimate structuring—it prevents artificial arrangements.
Every structure needs genuine business purpose documentation. Pure tax-driven transactions without business logic get challenged.
Does every element of your structure serve documented business purpose?