Germany

The government may soon be able to obtain classified financial data from tax-haven countries and some foreign shores as it plans to set up new overseas Income Tax offices in countries like the US, the UK and Cyprus to liaise with local tax authoritie Full Article

It is proposed to create 8 new overseas Income Tax (IT) Units in Indian Missions abroad to have effective exchange of information on tax matters under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). Two overseas income tax units at the Indian missions in Mauritius and Singapore have been already set-up. Full Article

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the government is in the process of setting up 8 more income tax overseas units, including in the US and Britain, to facilitate exchange of tax related information. At present, the government has one such unit (ITOUs) each at the Indian mission in Singapore and Mauritius. Full Article

The government has set up two income tax overseas units at its missions in Singapore and Mauritius and will create such units in eight more countries to facilitate exchange of information on tax-related issues, Parliament was informed today. Full Article

The Development Committee of the World Bank, in its meeting held on 25th April, 2010 at Washington DC, took historic decisions relating to increasing the financial capacity of the Bank and enhancing the role of developing countries in its governance. These decisions would be of great benefit to India – both as a borrower from and as a shareholder of the Bank. Changes in the World Bank’s Voting Structure Full Article

The Ministry of Finance hosted a key meeting of the Steering Group of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes at New Delhi on 11th – 12th February 2010. The G-20 had asked the Global Forum to complete their peer review processes and to assess adherence to international standards. Full Article

Existing Income-tax Act provides that income earned by a non resident by way of ‘Royalty’ or ‘Fees for Technical Services’ (FTS) shall be charged to income tax at 10 per cent. The rates of tax in most of the Tax Treaties are also 10 per cent in respect of income from Royalty or FTS. Recently, India has signed tax treaties with several countries, eg: Full Article