#Advance Ruling
Log in to FollowTo facilitate foreign investment into the country a number of steps have been taken by Government of India in the past. Setting up an Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax) to give binding rulings, in advance, on Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax matters pertaining to an investment venture in India is one such measure. The legal provisions of Advance Rulings were introduced through the Finance Acts of 1998, 1999 and 2003.
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Payments for referral services cannot be termed as fees for technical services (FTS)
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Ultimate Holding Company should not be considered as beneficial owner of gains arising to Subsidiary Company on sale of investments held by such Subsidiary Company
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FII’s Income from trading in futures and options is business income
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Mere reimbursement of costs based on a cost sharing agreement not liable to withholding tax
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Consortium members working together with independent scope not an AOP
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Supply of customized software and enabling client personnel to handle the system amounts to “fees for included services” under the India-US tax treaty
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Bombay HC rules on the binding nature of an advance ruling
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Payment received on account of supply of software products to independent third party re-sellers in India not royalties but business income
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AAR ruling is binding on the revenue authorities despite any contrary ruling in other tax payer’s case
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Taxability of Payment for assignment of contractual rights in connection with the supply of products to foreign company not having PE
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Taxability of transfer of shares of an Indian company from one non-resident to another non-resident for no consideration in the course of group reorganisation
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Taxability of income received by foreign company for procurement support services rendered by its Indian office to other foreign company
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AAR ruling is binding on a taxpayer and the Tax Authority in relation to transaction in respect of which the AAR ruling was sought: Bombay HC
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