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DTAA rate not applicable to Dividend Distribution Tax under section 115O: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Special Bench ruled that DDT under section 115-O is a distinct tax on the company, not on shareholders. Treaty dividend rates ...

December 17, 2025 786 Views 0 comment Print

Comprehensive Guide: Tax Treatment of Dividends Received

Income Tax : Get a comprehensive overview of dividend taxation after the shift to the classical system. Covers TDS obligations, tax rates, DTAA...

November 18, 2025 21438 Views 1 comment Print

Key Provisions and Guidelines on Dividend Distribution

Company Law : Explore the key provisions on dividend declaration under the Companies Act, 2013, including rules, restrictions, and compliance wi...

February 6, 2025 3948 Views 0 comment Print

Rationalising Double taxation of dividends: A Key Consideration for Budget 2025

Income Tax : Double taxation of dividends burdens investors, deterring equity investments. Budget 2025 may reform rates to enhance economic eff...

January 15, 2025 9012 Views 1 comment Print

Dividend Distribution: Types, Rules & Penalties

Company Law : Learn about dividend types, declaration processes, and penalties for non-payment under the Companies Act....

December 25, 2024 4227 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Allows DTAA Benefit on Dividend Distribution Tax as DDT is Tax on Shareholder Income

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that Dividend Distribution Tax paid on dividends to non-resident shareholders could be restricted to the treaty ra...

May 22, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

SC to Decide Whether Dividend Distribution Tax Is Tax on Dividend or Distributed Profits

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has framed substantial questions on whether DDT under Section 115-O is a tax on shareholder dividend income or o...

May 19, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print

DDT Must Follow DTAA Limits Because Dividend Is Shareholder Income: Bombay HC

Income Tax : Court held that dividend remains income of the shareholder and DDT is an additional income tax covered under Article 2, restrictin...

December 11, 2025 1353 Views 0 comment Print

DTAA Cannot Reduce Dividend Distribution Tax: ITAT Chennai Rules DDT Refund Not Allowable

Income Tax : Chennai ITAT rules Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) is a company tax and not covered by DTAA, rejecting the refun...

September 29, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

Section 115-O Rate Applies for Additional Tax on Dividends to Non-Residents, Not DTAA Rate

Income Tax : Explore Sennheiser Electronics India vs Circle – 4 case at ITAT Delhi. Section 115-O rate applies for additional tax on dividend...

January 19, 2024 1419 Views 0 comment Print


New Regime for Taxation of Dividend Income in Context of Resident Individuals

June 20, 2020 73635 Views 0 comment Print

If you have invested in the Shares and earning the dividend Income from the domestic companies then this article will going to be really informative to you as there is some changes made by the Budget 2020 in respect of Taxing the Dividend Income received from Domestic Companies. In this article, we only discussed the […]

Taxability of Dividend under Income Tax Act

June 17, 2020 40647 Views 4 comments Print

1. What is Dividend ? – As an investor when you invest in an entity, you expect something in return on the value of investment. The amount invested in an entity is used by the entity to expand and grow their business and earn more profits. The profits earned by the entity is distributed to […]

Taxability of Dividend for Residents & Non Residents w.e.f 01.04.2020

June 14, 2020 14283 Views 3 comments Print

Dividend Taxability provisions of Income Tax Act with effect from 01st April 2020. Recently, there have been number of changes in the taxation provisions of dividend. Following are the provisions of Tax rates that are applicable to residents and non residents with effect from 1st April 2020, the situation in which dividend would be taxable […]

Analysis of Dividend Distribution Tax & TDS on Dividend

June 6, 2020 8832 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of various aspects of Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT), TDS on Dividend as per Income tax Act, 1961 or DTAA Till FY 2019-20 the Company was required to pay Dividend Distribution Tax on Dividend declared or paid or distributed as per provision of section 115-O of Income tax Act, 1961 at the prescribed rate of […]

Dividend Distribution Tax Abolishment (Advantageous to MNCs)

May 31, 2020 7413 Views 0 comment Print

Abolishment of Dividend Distribution Tax [Advantageous To Multinational Companies (MNCs)] This article is focused on one of the key amendments proposed in union budget 2020 i.e. abolishment of Dividend Distribution Tax. We have analysed here the impact of DDT abolishment on resident as well as overseas shareholders with the help of facts & findings. Presently […]

Impact of Budget on removal of DDT on Corporates & Investors

May 21, 2020 1827 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2020 has proposed to make dividend income from shares and mutual funds taxable in the hands of the recipient at the applicable income tax slab rates to the individual and abolish the Dividend Distribution Tax levied on dividend income from distribution by the company or mutual funds house. India currently levies Dividend Distribution Tax […]

Tax Planning: Buy-back or Dividend

May 9, 2020 8967 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Act 2020 has made significant changes in the way dividend was taxed in India, up to the Financial year 2019-20 dividend was liable to be taxed at the time of distribution by the company u/s 115-O @ 20.56% (effective rate). Dividend income in the hands of the shareholders was exempt, except for resident individual […]

Abolition of DDT and Its Impact

May 8, 2020 12888 Views 2 comments Print

Vide the Finance Act, 2020 the government has finally heard the cries of these companies by re-introducing the conventional system of taxation of dividend. At the same time, we should not be forgetful of the reason behind introducing the DDT system. The administrative defunct and the long process against the simplistic procedure under the DDT definitely made things more smooth and transparent. 

Anomaly in provisions for taxing dividend income, as per Finance Act, 2020

May 3, 2020 4809 Views 0 comment Print

While drastically changing the erstwhile provisions regarding taxability of Dividend Income, there remains an anomaly in relation to cascading effect scenario. The same is dealt hereunder: In the erstwhile provisions, to avoid cascading effect (i.e. multi-level taxation of same dividend income), the tax rate u/s 115O was calculated on the amount of dividend distributed as […]

Dividends – No Longer Tax Exempt? under the Income Tax Act, 1961

May 2, 2020 8361 Views 5 comments Print

Section 115-O of the Act, provides that, in addition to the income tax chargeable in respect of the total income of a domestic company, any amount declared, distributed or paid by way of dividends shall be charged to additional income tax @15%* (plus applicable surcharge and health & cess)

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