Income Tax : Tax on dividends, interest, royalties and FTS earned by non-residents is governed by the more beneficial rate under the Income-tax...
Income Tax : The applicable withholding tax depends on the Income-tax Act or the relevant DTAA, whichever is more beneficial. Treaty rates diff...
Income Tax : This guide explains how the abolition of DDT shifted the tax burden on dividends from companies to shareholders from 1 April 2020 ...
Income Tax : The guide explains how residents can avoid double taxation through DTAA benefits, Foreign Tax Credit, and Section 91 relief, outli...
Income Tax : Form 41 is now compulsory for non-residents claiming DTAA benefits, replacing Form 10F. The update mandates online filing and ensu...
Income Tax : India and France have signed a protocol granting full taxing rights on capital gains from share sales to the country of company re...
Income Tax : CBDT issues clarification on Circular 01/2025, stating it applies only to the Principal Purpose Test in certain DTAAs and does not...
Income Tax : Explore challenges in TRC applications under DTAA by Indian companies. KSCAA proposes reforms for a simpler, efficient process. Le...
Income Tax : Explore the details of India's Double Tax Treaty with Cyprus, its signing date, benefits for both nations, tax recovery provisions...
Income Tax : Need for early amendment of DTAA regulations to stop the double taxation of Indian IT firms: Ms. Anupriya Patel tells the visiting...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held legal services are not FTS under Section 9(1)(vii) and directed partner-wise DTAA examination. FTS addition was de...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai allowed deduction of ESOP expenses under Section 37(1) by following Karnataka High Court's ruling in Biocon Ltd. Tribu...
Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that royalty refunded by a foreign company to its Indian subsidiary under an Advance Pricing Agreement ...
Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that Foreign Tax Credit cannot be denied merely because Form 67 was filed after the prescribed due date. The Tribun...
Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT ruled that no installation or supervisory PE existed in India as the activities did not exceed the 120-day threshol...
Income Tax : The government enforced a tax collection assistance agreement with Japan effective from 8 July 2025. The notification enables cros...
Income Tax : The amendment expands the definition of permanent establishment to include service-based activities exceeding 183 days. It clarifi...
Income Tax : The Finance Ministry notifies the India-Belgium protocol amending the 1993 tax treaty, effective June 26, 2025, updating definitio...
Income Tax : Notification implements the India-Qatar Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol, effective from the next fiscal ye...
Income Tax : Circular No. 01/2025 outlines the application of the Principal Purpose Test (PPT) under India's Double Taxation Avoidance Agreemen...
ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance made u/s. 14A of the Income Tax Act read with rule 8D deleted as tax free funds were more than investment made on which exempt income was earned.
ITAT Bangalore held that payment made by Google India Pvt. Ltd. to Google Ireland Limited (assessee) for sale of online advertisement space is not taxable in India as the same cannot be regarded as royalty or FTS.
Analysis of ITAT Delhi’s ruling: Sale of software products not taxable as royalty under India-Japan DTAA, citing Engineering Analysis case. Details of DCIT Vs Dassault Systems Biovia K.K.
ITAT Delhi held that expense towards management and marketing support service paid to foreign company is not taxable under Fee for Technical Service (FTS) under India-Netherlands Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and hence TDS not deductible u/s. 195 of the Income Tax Act.
Discover the ITAT Delhi ruling on taxing income from providing business support services to Indian group entities. Analysis of Solvay Asia vs. DCIT case under India-Thailand DTAA.
CIT – International Taxation Vs. ESPN Star Sports Mauritius S.N.C ET Compagnie (Delhi High Court) The Delhi HC affirms the order of ITAT that ESPN Distribution does not constitute a PE in India and income earned from sports channel distribution cannot be taxed as royalty under provisions of the ITA read with India-Mauritius DTAA. Background […]
ITAT Mumbai held that the payment made towards interconnect usage charges to foreign telecom operators does not accrue or arise in India and in the absence of any permanent establishment in India could not be brought to tax in India under Article 7 of DTAA.
ITAT Delhi held that revenue received from various hotel owners for providing various centralized services cannot be treated as fees for included services (FIS) either under Article 12(4)(a) or 12(4)(b) of the India-US tax treaty. Thus, in absence of PE in India, the same is not taxable.
Debarghya Chattopadhaya vs DCIT – Kolkata ITAT rules taxpayer, possessing tax residency certificate and taxed in another contracting state, deserves treaty benefit u/s 90. Full analysis here.
HCG Global Communications Ltd. vs. DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) case ruling: Telecom interconnect usage payments received by a foreign company from an Indian operator deemed non-taxable as ‘royalty’ under the Income Tax Act.
