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...
Assessing Officer is directed to tax interest on income tax refund under Article 11(2) of India- Malaysia DTAA and not as Business Income
ITAT Mumbai held that transfer pricing adjustment on account of guarantee commission income is unsustainable in terms of India-Germany DTAA.
Clearing the understanding of term contracting states mentioned under DTAA between two countries with an interesting example. Learn what a contracting state is, and how it helps to avoid double taxation in two countries.
ITAT Chandigarh held that the amount of monthly assured return received till the time of possession of units is in nature of interest is taxable @15% under Article 12 of India-UK DTAA
ITAT has erred in holding that the entire payments received by the Assessee from its Indian Customers on account of Centralized Services viz. sales and marketing, loyalty programs, reservation service, technological service, operational services and training programs/human resources do not constitute ‘Fee for Technical Services’ as defined under Section 9(l)(vii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the ‘Act’) or ‘Fee for included services’ as defined under Articles 12(4) (a) of the Indo-US DTAA.
The determination of residency is first step in the whole process of finalizing tax aspect of certain transaction. One need to ascertain that if any income is accrue/arise or deemed to accrue/arise in India in terms of Section 4,5 and 9 of Income tax Act.
Delhi High Court held that as per Article 7(1) of DTAA attribution of profits to Permanent Establishment arises only if foreign enterprise is making a profit. The same is not applicable if foreign enterprise is making a loss.
ITAT held that payment received in India for providing logistics support services cannot be treated as royalty under Section 9(1)(vi) or fees for technical services under section 9(1)(vii) of Income Tax Act, 1961
Definition the Profits derived from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic, in the India- Singapore DTAA is exhaustive enough not only to include the air passengers but also mail, livestock or There is nothing mentioned in the India-Singapore DTAA to make an inference that the profits from transport of air passengers should not be covered under Article 8 of the Indo-Bhutan DTAA.
ITAT Mumbai held that payment towards buy-back of shares to an NRI doesn’t attract deduction of tax under section 195 as according to Indo-Singapore DTAA jurisdiction for taxing the capital gains arising in the hands of an NRI is in Singapore and not in India
