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Form 41 for DTAA Claims: Complete Guide under Income Tax Act 2025  

Income Tax : Form 41 is now compulsory for non-residents claiming DTAA benefits, replacing Form 10F. The update mandates online filing and ensu...

April 18, 2026 6471 Views 0 comment Print

Mauritius Route Hit: SC Rejects Tiger Global’s Treaty Claim in ₹14,439 Cr Flipkart Deal

Income Tax : The Court held that indirect share transfers deriving value from Indian assets are taxable. Treaty benefits were denied due to tax...

April 12, 2026 1161 Views 0 comment Print

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) & Foreign Tax Credit (FTC)

Income Tax : Income Tax Department Ministry of Finance, Government of India DTAA & FTC Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) & For...

April 9, 2026 4575 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Appeals & Revision across different Appellate Levels

Income Tax : The case explains the statutory framework governing appeals and revisions under the Income-tax Act. It highlights the role of face...

April 9, 2026 1530 Views 0 comment Print

Cross-Border ESOPs: Tax, DTAA & TP Implications for Indian Employees & Subsidiaries

Income Tax : The article explains how ESOP taxation spans salary, capital gains, DTAA, and disclosure requirements. It highlights that errors i...

March 26, 2026 834 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


India–France DTAA Amended to Grant Source Country Taxing Rights on Share Capital Gains

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...

February 24, 2026 1236 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Clarifies Guidance on Principal Purpose Test (PPT)

Income Tax : CBDT issues clarification on Circular 01/2025, stating it applies only to the Principal Purpose Test in certain DTAAs and does not...

March 17, 2025 2646 Views 0 comment Print

Representation to Simplify & Automate TRC Issue Process for Indian Companies

Income Tax : Explore challenges in TRC applications under DTAA by Indian companies. KSCAA proposes reforms for a simpler, efficient process. Le...

June 22, 2024 813 Views 0 comment Print

India-Cyprus Double Tax Treaty: Benefits, Tax Recovery & Golden Passport

Income Tax : Explore the details of India's Double Tax Treaty with Cyprus, its signing date, benefits for both nations, tax recovery provisions...

December 11, 2023 1830 Views 0 comment Print

Need for amendment of DTAA to stop double taxation of Indian IT firms

Income Tax : Need for early amendment of DTAA regulations to stop the double taxation of Indian IT firms: Ms. Anupriya Patel tells the visiting...

July 24, 2022 1041 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Foreign Tax Credit Cannot Be Denied Merely for Late Filing of Form 67: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that belated filing of Form No. 67 is only a procedural lapse and cannot extinguish substantive Foreign Tax Cr...

May 9, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Cloud Service Payments Not Taxable as Royalty Due to No Transfer of IP Rights: SC

Income Tax : The Supreme Court affirmed that payments for cloud computing services are not royalty where no intellectual property rights are tr...

April 29, 2026 432 Views 0 comment Print

Only Legitimate Tax Can Be Collected; ITAT Restores BBC Distribution Fee Royalty Taxability Issue

Income Tax : The Tribunal set aside the dismissal of a delayed appeal, holding that the issue of distribution fee taxability requires fresh exa...

April 29, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

No FTS on Project-Specific Design Services; ‘Make Available’ Test Not Met, No Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i)

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consultancy payments for architectural services were not FTS since no technical knowledge was made availabl...

April 16, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Investor Gains Not Taxable in India Due to DTAA Residency Rule: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The tribunal held that gains from sale of shares did not fall under Article 14(4). It ruled that Article 14(6) applies, making gai...

April 6, 2026 756 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Notifies India-Japan Tax Recovery Pact

Income Tax : The government enforced a tax collection assistance agreement with Japan effective from 8 July 2025. The notification enables cros...

April 2, 2026 708 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies amended India-Brazil Tax Treaty

Income Tax : The amendment expands the definition of permanent establishment to include service-based activities exceeding 183 days. It clarifi...

March 30, 2026 630 Views 0 comment Print

India Enforces Amended DTAA with Belgium from June 2025 to Curb Tax Evasion

Income Tax : The Finance Ministry notifies the India-Belgium protocol amending the 1993 tax treaty, effective June 26, 2025, updating definitio...

November 10, 2025 1059 Views 0 comment Print

India–Qatar DTAA & Protocol Notified by CBDT

Income Tax : Notification implements the India-Qatar Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol, effective from the next fiscal ye...

October 24, 2025 1578 Views 0 comment Print

Guidance on Principal Purpose Test (PPT) in India’s DTAAs

Income Tax : Circular No. 01/2025 outlines the application of the Principal Purpose Test (PPT) under India's Double Taxation Avoidance Agreemen...

January 21, 2025 5457 Views 0 comment Print


Sale of online advertisement space is not taxable if non-resident not has PE in India

November 7, 2022 1734 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that unless the non-resident, who is engaged in sale of online advertisement space, has a PE in India, no portion of receipts earned by it from sale of online advertisement space in India can be brought to tax in India as Act read with the relevant DTAA.

Salary income earned by NRI for work performed abroad not taxable in India

November 3, 2022 3555 Views 0 comment Print

Kanagaraj Shanmugam Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) From the fact it emerges that the assessee has stayed in India for 63 days during this year and his status, as per law, is non-resident. The assessee has worked in India for 21 days and offered proportionate salary to that extent to tax. For remaining period, the work […]

Freight from transportation of cargo via feeder vessels covered under India-France Tax Treaty not taxable

October 25, 2022 834 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that freight charges received from transportation of cargo through feeder vessels being part of shipping income in International Traffic is covered under Article–9(1) of the India–France Tax Treaty and hence not taxable in India.

Interest on income tax refund not taxable in terms of India-Netherland DTAA

October 25, 2022 3288 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that interest on income tax refund is a ‘debt claim’ payable by the Revenue in terms of Article 12(3)(a) of the India-Italy Treaty and thus such interest is not taxable and no TDS ought to be done by the AO.

ITAT directs CIT(A) to decide appeal on merits observing principle of natural justice

October 14, 2022 486 Views 0 comment Print

Toshiba JSW Power Systems Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Chennai) The AO had held that payment made by the assessee to non-resident towards cost of salary of seconded employees is fees for technical services as per section 9(1)(vii) of the Act and also as per Article 12(4) of India & Japan DTAA and held to […]

In absence of FTS clause Income is chargeable as Business profit & not taxable in absence of PE

October 13, 2022 2772 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs IQOR India Services Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Assessee submitted that there are a number of decisions of the co–ordinate Benches, wherein, with reference to India-Philippines DTAA, it has been held that, even, in absence of FTS clause, the income would be governed under the other provisions of DTAA, hence, has to be treated […]

Impact of residence status on taxation

October 11, 2022 3216 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the impact of residence status on taxation for Indian citizens abroad, NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs. Understand the rules, exemptions, and tax implications.

TDS credit allowed on Commission Income as it was not ‘Managerial Service’ under India Germany DTAA

September 30, 2022 1068 Views 0 comment Print

TDS credit was allowed as the commission income was not managerial service under India Germany Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).

Benefits of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)

September 28, 2022 18543 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains What is Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), and how DTAA  helps, types of relief under  DTAA, Benefits of DTAA, How to claim DTAA benefits in India and What are the documents required for an NRI to claim  DTAA benefit. What if you currently reside in the UK, have invested in India, and are […]

Income from supply of CAS & middleware products not falls under ‘royalty’

September 27, 2022 885 Views 0 comment Print

Income from supply of CAS and middleware products to indian customers, does not fall under ‘royalty’ as defined under Section 9(l)(vi) of Income Tax Act, 1961 and Article 12(3) of India- Swiss DTAA.

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