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...
The issue which is arising in the present appeal is whether there is DAPE. The Assessing Officer has alleged the existence of DAPE on account of alleged marketing activities undertaken by Indian entity on behalf of the assessee company.
Corporate India today serves global needs and brings in overseas income which is chargeable to Indian tax net as a resident of India. Flip side of this paves way for claim for taxes paid at foreign jurisdiction based on the source of income.
The issue under consideration is whether the contention of AO is correct in holding that the income from sale of shrink-wrapped software is taxable in India as a royalty?
The issue under consideration is whether it is correct to treat the Subscription fees received from subscribers on sale of online product as Royalty income under Income Tax Act?
Whether the agent in India was a ‘Dependent Agent’ constituting a permanent establishment (PE) and the appellant was, therefore, liable to be taxed as per India UK DTAA?
Double Tax Avoidance Treaty India-Singapore The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement is a tax accord between two countries to avoid taxing of same income by two countries levying their own tax. Double Taxation unjustly penalizes income flow between the countries and thereby discourages trade & commerce between the countries. To mitigate the above problem and to […]
whether the assessee has to deduct tax at source at the rates prescribed in section 206AA in case the payees are unable to furnish their PANs, even if tax liability arises out of the treaty?
Marriot International Inc. Vs DDIT-International Taxation (ITAT Mumbai) In the instant case, the assessee has undertaken the job of marketing the “Marriott / Rennaisance” brands. There is no doubt that the assessee company belongs to Marriott group. Further the claim of the assessee that it was undertaking the marketing work on cost to cost basis […]
Lease Plan India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) In the present case apparently, AE has not provided any capital to the appellant on which income is earned. It is a corporate guarantee , being a surety to the lender bank of the appellant that, if in a case, in future, the appellant fails to […]
Income from cloud hosting services had erroneously held as royalty within the meaning of explanation (2) to section 9(1)(vi) as well as Article 12(3)(b) of the Indo-USA DTAA by AO and DRP as the Data Centre and Infrastructure therein was used to provide services belonged to assessee and customer did not have physical control or possession over the servers and right to operate and manage this infrastructure/servers vested solely with assessee.
