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 : The Court held that indirect share transfers deriving value from Indian assets are taxable. Treaty benefits were denied due to tax...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department Ministry of Finance, Government of India DTAA & FTC Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) & For...
Income Tax : The case explains the statutory framework governing appeals and revisions under the Income-tax Act. It highlights the role of face...
Income Tax : The article explains how ESOP taxation spans salary, capital gains, DTAA, and disclosure requirements. It highlights that errors i...
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 : The Delhi ITAT held that belated filing of Form No. 67 is only a procedural lapse and cannot extinguish substantive Foreign Tax Cr...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court affirmed that payments for cloud computing services are not royalty where no intellectual property rights are tr...
Income Tax : The Tribunal set aside the dismissal of a delayed appeal, holding that the issue of distribution fee taxability requires fresh exa...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consultancy payments for architectural services were not FTS since no technical knowledge was made availabl...
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...
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...
It was held that where the software is purchased across the counter as shrink proof software, then it is not akin to royalty both under the Income Tax Act or the DTAA. The Tribunal held that since the definition of ‘royalty’ has not been amended under DTAA,
Government of the Republic of India and the Government of Republic of the Marshall Islands, desiring to facilitate the exchange of information with respect to taxes have agreed as follows:
India and United States of America signed an inter- governmental agreement for exchange of country- by –country (CbC) reports on March 27, 2019. This enabled both the countries to exchange CbC reports filed by the ultimate parent organizations of multinationals in respect of jurisdictions, pertaining to the years commencing on or after January 1, 2016. […]
The India-Hong Kong DTAA enters into force from 30th November, 2018. The same would be effectively applicable from 01st April, 2019. Accordingly, the benefit of the provisions of the DTAA can be claimed in respect of the income derived in any year starting from April 1, 2019. The companies engaged into cross-border transactions with Hong […]
Indo-UK DTAA must be read as forming part of Indo-Spain DTAA as well and, therefore, the payment made by the assessee to the Spanish company for fabric testing would not constitute fee for technical services and consequently, section 195 of the Act has no application to such a receipt.
Ixia Technologies International Ltd. Vs ACIT(IT) (ITAT Kolkata) Since assessee`s case is covered by beneficial provisions of the India-Ireland DTAA, hence the retrospective amendment made in the provisions of section 9(1)(vi) of the Act, which provides that royalty would include consideration for transfer of all or any rights in respect of any right property, (including […]
S.O.1653(E).—Whereas an Inter-Governmental Agreement for Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports was entered into by the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the United States of America, which was signed at New Delhi on 27th day of March, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the said Agreement and enclosed herewith as Annexure);
In respect of foreign payments, TDS u/s. 195 is quite a grey area of the Indian Income Tax Act (act). Every payment to a non resident is not liable for TDS u/s. 195. A decision as to the coverage of any payment u/s. 195 requires determination about taxability of income in the hands of NR […]
Article 2(1) of the India-UAE DTAA provides that the taxes covered shall include tax and surcharge thereon. Education cess is nothing but an additional surcharge & is also covered by the definition of taxes.
Assessee-GE group had carried out business through PE in India and GE India constituted DAPE in India for all overseas GE Group entities as LO were discharging vital responsibilities relating to finalization of commercial terms and a prominent involvement in the contract finalization process.
