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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


Applicability of Section 206AA in case of Non Resident

July 30, 2015 4025 Views 0 comment Print

Section 206AA has been brought into Act from 1.4.2010. This section talks about furnishing of Permanent Account number (PAN) by any person entitled to receive any sum or income or amount on which tax is deductible under Chapter XVIIB. This provision cast a obligation on any person receiving an income to furnish PAN to deductor, failing on which tax shall be deducted at the higher of following;

In absence of transfer of full and absolute ownership right payment made for know-how or intellectual properties is to be treated as royalty

July 13, 2015 3539 Views 0 comment Print

Lump-sum payments are covered under the term royalty. The agreement postulated grant of permission to use or right to use intellectual property rights or knowhow and it is not a case of outright sale.

Section 206AA v/s 90(2)- Which will prevail over other

July 9, 2015 7261 Views 0 comment Print

One of the decisions rendered by the Bangalore ITAT in the year 2012 relating to Section 206AA, in case of Bosch Ltd. (141 ITD 38) confirming its ability to Override the provisions of the Entire Income Tax Act. However as regards dispute that was there before the Hon. bench was only with regard to Section 139A(8)(d) read with Rule 114C and 206AA.

Consultancy services and Independent personal services in the context of a DTAA explained

June 18, 2015 10937 Views 0 comment Print

Since the income of CGS International and Marble Arts & Crafts can only be classified under Article 14 or Article 22 of the DTAA – both of which provide that the income shall be taxable in the State of residence (UAE)–the issue as to whether the services provided by the two UAE entities fall within the scope of professional services under Article 14 is irrelevant to the outcome of this case.

This summer, Pune favours Assessees and Bangalore favours Revenue

June 8, 2015 2263 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT, A Bench has in the case of IBM India Private Ltd., v ITO (TDS) held that Tax deduction at source / Tax collection at source [TAS] Provisions are attracted even if the provision is made in the books of account to measure the economic performance of the entity irrespective of whether the exact amount and the payee is determined or not.

India – Demark amends DTAA to share information held by banks or financial institutions

May 22, 2015 517 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 45/2015 – Income Tax Dated- 22nd May, 2015 Central Government hereby directs that all the provisions of the said Protocol between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark as set out in the Annexure hereto, shall be given effect to in the Union of India with effect from the first day of February, 2015.

Govt. approves revised DTAA with Korea

May 6, 2015 1346 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Agreement between India and the Republic of Korea for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of fiscal evasion taxes on income The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for revising the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) which was signed in 1985, between India and the […]

Claim of treaty benefits by Foreign Institutional Investors under DTAA

April 24, 2015 2844 Views 0 comment Print

It has come to the notice of the Board that several Foreign Institutional Investors receiving income from transactions in securities claim such income as exempt from tax under the Income Tax Act, 1961(‘the Act’) by availing benefit provided in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements(‘DTAAs’) signed between India and their respective countries of residence.

Double Taxation Issue of Non Residents & relief under DTAA

April 18, 2015 4704 Views 0 comment Print

How to claim benefit of relief under double taxation avoidance agreement by Non-Resident OR How to avoid tax of same income in two Country i.e. Country of Resident of Person and Country of Source of Income– In the era of greater connectivity across globe there is significant movement of manpower from one country to another and this lead to the arisen of tax issues of income earned in more than one country in single financial year.

India-UK DTAC- Suspension of Collection of Taxes during Mutual Agreement Procedure

April 10, 2015 2143 Views 0 comment Print

Instruction No 3/2015, dated 10th April, 2015 India-UK Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion (DTAC or the Convention) – Suspension of Collection of Taxes during Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) – Regarding

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