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In June, 2020, the US Trade representative initiated an investigation of India’s 2020 Equalisation levy (EL 2020) under the Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether India’s EL 2020 is unreasonable / discriminatory and burdens / restricts U.S. commerce. The report was made public on 06 January, 2021.
Equalisation Levy was introduced in India in 2016, with the intention of taxing the digital transactions i.e. the income accruing to foreign e-commerce companies from India.
Equalization levy was introduced by the Finance Act,2016 on certain non resident companies and related activities. The levy was applied @6% on certain ‘specified services’ such as online advertisement, any provision for digital advertising space or any other facility or services for the purpose of online advertisement if the aggregate amount of consideration for specified services in a previous year exceeds 1 lakh.
Payment of Equalisation levy. ─ The assessee or e-commerce operator, as the case may be, who are required to deduct and pay equalisation levy, shall pay the amount of such levy, by remitting it into the Reserve Bank of India or in any branch of the State Bank of India or of any authorised Bank accompanied by an equalisation levy challan.
Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (International Taxation), Delhi, in supersession of this office order no. 1/2020 dated 29.05.2020 (F.No. Pr. CCIT(IT)/Delhi/Juris./Eq. Levy/2020-21137), hereby authorise the income-tax authority/authorities specified in Col No.(2) below and having their headquarters mentioned in Column (3) and working under supervision of Range Head mentioned in Column No. (4) and Commissioner of Income-tax mentioned in Column no. (5), shall have jurisdiction in respect of the assessees specified in Column (6) for the purpose of Chapter VIII of Finance Act, 2016.
Equalisation Levy was introduced in 2016 with the intention of taxing the digital transactions on certain non-residents businesses. It aimed at taxing business to business transactions. The levy was applied at a rate of 6% on certain specified services such as online advertisement and any provision for digital advertising space or any other facility or service for the purpose of online advertisement.
Equalisation Levy is a form of direct tax. The primary issue with such type of unconventional taxing is lack of payment getaways and methods, for this reason the payment is withheld at the time of payment by the service recipient.
As per section 165 of Finance Act. 2016, equalisation levy shall be charged at the rate of six percent on the amount of consideration for specified service received or receivable by non-resident from
Equalisation Levy was introduced via the Finance Act 2016 with effect from 1st June 2016. The EL was levied at 6% on consideration received or receivable by a non-resident for specified services from (i) any person resident in India carrying on business or profession in India or (ii) a non-resident having a PE in India.
1. Background There has been significant expansion of Information and Communication Technology. With increase of E-commerce and newer concepts like cloud computing, the significance of Digital Economy in global market has increased manifold times. Indian Income Tax Act majorly focused on the physical presence of enterprises for taxing them however Big Giants of Digital Space […]
