Income Tax : India introduced a 6% and later 2% digital tax to capture revenue from non-resident tech giants operating without a permanent esta...
Income Tax : A clear analysis of India’s 6% and 2% digital tax framework, its legal basis under the Finance Acts of 2016 and 2020, and its gl...
Income Tax : Explains how India introduced the Equalisation Levy to tax foreign digital companies without physical presence. Highlights its imp...
Income Tax : Examines whether India’s Equalisation Levy effectively addresses digital taxation challenges, highlighting its strengths, struct...
Income Tax : Equalisation Levy on online ads and e-commerce ends from AY 2026-27. Know scope, rates, compliance, exemptions, and due dates unde...
Income Tax : Key changes to Equalisation Levy from August 2024: the 2% tax on e-commerce transactions will be removed. Learn about the new prov...
Finance : Learn about the extension of India-USA agreement on Equalisation Levy 2020 until June 30, 2024, amidst OECD/G20 negotiations on di...
Income Tax : On October 8, 2021, India and United States joined 134 other members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework (including Austria, Franc...
Income Tax : The Government has not held any consultation regarding taxation of digital businesses as such. However, to address the challenges ...
Income Tax : The Government has introduced equalization levy of 6 per cent on online advertisers. The Finance Act, 2016 had inserted a separate...
Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur held that equalization levy not applicable as role of the assessee is merely conduit between the entity carrying out t...
Income Tax : Addl. CIT Vs Lenskart Solution (P) Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It was claimed by the Assessee that as the Assessee had made the payment to F...
Income Tax : The issue under consideration is whether the equalisation levy will be applicable in case of Mastercard Asia or not?...
Income Tax : Centralised Processing of Equalisation Levy Statement Scheme, 2023 shall be applicable in respect of processing of Equalisation Le...
Income Tax : CBDT extends due dates for electronic filing of various Forms under the Income-tax Act, 1961 On consideration of difficulties repo...
Income Tax : Central Government has decided to extend the time limits to 30th June, 2021 in the following cases where the time limit was earlie...
Income Tax : Payment of Equalisation levy. ─ The assessee or e-commerce operator, as the case may be, who are required to deduct and pay equa...
Income Tax : Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (International Taxation), Delhi, in supersession of this office order no. 1/2020 dated ...
Equalisation Levy (Digital Taxation) was introduced in India (the first country in the world to do so) in Year 2016 on online Advertisement, subsequent to the ‘Report of the Committee on Taxation of E-Commerce’ which proposed Equaliation Levy on Specified Transactions.
Digital Technology (DigiTech) & E-commerce Taxation Indian e-commerce and DigiTech industry have been grown to a new height in the past decade. We have seen exponential rise in the way people look at business and the modus operandi of managing a business. From high investments in space and layouts, people have diverted to high investments […]
India, being one of the fastest growing e-commerce market, is expected to see a spurt in the coming years. Moreover, any such pandemic that requires us to stay indoors and avoid physical interactions, has increased the requirement of operators and businesses to use digital platforms to cater customers and serve them with the best possible […]
Google Tax: India’s Tax perspective Introduction With ever evolving technological advancements, the businesses have found unique ways to operate their businesses just by relying on digital technology. As a result of the rapid technical development, the new business models have come with a set of new tax challenges in terms of connection, characterization and valuation […]
‘Equalization Levy’ has been recognized and accepted in the BEPS Report on Action 1 as one of the options that can be resorted to by countries under their domestic laws.
We have developed ourselves during 21st century much more than previous decades. We have become tech savvy and dependent on internet for fulfilling majority of our necessities. The emergence of e-commerce companies has dissolved national boundaries. We are fulfilling our daily needs on these companies. Many MNCs and other companies are conducting business in digital […]
Difference Between Equalisation Levy (El) on Specified Services and on E-commerce Supply of services The Finance Act 2020 has now been amended to impose an Equalisation Levy of 2% on consideration received by ‘e-commerce operator’ for e-commerce supply of goods or service. While the levy was initially imposed on B2B transactions, the present amendment attempts […]
Taxation of cross border e-commerce transactions has been a challenge for the whole world, including India due to location of the supplier, absence of physical presence, characterizing the nature of transaction (goods or service), administrative challenges in tracking and collecting taxes and taxing jurisdiction.
Equalization Levy Background of Equalization Levy:- Equalization 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. It is aimed at taxing business to business transactions. To bring in clarity in this regard, the government introduced vide Budget 2016, the […]
Equalisation levy was initially brought to impose tax on online advertisement including provision of digital advertising space on certain entities which did not have any physical presence in India but which earned revenue from Indian advertisers. The levy required every resident making payment for such services to deduct 6% equalization levy and deposit it to […]
