international taxation

Understanding Over Taxation and Ways to reduce it

Income Tax - A Company is a separate legal entity from its shareholders. Under S.2 (7) of the Income Tax Act, all entities can be shareholders. For example, sometimes Companies themselves are shareholders in other companies and draw Inter Corporate Dividends from the other. ...

Income Tax Provisions applicable to non-residents

Income Tax - Every year the residential status of the taxpayer is to be determined by applying the provisions of the Income-tax Law designed in this regard (discussed later) and, hence, it may so happen that in one year the individual would be a resident and ordinarily resident and in the next year he may become ...

Transfer Pricing – The Expanded Version

Income Tax - The Finance Act, 2012 expanded the scope of the term International Transaction thereby giving the clarity as to what the legislature meant or rather deemed fit to be International Transaction and consequential amendments were also made to other connected sections of Transfer Pricing in the Income-tax Act, 1961. ...

German Income Tax: An interesting learning

Income Tax - Germany has been changing income tax laws since 1964 to keep pace with the changing industrial scene in the world. Its complex income tax structure and progressive tax rates are explained in this article. With the opening up of their economy for working professionals from software super power like India, Indian professionals have started ...

Section 195 Withholding tax provision and its compliances

Income Tax - Any person responsible for paying to a non resident (company or non company) any sum which is chargeable under the provisions of the Act, shall at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of cheque or draft or by any other mode , whichever is earlier, deduct income...

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Taxation of Non-Residents

Income Tax - ICAI released an e-book on Taxation of Non-Residents based on the law as amended by the Finance Act, 2018. The book contains following topics- Chapter 1. Residential Status Chapter 2. Income Deemed to Accrue or Arise in India Chapter 3. Income not to be included in the total income Chapter 4. Presumptive Taxation Chapter 5. […]...

India and Kazakhstan sign Protocol to amend DTAC

Income Tax - The Protocol provides internationally accepted standards for effective exchange of information on tax matters. Further, the information received from Kazakhstan for tax purposes can be shared with other law enforcement agencies with the authorisation of the competent authority of Kazakhstan and vice versa....

Govt clarifies on requirement of furnishing Country-by Country Report

Income Tax - The Government of India issues clarification regarding requirement for furnishing of Country-by Country Report under Section 286(4) of Income Tax Act, 1961. ...

ICRICT new paper: “A Roadmap to improve rules for taxing multinationals”

Income Tax - ICRICT is launching today a new publication presenting concrete solutions to reorient the existing system of international taxation away from serving the wealthy few and to focus it instead on addressing the needs of the vast majority of the population....

Section 195: 6 Suggestions made by ICAI for Rationalization of Provisions

Income Tax - Finance Act, 2012 extended the obligation to withhold taxes to non- residents irrespective of whether the non-resident has -...

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TPO cannot conclude presence of international transaction u/s 92B merely surmises

Moet Hennessy India Pvt Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) - Moet Hennessy India Pvt Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) In the present case, no new facts have emerged and all the facts brought to record, during the course of the assessment proceedings, do not indicate legally sustainable basis for coming to the conclusion that there was an internal transaction in res...

Determination of PE for Services Provided by Seconded Employees in India

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Int. Taxation)- ITAT Delhi - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Int. Taxation)- ITAT Delhi Analysis of the Samsung Case on the Determination of a Permanent Establishment (PE) for Services Provided by Seconded Employees of a Korean Parent to Its Subsidiary in India This article examines the ruling of the Delhi Bench of the I...

Duration of 12 months specified to constitute a PE is activity specific

Bellsea Ltd. Vs ADIT International Taxation (ITAT Delhi) - Onus is heavily upon the revenue to establish that that assessee's activity had crossed the threshold period of 12 months and hence constitutes PE in India in terms of Article 5(2)(g) so as to tax the receipts in India as per Article 7....

International transaction cannot be presumed merely on the basis of Statement of Assessee

Renault India P. Ltd. vs. DCIT (ITAT Chennai) - Renault India case: Just because assessee mentioned that marketing expenditure incurred by it helped promotion of Renault brand in India, it cannot be presumed that such expenditure resulted in any international transaction ...

CIT(A) cannot records Satisfaction about existence of international transaction instead of AO

Shilpa Shetty Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Shilpa Shetty case: Recording of 'satisfaction' about the existence of an international transaction was only within the jurisdiction of the AO and CIT(A) could not substitute his satisfaction for that of the AO....

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CBDT notifies protocol amending India-Portuguese DTAA

Notification No. 43/2018-Income Tax - (16/09/2018) - CBDT notifies protocol amending India-Portuguese DTAA vide Notification No. 43/2018- Income Tax Dated: 11th September, 2018...

India notifies provisions of DTAA/ Protocol entered with New Zealand

Notification No. 93/2017-Income Tax - (02/11/2017) - Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Government of New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes - Notification No. 93/2017 - Income Tax...

CBDT notifies rules for Country-By-Country Report and Master File rules

Notification No. 92/2017 / S.O. 3497(E) - (31/10/2017) - Information and documents to be kept and maintained under proviso to sub-section (I) of section 92D and to be furnished in terms of sub-section (4) of section 92D. 10DA. (1) Every person, being a constituent entity of an international group shall,-...

CBDT extends due date for filing of Country-by-Country Report for 2016-17 to 31.03.2018

Circular No. 26/2017-Income Tax - (25/10/2017) - Circular No. 26/2017 : Order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in respect of extension of due date for filing of Country-by-Country Report for reporting accounting year 2016-17...

Draft Notification on foreign company resident in India U/s. 115JH

F No 370142/19/2017-TPL - (15/06/2017) - CBDT invites comments and suggestions on the Draft Notification in respect of foreign company said to be resident in India under Section 115JH of the Income-tax Act, 1961...

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