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Recently, the Mumbai bench of ITAT has given its final order in the case of Morgan Stanley Mauritius Co. Ltd. v. DCIT,[1] holding that dividend payments made by a foreign company to its domestic depository which were subsequently transferred to IDR holders are not taxable in India under the Indo-Mauritius DTAA. Despite the dividend income […]
A company is typically financed (or capitalized) through a mixture of debt and equity. Thin capitalization refers to the situation in which a company is financed through a relatively high level of debt compared to equity. Thinly capitalized companies are sometimes referred to as ‘highly leveraged’ or ’highly geared’. As a result of having a […]
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved anAgreement between the Republic of India and Saint Vincent and The Grenadines for the Exchange of Information and Assistance in Collection with respect to Taxes.
You were fed with newspapers headlines informing G7 gave its consent for Biden’s global tax proposal which ensures right companies pay right tax in right countries. Mr. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, the current American president brought the tax reform known as ‘Made in America tax proposal’ which is reproduced below for our detailed discussion. https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/MadeInAmericaTaxPlan_Report.pdf […]
My USA tax clients have started receiving third economic payment from Internal Revenue Service, * U S Treasury department, U S government. I am enclosing below the relevant website details for reference and shall cover the relevant information in this article. All information traces their origin to IRS website and I am totally bound by […]
Case Analysis on Cairn v. India: International Commercial Arbitration with special reference to United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty Background On January 20th 2012, the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict in the Vodafone case. The case was regarding tax invasion in regards to capital gains in lieu of sale of shares. The court held […]
Addition made on account of AMP expenses qualified as an ‘international transaction’ under the terms of section 92B(1) read with section 92F(v) was not justified as AMP Expenses did not qualify as an ‘international transaction’ for the purposes of section 92B firstly, there was no international transaction in the form of any agreement or arrangement on AMP expenditure incurred by assessee company; and secondly, under FAR analysis also, no such benefit from the AMP expenditure having any kind of bearing on the profits, income, losses or assets as accrued to the AE or any kind of benefit has arisen to the AE.
After 3 years of introducing the concept of ‘Significant Economic Presence’ (SEP) in the domestic tax laws, the Indian tax authorities have notified the thresholds for applicability of the SEP provisions. As per the notification 41/2021 dated 03 May 2021, the payment threshold in respect of any goods, services or property carried out by a […]
The taxation of the digital economy was first on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) list of 15 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action items. BEPS Action Plan 1 was announced in 2013 in which it had partially addressed the challenges that would be faced by the digital economy.
Income from cloud hosting services is erroneously held as royalty within the meaning of explanation 2 to section 9(l)(vi) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) as well as Article 12(3)(b) of the India – US tax treaty
