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Benefit to Non-Residents under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains the tax exemptions, concessional tax rates, presumptive taxation schemes, and compliance benefits available to...

July 3, 2026 114648 Views 0 comment Print

​International Business- Income Tax Sections to be remembered

Income Tax : The guide compiles the principal Income-tax Act provisions applicable to non-residents establishing business in India and resident...

June 30, 2026 18923 Views 1 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates: IT Act vs. Tax Treaties/DTAA

Income Tax : Tax on dividends, interest, royalties and FTS earned by non-residents is governed by the more beneficial rate under the Income-tax...

June 30, 2026 43609 Views 1 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates / Chart as per DTAA

Income Tax : The applicable withholding tax depends on the Income-tax Act or the relevant DTAA, whichever is more beneficial. Treaty rates diff...

June 30, 2026 455015 Views 28 comments Print

Why Your Indian Subsidiary Abroad Might Be Triggering Tax Residency You Never Signed Up For?

Income Tax : The article explains how India's Place of Effective Management (POEM) rules may treat a foreign company as an Indian tax resident ...

June 25, 2026 432 Views 0 comment Print


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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 2793 Views 0 comment Print

CRS & FATCA: Tax Transparency & Disclosure of Foreign Assets & Income

Corporate Law : Learn about CRS and FATCA, how India receives foreign account info, and the disclosure requirements for foreign assets and income ...

January 3, 2025 2094 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: New Rules for Including Foreign Taxes in Total Income

Income Tax : From April 2025, foreign taxes withheld must be included in total income for accurate reporting under section 198. Aims to prevent...

July 24, 2024 1587 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 906 Views 0 comment Print

Format of Declaration of no PE in India and Form No. 10F

Income Tax : Appendix-I Declaration of no PE in India Declaration required u/s 9 of Income Tax Act, and for claiming relief under an agreement ...

May 8, 2023 121902 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Deletes AMP TP Adjustment as No International Transaction Existed

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that AMP expenditure incurred in India without any agreement or arrangement with the foreign AE cannot be treate...

June 28, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

Excess Royalty Refunded Under APA Cannot Be Taxed as Only Retained Amount Is Taxable: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that royalty refunded by a foreign company to its Indian subsidiary under an Advance Pricing Agreement ...

June 20, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Partly Allows TP Appeal, Revises Comparable Selection for ALP Determination

Income Tax : The ITAT found inconsistencies in the selection and rejection of comparable companies for determining the arm’s length price of ...

June 17, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

No DAPE Where Distributors Act on Principal-to-Principal Basis ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a Dependent Agent PE arises only if agents habitually conclude contracts or secure orders on behalf of the...

March 12, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

Interconnect Service Charges Not Royalty: Karnataka HC Dismisses Appeal

Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court ruled that interconnect service charges paid to non-resident telecom operators do not constitute royalty....

December 10, 2025 549 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 1269 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 1797 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Amends India-Spain Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)

Income Tax : Explore the Notification No. 33/2024 on the agreement between India and Spain for tax exchange. Understand its implications and ch...

March 19, 2024 4563 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies Tax Information Exchange Agreement: India-Samoa

Income Tax : Explore implications of Notification No. 21/2024 from Indias Ministry of Finance regarding the tax information exchange pact with ...

February 7, 2024 1464 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Agreement Between India & Saint Vincent for information Exchange

Income Tax : Notification No. 96/2023-Income Tax: Learn about the agreement between India and Saint Vincent for tax information exchange and as...

November 1, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print


UN Model Tax Convention Vs. OECD Model Tax Convention: Significance of Distinction

August 21, 2021 33453 Views 0 comment Print

As the world moves increasingly towards economic integration and globalization there is a lot of cross border trade, investment and business which will only increase as more and more developing and least developed countries open up their borders for more business with the international community.

Rejection of Foreign Tax Credit For Delay/Non-filing of Form 67

August 13, 2021 14442 Views 6 comments Print

Bombay Chartered Accountant’s Society has made a representation to CBDT Chairman and draw his  attention towards the difficulties faced, in recent times, by resident taxpayers, in claiming Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) for their income abroad, while filing their return of Income in India. Full Text of their representation is as follows:- Bombay Chartered Accountant’s Society  […]

Significant Economic Presence (SEP)

August 13, 2021 40764 Views 0 comment Print

Technology plays a vital role in today’s world making our daily lives simpler. From medical diagnoses to business operations, from communication to education, everything seems impossible without technology. This pandemic has evidenced the same. Life would have come to stand still without it. But nothing stopped. Technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, changing […]

Taxation in light of Significant Economic Presence

August 8, 2021 3819 Views 0 comment Print

Non-residents are subject to tax in India with respect to the income accrued/ deemed to accrue in India or received/ deemed to be received in India as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’). While the international tax landscape is seeing a lot of changes in form of OECD BEPS Pillar 1 […]

Global Minimum Tax

August 4, 2021 3693 Views 0 comment Print

21st century world largely operates under a Global Economic System. International Business is the buzz all around & businesses are not confined to boundaries. It involves cross border transactions both in goods and services. Conducive International Business Environment is imperative for multinational companies to operate and perform. In order to promote cross border trade, the […]

Corporate guarantee for supplies to AE in Singapore Falls under TP

August 4, 2021 669 Views 0 comment Print

Inflow Technologies Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) The assessee, as a part of share purchase agreement, during the business structuring had given a corporate guarantee to one of its group supplier CISCO for supplies made to its AE (Inflow Singapore). According to the assessee, it did not intend to get any remuneration for the […]

Is Retrospective Taxation an Abuse of Sovereign Right of States to Impose Taxes?

July 28, 2021 1527 Views 0 comment Print

India has gained an ill-reputation regarding its retrospective taxation laws in the past decade, especially due to the amendments made to Section 9 by the Finance Act, 2012. Retrospective operation of this amendment gave rise to three notable international tax disputes, namely the Vodafone International Holdings BV case, the Cairn Energy PLC case, and the […]

Mutual Agreement procedure – OECD Recommendation on Stage 2 Peer Review Reports regarding time limit

July 28, 2021 1059 Views 0 comment Print

The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), inter alia, provide rules and mechanisms for allocation of taxing rights amongst the treaty partners; avoidance of economic and juridical double taxation; and resolution of taxation not in accordance with the treaty through the Mutual Agreement Procedure (‘MAP’).  MAP is an inbuilt and alternate tax dispute resolution mechanism available to the taxpayers under the DTAAs. It is […]

Dividends of a foreign company received through its Indian depository are not taxable under Indo-Mauritius DTAA

July 28, 2021 4887 Views 1 comment Print

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 […]

Understanding ‘Thin Capitalization’

July 3, 2021 7887 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

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