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Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court ruled that interconnect service charges paid to non-resident telecom operators do not constitute royalty....
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Income Tax : The Finance Ministry notifies the India-Belgium protocol amending the 1993 tax treaty, effective June 26, 2025, updating definitio...
Income Tax : Notification implements the India-Qatar Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol, effective from the next fiscal ye...
Income Tax : Explore the Notification No. 33/2024 on the agreement between India and Spain for tax exchange. Understand its implications and ch...
Income Tax : Explore implications of Notification No. 21/2024 from Indias Ministry of Finance regarding the tax information exchange pact with ...
Income Tax : Notification No. 96/2023-Income Tax: Learn about the agreement between India and Saint Vincent for tax information exchange and as...
ACIT Vs Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Let us appreciate the nature of development, from the treaty perspective, in case one is to hold that the retrospective amendments defining the expression ‘process’ would be equally applicable for definition of ‘royalties’ under the tax treaty. Thus viewed, situation could be like this. There are judicial […]
1. Income that accrues or arises in India is taxable in the hands of both Resident taxpayers as well as Non-Resident taxpayers. Thus, if a Non-Resident has a property located in India, he is liable to be taxed in India on the rental income from that property, as that income accrues or arises in India. […]
Taxation of overseas income upon return to India 1 An individual under the Income Tax Act can either be (i) Resident Ordinary, (ii) Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident, or (iii) Non-Resident. The determination of exact status is important to know the tax incidence. We must remember that Residential status under the Income-Tax Act is different […]
In order to overcome the issue of double taxation, the concept of Permanent Establishment (PE) was introduced. Taking a step back into the first treaty on double taxation, the provision provides that business profits made by a PE were to be taxed in the country where the PE is situated.
Residents are taxed on worldwide income and non-residents are taxed only on income sourced in India. Companies are treated as residents on satisfying either of the conditions: (a) incorporation in India (b) Place of Effective Management (‘POEM’) is in India. Accordingly, a company incorporated outside India and having its POEM outside India is considered as a non-resident.
India is now one of the front runners among the developing countries for attracting FDI. Its strong and stable growth and commitment to institutional reforms has made it one of the most attractive destinations for FDI. Cross border flow of capital, human resource and technology has increased manifold over the period of time, which in […]
Continuous and rapid global integration has impacted the economies of different countries differently and in a positive manner. Consequently, knowledge, experience and skills of human capital have also been seamlessly shared, which in turn has placed expatriate employees in the most vital position. The income of an inbound expatriate or an outbound expatriate is taxable […]
Taxing multinationals: Unified Approach proposal is not good enough – ICRICT urges Secretariat to bring G24 proposal back to the table and to publish economic impact analysis so that the debate can be both transparent and objective. Last month, under the mandate of the G20, the OECD Secretariat has presented a proposal to address the […]
The tax structure in India is divided into direct and indirect taxes. While direct taxes are levied on taxable income earned by individuals and corporate entities, the burden to deposit taxes is on the assesses themselves. On the other hand, indirect taxes are levied on the sale and provision of goods and services respectively and the burden to collect and deposit taxes is on the sellers instead of the assesses directly.
BASIS FOR INCOME TAX LIABILITY IN INDIA The tax liability of a person Income-tax Act depends upon his residential status in the financial in which the income accrues or arises to him or is received by him. Financial year means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of April every year. The […]
