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India and the United States of America have today, the 27th March, 2019, signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement for Exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) Reports.
A Roadmap for a Global Asset Registry- Measuring and tackling inequality: Curbing tax avoidance, tax evasion, corruption and illicit financial flows.
In order to align the domestic laws with the modifications being done by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) through Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and the Multilateral Instruments (MLI) some very significant amendments have been done in international taxation. Business connection as defined in section 9 has been further aligned with the […]
Assessee was eligible to claim tax credit both federal as well as state taxes paid on the income earned during the year as section 91 did not discriminate between State and Federal taxes, and in effect provides for both the types of Income-taxes to be taken into account for the purpose of tax credits against Indian Income-tax liability.
Transfer Pricing provisions on shares purchased at value in excess of FMV was not applicable as the same could only be invoked to bring to tax any income arising from an international transaction.
Dear Reader, The Ministry of Finance, has issued a Press release dated 15 March, 2019 stating that a bilateral agreement has been finalized between India and the United States of America (USA) for the exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbCR). The proposed agreement would apply retrospectively for the exchange of CbCR from the financial years commencing […]
The Income Tax Department may keep an eye on those buyers who have brought property from non-resident and have failed to deduct/deposit TDS on the purchase of property from a non-resident. TDS part with respect to a non-resident is complex and should be complied with the help of an expert who is well aware of […]
Receipts from sale of software cannot be treated as ‘royalty’ under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Ireland as payment had been made by assessee for use of copyrighted material rather than for the use of copyright in the computer software programme.
Google Ireland taxable in India for the advertisements directly placed by the advertisers under AdWord Program as the same constitute business profits.
Own a home in Dubai? Beware! You are under Income-tax scanner Income Tax (IT) department is scrutinizing many Indians who have purchased properties in Dubai in the last few years under a new initiative. Based on the Intelligence gathered, the IT department’s Intelligence and Criminal Investigation (I&CI) wing has started issuing tax notices to Indian nationals who […]
