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Salient features of the agreement with San Marino are: • The agreement is based on international standard of transparency and exchange of information. • The agreement provides for exchange of information that is foreseeably relevant to the administration and enforcement of the domestic tax laws.
Pursuant to the Safe Harbour Rules in Rules 10TA to 10TG, the CBDT has issued a letter dated 20.12.2013 in which it has laid down important directives and clarifications on the manner in which the Safe Harbour Rules are meant to be implemented. The directives and clarifications are as follows:
As regards assessee’s submission that the provisions of section 9(1)(vii) will not come into play in this case because the entire testing process is automated, it is well settled that when no human intervention is involved in any services, such services cannot be treated to be of the nature which can be covered by the scope of section 9(1)(vii).
Tax treaties play a key role in the context of international coop¬eration in tax matters. On the one hand, they encourage international investment and, consequently, global economic growth, by reducing or eliminating international double taxation over cross-border income. On the other hand, they enhance cooperation among tax administra¬tions, especially in tackling international tax evasion.
Delhi HC has held on 22.11.2013 in the case of DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX Vs. INFRASOFT LTD. that by sale of software what has been transferred is not copyright or the right to use copyright but a limited right to use the copyrighted material and does not give rise to any royalty income.
Notification No. 86/2013 – Income Tax Cyprus Notified as a notified Jurisdictional Area Under Section 94a of the Income-Tax Act,1961 ; All Parties to the Transaction with a Person in Cyprus shall be Treated as Associated Enterprises and the Transaction shall be Treated as an International Transaction Resulting in Application of Transfer-Pricing Regulations Including Maintenance of Documentations
Under section 92E, every person who enters into an international transaction during a previous year is required to obtain a report from a chartered accountant and furnish such report on or before the specified date on the prescribed form. Rule 10E provides that the auditor’s report shall be in Form No.3CEB.
Recently Learned CA T.P. Ostwal has commented on Transfer Pricing issues while addressing a WEBCAT for ICAI on Overview of Transfer Pricing that ” TP is not art, its not science….. its magic!” He further point out the following deficiencies :-
CBDT has vide Notification No. 67 of 2013, dated 2 September 2013 revised Rule 37BB of the Income tax Rules, 1962 related to information which are required to be furnished by a person while making payment to a non- resident.
In order to reduce the increasing number of transfer pricing audits and prolonged disputes, the Finance (No.2) Act, 2009 w.r.e.f 1.4.2009 inserted a new section 92CB to provide that determination of arm’s length price under section 92C or Section 92CA shall be subject to safe harbour rules. Vide this amendment, the Government of India had empowered the CBDT to make Safe Harbour rules. Safe harbour was defined to mean circumstances in which the income-tax authorities shall accept the transfer price declared by the assessee.
