Income Tax : Delhi HC rules reimbursements to NRAEs not subject to TDS as "fees for technical services," clarifying scope of Section 9(1)(vii) ...
Income Tax : Explore the legal boundaries of tax avoidance, recent rulings, and the evolving jurisprudence in India with key cases like Vodafon...
Income Tax : Countrywise withholding tax rates as per the Income Tax Act compared to tax treaties/DTAA. Understand differences & implications f...
Income Tax : Withholding tax rates for dividends, interest, royalties and Fee for Technical Services in different countries. Understand how tax...
Income Tax : Understand TDS provisions for buyers and sellers in the sale of property in India by an NRI. Get insights into tax rates, implicat...
Income Tax : Direct & Indirect Taxes : Monthly Updates Date & Time – 3rd December 2022 (Time:11 a.m to 12:30 p.m) Tax Guru is Organiz...
Income Tax : Clarification on certain procedural and technical issues regarding the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) under section 119 of t...
Income Tax : Finance Act, 2012 extended the obligation to withhold taxes to non- residents irrespective of whether the non-resident has -...
Income Tax : Government has recently modified the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000 and the Liberalized Re...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court judgement on Vodafone tax case seems to have opened a Pandora's box with exporters too expressing reservation on...
Income Tax : The writ petitioner impugns the order dated 27 March 2018 in terms of which the respondent has come to reject applications filed b...
Income Tax : Karnataka High Court held that TDS is not deductible on payment to non-residents for advertisements in several social medias like ...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that suo moto disallowance with bona fide yet mistaken belief that amount is liable to be offered for taxati...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that reopening of assessment under section 148 after expiry of four years without failure on part of assessee ...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court upheld ITAT’s decision in CIT vs. Cargill Global Trading, ruling that discount charges are not interest and not...
Income Tax : it has been decided that no such request for Form 15E for certificates under section 195(2) & 195(7) for a particular Financial Ye...
Income Tax : CBDT vide notification No. 18/2021-Income Tax, Dated: March 16, 2021 inserted new rule 29BA. Application for grant of certificate ...
Income Tax : Clarification on orders dated 31.03.2020 and 03.04.2020 issued under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by CBDT vid...
Income Tax : In case of pending applications for lower/nil rate of TDS/TCS for F.Y. 2019-20, the Assessing Officers have been directed to dispo...
Income Tax : CBDT Order on issue of certificates for lower rate/nil deduction/collection of TDS or TCS uls 195, 197 and 206C (9) when Assesee w...
ITAT Delhi held that commission paid to foreign agents for procurement of orders do not fall under Technical, Managerial or consultancy services. Accordingly, TDS not deductible on commission paid to such foreign agents.
ITAT Bangalore held that payments received by assessee towards interconnectivity utility charges from Indian customers / end users cannot be considered as Royalty / FTS to be brought to tax in India under section 9(1)(vi)/(vii) of the Act and also as per DTAA.
ITAT Delhi held that expenditure towards infrastructure development of leased property is revenue expenditure. Accordingly, treating such expenditure as capital in nature is unsustainable in law.
ITAT Mumbai’s ruling in Spark44 vs. ACIT case highlights failure to consider India UK DTAA provisions for tax deduction on FTS. Analysis and conclusion included.
ITAT Delhi held that cost to cost reimbursement on account of secondment of employees cannot be treated as Fees for Technical Services (FTS) as defined under Article 12 of India USA-Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
ITAT Delhi held that the receipts from sale of software licenses are not in the nature of royalty income. Also held that, though, such income may be in the nature of business profit, however, no part of which can be attributed to the PE in India.
Analysis of Delhi HC ruling in PCIT Vs Maharani Enterprises: No TDS deductible on commission payment to non-resident agent overseas. Read the judgment.
ITAT Delhi held that rendering cloud computing services/ Amazon Web Services (AWS Services) cannot be held to be liable to tax in India either as royalty or as Fees for Technical Services (FTS)/ Fees for Included Services (FIS).
Karnataka High Court held that payments made to Non-resident Telecom Operators for provision of bandwidth and Inter-connectivity Usage Charge are not covered as Royalty/ FTS and, accordingly, TDS not deductible. Further, assessee is entitled to take benefit of DTAA between two countries.
CESTAT Mumbai held that service tax paid on services received from overseas service providers in foreign countries duly refundable as the same cannot be fastened with the liability of service tax as a ‘deemed service provider’ in India.
