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Double Tax Avoidance Agreements & Taxation

Income Tax : The Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) is essentially a bilateral agreement entered into between two countries. The basic objec...

September 9, 2020 193472 Views 11 comments Print

Tax Residency Certificate (TRC) for Indian & Non Resident

Income Tax : Tax Residency Certificate (TRC)  For Indian Resident Assessee From 01.4.2013 the India Residents who earns Income from Countries ...

August 23, 2018 296482 Views 27 comments Print

Mumbai Tribunal rules on computation of ‘duration test’ for determining existence of ‘Construction PE’

Income Tax : Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) [2010-TIOL-195-ITAT-MUM] in the case of Valentine Maritime Mauritius Ltd (Taxpayer...

April 24, 2010 735 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign company having Permanent Establishment in India cannot be taxed at the rate applicable to domestic company

Income Tax : Mumbai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of JCIT v. State Bank of Mauritius Ltd. (2009-TIOL-71...

January 4, 2010 3376 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunals upheld the concept of ‘make available’ and held specified services not Fees for technical services

Income Tax : Tribunals upheld the concept of ‘make available’ and held specified services not Fees for technical services Mumbai and Bangal...

December 19, 2009 4513 Views 0 comment Print


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Revise tax treaties to enable CBI and ED to use data for prosecution

Income Tax : Government is contemplating to revise the tax treaties with partner countries to enable the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...

February 3, 2017 654 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT resolves disputes to the tune of Rs 5000 crore

Income Tax : Since 1st April, 2014 till date, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has resolved 180 cases under MAP. The total amount of income lo...

February 16, 2016 720 Views 0 comment Print

Income tax policy would gradually move towards treaty override

Income Tax : The Union Revenue Secretary, Mr Sunil Mitra, said here on Tuesday that domestic tax policy would gradually move towards treaty ove...

December 17, 2010 300 Views 0 comment Print

Open Account outside India through Agent may invite trouble

Income Tax : Seeking the help of a friendly official or agent of a foreign bank to open a bank account overseas may not be a good idea as tax s...

November 26, 2010 393 Views 0 comment Print

India, Switzerland agreed to widening the ambit of tax treaty

Income Tax : The government has concluded the renegotiation for widening the ambit of its tax treaty with Switzerland to access information on ...

July 31, 2010 627 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Unilateral amendment in DTAA is prohibited: Delhi HC

Income Tax : Delhi High Court held In the case of DIT vs. New Skies Satellite BV that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 (VCLT)...

February 17, 2016 2079 Views 0 comment Print

Discounting charges on bills of exchange are not interest

Income Tax : Delhi High Court in the case of DCIT v. Cargill Global Trading (I) (P) Limited on the issue of whether discounting charges paid to...

June 3, 2011 5348 Views 0 comment Print

Payment to US companies for ‘developing tooling’ and ‘validating new process for manufacture’ of wheels is taxable as fees for included services

Income Tax : Recently, the Chennai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal in the case of Wheels India Ltd. v. ACIT I.T.A No. 1793/Mds/2006...

April 19, 2011 682 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of Limitation on deduction of expenses u/s. 44D on consideration other then Fees for Technical Services

Income Tax : Limitation on deduction of expenses under Section 44D of the Act cannot be invoked if the consideration received by the foreign co...

January 30, 2011 1030 Views 0 comment Print

Mere provision of a dredger on dry lease for carrying out dredging activity in India does not result in the taxpayer having a PE as per the India-Neth

Income Tax : Recently, the Mumbai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the held that mere provision of a dredger on dry...

December 2, 2010 762 Views 0 comment Print


Switzerland will share data in accordance with the tax treaty between the two countries

May 22, 2010 363 Views 0 comment Print

Life insurance companies anticipate a fall in premium collected through unit-linked pension products. This is due to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) making life cover compulsory with pension plans.

Deputation of personnel do not results in a permanent establishment in India: ITAT Mumbai

May 18, 2010 2440 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling in the case of Tekmark Global Solutions LLC (Taxpayer) [[2010] 3 taxmann 38 (Mum. – ITAT)] the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that as the deputed personnel do not work under the control and supervision of the Taxpayer, such personnel do not create a PE for the Taxpayer in India.

Mumbai Tribunal rules on computation of ‘duration test’ for determining existence of ‘Construction PE’

April 24, 2010 735 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) [2010-TIOL-195-ITAT-MUM] in the case of Valentine Maritime Mauritius Ltd (Taxpayer), on the taxability of certain contracts executed in India. The issue primarily focused on how the ‘duration test’ of nine months under the India-Mauritius Tax Treaty (Tax Treaty) should be applied for determining whether the Taxpayer has a permanent establishment (PE) under the Construction PE rule of the Tax Treaty.

An Applicant cannot seek adjudication on merits at any time he wants, after having maintained steadfast silence throughout the earlier proceedings

March 14, 2010 517 Views 0 comment Print

On the facts and circumstances of this case, we do not think that the proceedings in connection with the earlier application shall now be reopened and a decisive answer to the question should be given at this stage.

Mauritius Vice Prime Minister claimed his country is not a tax haven

January 29, 2010 2892 Views 0 comment Print

Dismissing the notion that Mauritius is a tax haven, the island nation’s Vice Prime Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen on Tuesday said he has not received any complaints from India about routing investments via his country to evade taxes. However, Sithanen, who is also the finance and economic development minister, promised to cooperate with Indian authorities to check tax evasion in case of complaints, but added his country would not welcome ‘fishing expeditions’.

Income Tax authorities planning to broaden the tax base

January 18, 2010 670 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax authorities are planning to broaden the tax base, seek greater exchange of information under the tax treaties and provide better services to tax payers by 2020 when the direct tax reforms would be firmly in place. The apex direct tax body, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has formed seven committees comprising senior revenue officials to come out with a draft Vision 2020 document that would delineate ways to increase tax collections in a non-intrusive manner.

Foreign company having Permanent Establishment in India cannot be taxed at the rate applicable to domestic company

January 4, 2010 3376 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of JCIT v. State Bank of Mauritius Ltd. (2009-TIOL-712-ITAT-MUM) has held that the foreign company having Permanent Establishment (PE) in India cannot be taxed at the rate applicable to domestic company in view of insertion of Explanation 1 to section 90 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by Finance Act 2001 with retrospective effect from 1 April 1962. Accordingly, it will have to pay tax at the rate prescribed in the Finance Act (i.e. at higher rate) even if a taxpayer is covered by the provisions of the India-Mauritius tax treaty (the tax treaty).

If income attributable to PE in India less than the remuneration paid to the distributor in India by the taxpayer then no further income taxable in India

December 22, 2009 1650 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of Sabre Inc. v. DCIT (2009-TIOL- 488-ITAT-DEL) ruled on the taxability of the income earned through Computer Reservation System (CRS) in India. The Tribunal after following the decision of the Delhi High Court in the case of Galileo International Inc. v. DCIT [2009] 180 Taxman 357 (Del) held that since the income attributable to the Permanent Establishment (PE) in India was less than the remuneration paid to the distributor in India by the taxpayer no income was taxable in hands of Sabre Inc.

Assessee cannot be declared as an assessee in default U/s. 201 of IT Act, 1961 for non-deduction of TDS

December 20, 2009 1324 Views 0 comment Print

Here we summarised the ruling of the Bangalore Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [2009-TIOL-666-ITAT-BANG] in the case of Bovis Lend Lease (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Taxpayer) on the taxability of payments towards reimbursement of cost forservices provided by a group entity. The ITAT held that such payments

Tribunals upheld the concept of ‘make available’ and held specified services not Fees for technical services

December 19, 2009 4513 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunals upheld the concept of ‘make available’ and held specified services not Fees for technical services Mumbai and Bangalore bench of Tribunal upheld the concept of ‘make available’ in two different cases and held that the specified services were not in the nature of Fees for included/technical services.

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