Income Tax : The court held that tax authorities cannot rely on earlier findings already set aside by appellate bodies. Each Section 197 applic...
Income Tax : Payments for sports sponsorship that grant global trademark usage can be split as royalty. Courts upheld withholding where tradema...
Income Tax : Detailed comparison of dividend, interest, royalty, and FTS withholding tax rates between India's Income-tax Act and over 60 Doubl...
Income Tax : An analysis of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) withholding tax rates across various countries for dividends, interest, ...
Income Tax : In-depth analysis of Section 195 TDS on payments to non-residents, covering taxability, DTAA interaction, PAN rules (206AA), Form ...
Income Tax : 20% Withholding Tax Rate on profits distributed by unlisted companies to shareholders through buy-back of shares Existing provisio...
Income Tax : Ending year-long battle, UK-based Vodafone has agreed to pay USD 400 million more to its Indian partner Essar for buying its 33 pe...
Income Tax : The government will look into more cross-border mergers involving Indian assets, like the Vodafone-Hutchison deal, after the Bomba...
Income Tax : The Finance (No.2) Act of 2009 introduced section 206AA under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the ITA) to provide that any person who is...
Income Tax : The cost of doing business in India could come down if the dividend distribution tax (DDT) levied on foreign shareholders is repla...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consultancy payments for architectural services were not FTS since no technical knowledge was made availabl...
Income Tax : The Tribunal rejected the Revenue’s argument that taxpayers must seek AO determination under Section 195(2) in all cases. It hel...
Income Tax : The court examined whether withholding tax could be imposed solely on the basis of an alleged virtual service permanent establishm...
Income Tax : Court held that dividend remains income of the shareholder and DDT is an additional income tax covered under Article 2, restrictin...
Income Tax : Supreme Court admits appeal by Tesco Bengaluru against CESTAT ruling on reverse charge service tax for seconded overseas employees...
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 : For the purpose of making disallowance of other sums chargeable under Section 40(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in the case of...
Income Tax : 37BC. Relaxation from deduction of tax at higher rate under section 206AA.– (1) In the case of a non-resident, not being a compa...
Income Tax : Notification No. 93/2015 - Income Tax G.S.R. 978(E) dated 16th December, 2015 A CA certificate in Form No. 15CB will be required t...
Addl. CIT Vs Lenskart Solution (P) Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It was claimed by the Assessee that as the Assessee had made the payment to Facebook Ireland Inc. (FII), which admittedly did not have any permanent establishment (PE) in India and, therefore, the payments made to it for advertisement services were not chargeable to tax in […]
ITO Vs Terapanth Foods Limited (ITAT Rajkot) It is pertinent to note that the CIT(A) has categorically mentioned that Section 195 of the Act would apply only if payment is made which is chargeable under Income Tax Act 1961. The Assessing Officer has not given any reason as to why the chargeability of tax under […]
IT support services availed by assessee-Indian company from foreign companies were standard connectivity and networking services could not be termed as technical services within the meaning of Section 9(1)(vii) and therefore, assessee was not liable to deduct TDS on such expenditures.
Financial Software and Systems Private Limited Vs CIT (Madras High Court) The question of law which is involved is with regard to whether the assessee was liable to deduct Tax at Source in respect of the Computer Software which was dealt with by them, procured from a Non-Resident and sold in the Indian Market. This […]
Target marketing on overseas social media or automated advertising platforms not taxable as ‘Royalty’ In a major relief to taxpayers availing online marketing services from social media platforms like Facebook, the Bangalore bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently ruled in the case of Urban Ladder Home Décor Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT that […]
McCANN Erickson (India) Pvt.Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) we find that the Ld.CIT(A) has relied upon the amendment in the statute. However, the Co-ordinate Bench of this Tribunal after having considered the amendment held in the case of Ashapura Minichem Ltd. vs ADIT 131 TTJ 291 that till 08.05.2010, “the prevailing legal position was that […]
Any person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, shall deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force is responsible to deduct tax u/s 195 of the act. Nature of Payment a) Any interest (not being interest referred to in section 194LB, 194LC and 194LD). b) Any […]
Airports Authority of India Vs ITO(TDS) (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: TDS under section 195 was not applicable on payments made by company to the Federal Aviation Administration, USA (FAA), for providing technical assistance to AAI by way of providing its personnel and meeting on ATFM requirements and assisting AAI in connection with ATFM by development of […]
Withholding tax rate of 5% is to be applied while making payment of dividend by Indian entity to its shareholder in Netherlands after applying the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause in the Tax Treaty between India and Netherlands.
DCIT Vs Force Motors Ltd. (ITAT Pune) During the First Appellate Proceedings before the Ld. CIT(Appeals), it was submitted by the assessee that payments were made to technical consultants from Japan, Germany and Italy. The assessee submitted that these consultants are not residents of India and further their stay in India was less than the […]
