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India, Mauritius Sign Protocol To Amend Double Taxation Avoidance Pact
India and Mauritius have signed a protocol to amend the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA), which included a principal purpose test (PPT) to decide whether a foreign investor is eligible to claim treaty benefits.
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India Engaging Proactively With Switzerland To Obtain Info Under Tax Treaty
The government on Tuesday said that India is engaging proactively with Switzerland to obtain information in relevant cases under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between the two countries.
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Why Tesla's India Investment Has Been Routed Via HollandÂ
Sridhar Ramachandran, from Grant Thornton Bharat, said that that the tax benefits related to capital gains & dividends would give Tesla benefits.
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India Deciding Whether To Challenge Vodafone's 20,000-Crore Win: 10 Facts
India is examining the international arbitration decision on tax dispute with Vodafone over the Rs 20,000 crore tax claim. It is yet to be decided whether to challenge it in court, news agency Reuters has reported, quoting an un-named government official. Last month, an international arbitration tribunal in The Hague ruled that the imposition of a ...
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Centre Refuses To Share Swiss Bank Account Details Of Indians: Report
The Finance Ministry has declined to share Swiss bank account details of Indians saying it is covered under "confidentiality provisions" of a tax treaty signed between India and Switzerland.
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India Must Take Responsibility: Antigua PM On Mehul Choksi's Citizenship
Fugitive billionaire Mehul Choksi is a "crook" and "adds no value to our country", said the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda where the diamond trader has taken citizenship. Antigua - among the many tax havens in the Caribbean - has no extradition treaty with India. The Prime Minister said that the businessman will be extradited to India, sayin...
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Mehul Choksi's "Citizenship Will Be Revoked, That Is Reality": Antigua PM
The Antigua citizenship of diamond trader Mehul Chokshi - wanted in India in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam -- will be scrapped once he has exhausted all his legal options, the government of the island nation has said, reported the Antigua Observer. The revocation of citizenship will pave the way for his extradition to India to stand...
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GST Rate On Polluting Items May Be Higher, Hints Finance Minister
Within days of India signing the Paris Climate Treaty, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said tax on environment unfriendly products will be "distinct" from others in the forthcoming GST regime so as to boost funds for climate financing.
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India, Cyprus 'Successfully' Complete Tax Treaty Negotiations
India and Cyprus have "successfully" completed negotiations on the bilateral tax treaty which provides for source-based taxation of capital gains on share sale, Cyprus Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
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Black Money: India Not To Press Secrecy Clause In All Cases
While seeking information from a foreign country in connection with black money stashed abroad by Indians, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to refrain from invoking a specific treaty clause of not informing the person, except in special cases, in a bid to avoid delays.
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India To Renegotiate Tax Treaty With Singapore: Arun Jaitley
India will have to renegotiate the tax treaty with Singapore to extend the capital gains tax provisions of the recently-concluded tax pact with Mauritius, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
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Black Money Repatriation: Government to Have a Relook at Tax Treaties, Says Arun Jaitley
The Union government today said it was having a relook at some of the bilateral tax treaties that may be hindering the repatriation of black money stashed abroad, reported news agency Press Trust of India, quoting finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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Opinion: Blame it on the Tax Treaties
Need more than rhetoric from PM, writes Brinda Karat.
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Vodafone Facing Total Tax Liability of Rs. 27,000 Crore in India
The UK company in April this year slapped arbitration notice under the Bilateral Investment Treaty for resolution of the tax dispute.
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Pakistan to Hold Swiss Talks to Return Illicit Money
Pakistan is to hold talks with Switzerland on a new tax treaty in the hope of retrieving state assets illegally stashed in the European country's secretive banking system.
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India, Mauritius Sign Protocol To Amend Double Taxation Avoidance Pact
India and Mauritius have signed a protocol to amend the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA), which included a principal purpose test (PPT) to decide whether a foreign investor is eligible to claim treaty benefits.
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India Engaging Proactively With Switzerland To Obtain Info Under Tax Treaty
The government on Tuesday said that India is engaging proactively with Switzerland to obtain information in relevant cases under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between the two countries.
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Why Tesla's India Investment Has Been Routed Via HollandÂ
Sridhar Ramachandran, from Grant Thornton Bharat, said that that the tax benefits related to capital gains & dividends would give Tesla benefits.
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India Deciding Whether To Challenge Vodafone's 20,000-Crore Win: 10 Facts
India is examining the international arbitration decision on tax dispute with Vodafone over the Rs 20,000 crore tax claim. It is yet to be decided whether to challenge it in court, news agency Reuters has reported, quoting an un-named government official. Last month, an international arbitration tribunal in The Hague ruled that the imposition of a ...
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Centre Refuses To Share Swiss Bank Account Details Of Indians: Report
The Finance Ministry has declined to share Swiss bank account details of Indians saying it is covered under "confidentiality provisions" of a tax treaty signed between India and Switzerland.
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India Must Take Responsibility: Antigua PM On Mehul Choksi's Citizenship
Fugitive billionaire Mehul Choksi is a "crook" and "adds no value to our country", said the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda where the diamond trader has taken citizenship. Antigua - among the many tax havens in the Caribbean - has no extradition treaty with India. The Prime Minister said that the businessman will be extradited to India, sayin...
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Mehul Choksi's "Citizenship Will Be Revoked, That Is Reality": Antigua PM
The Antigua citizenship of diamond trader Mehul Chokshi - wanted in India in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam -- will be scrapped once he has exhausted all his legal options, the government of the island nation has said, reported the Antigua Observer. The revocation of citizenship will pave the way for his extradition to India to stand...
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GST Rate On Polluting Items May Be Higher, Hints Finance Minister
Within days of India signing the Paris Climate Treaty, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said tax on environment unfriendly products will be "distinct" from others in the forthcoming GST regime so as to boost funds for climate financing.
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India, Cyprus 'Successfully' Complete Tax Treaty Negotiations
India and Cyprus have "successfully" completed negotiations on the bilateral tax treaty which provides for source-based taxation of capital gains on share sale, Cyprus Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
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Black Money: India Not To Press Secrecy Clause In All Cases
While seeking information from a foreign country in connection with black money stashed abroad by Indians, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to refrain from invoking a specific treaty clause of not informing the person, except in special cases, in a bid to avoid delays.
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India To Renegotiate Tax Treaty With Singapore: Arun Jaitley
India will have to renegotiate the tax treaty with Singapore to extend the capital gains tax provisions of the recently-concluded tax pact with Mauritius, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
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Black Money Repatriation: Government to Have a Relook at Tax Treaties, Says Arun Jaitley
The Union government today said it was having a relook at some of the bilateral tax treaties that may be hindering the repatriation of black money stashed abroad, reported news agency Press Trust of India, quoting finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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Opinion: Blame it on the Tax Treaties
Need more than rhetoric from PM, writes Brinda Karat.
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Vodafone Facing Total Tax Liability of Rs. 27,000 Crore in India
The UK company in April this year slapped arbitration notice under the Bilateral Investment Treaty for resolution of the tax dispute.
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Pakistan to Hold Swiss Talks to Return Illicit Money
Pakistan is to hold talks with Switzerland on a new tax treaty in the hope of retrieving state assets illegally stashed in the European country's secretive banking system.
