Income Tax Returns in India
Walkthrough of the E-filing process when you do not use a digital signature
Foreign Technology Transfer Fees and Royalties in India
By Cherry Bansal, Accounts Associate, Dezan Shira & Associates Feb. 3 – As India develops into an important market for foreign investors, we’ve seen a significant increase in the volume of questions that our firm is regularly asked to deal with. An important issue that is beginning to crop up concerns royalty payments for licensed […]
Vodafone Wins Landmark US$2.5 Billion India Tax Case
India’s Supreme Court has ruled that the British telecom giant Vodafone does not have to pay taxes and penalties for the transaction in 2007 that saw the company acquire a 67 percent stake in Indian mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar.
India’s RBI Cuts Cash Reserve Requirement
Jan. 30 – The Reserve Bank of India cut cash reserve requirements (CRR) for banks by 50 basis points last Tuesday to relieve tight liquidity, indicating a policy shift towards reviving growth after nearly two years of fighting inflation. With core inflation still inflexibly high, the RBI left its policy repo rate unchanged at 8.50 […]
India Sees Credit Rating Upgrade
Jan. 17 – Moody’s Investor Services has upgraded its rating on India’s long-term government bonds denominated in the domestic currency from Ba l to Baa 3 (from speculative to investment grade). The long-term country ceiling on the overseas currency bank deposits was also upgraded from Ba l to Baa 3 (from speculative to investment grade). […]
India Doubles Strength of Foreign Tax Division
Jan. 10 – The Indian government has resolved to double the force of the Finance Ministry’s crucial foreign tax division which handles classified tax-related information between India, tax haven nations, and other countries. The Ministry recently gave sanction for developing a new unit in the Foreign Tax and Tax Research (FTTR) division under the Central […]
India and Macau Sign Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
To aid tax and banking-related information exchange and prevent tax evasion, India signed a double taxation avoidance agreement with Macau on January 1.
Foreign Investors Now Allowed to Invest Directly in Indian Stock Market
Jan. 5 – India has permitted overseas individual investors, pension funds, and trusts to directly invest in equities, in an effort to shore up investor confidence and attract money from overseas to bridge the widening current account deficit. Procedures that enhance capital inflows are high on the government’s agenda as the international downturn led by […]