How India is striving to attract your company's investment through transfer pricing measures

International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

How India is striving to attract your company's investment through transfer pricing measures

Following on from the Indian budget last month and various significant developments on the disputes scene, TPWeek thinks it is a good time to put together a Special Focus, bringing together its most recent reports.

The Indian government is keen to promote a more investor-friendly environment in relation to corporate tax and, in particular, transfer pricing. Hence, the conclusion of bilateral APA agreements with the US and Japan, and rulings in favour of the taxpayer in the Vodafone and Watson Pharma.

TPWeek has reported on the budget, which taxpayers felt was "disappointing" for transfer pricing issues, the need for clarification on indirect share transfers, disputes related to share transfers and analyses of the APA agreements.

breadcrumbbg.png

Download this special focus as a PDF


Twitter

Tweet this    

Twitter
#indiaTP    
LinkedIn
LinkedIn group

Contents

in1.jpg

Indian finance minister keeps transfer pricing at "arm's-length" in 2015-16 budget speech

in2.jpg

Indian budget 2015: What taxpayers want to hear on indirect share transfers

in3.jpg

Indian government decides not to appeal Bombay High Court ruling in Vodafone case

in4.jpg

MAP and bilateral APA agreements with US signal breakthrough for India

in5.jpg

India signs first ever bi-lateral APA with Japanese company

breadcrumbbg.png

Download this special focus as a PDF



Further reading

breadcrumbbg.png

LG awaits Delhi High Court ruling on taxation of marketing intangibles

breadcrumbbg.png

India’s CBDT asks ITAT and DRP to apply Vodafone ruling to similar transfer pricing cases

breadcrumbbg.png

Mumbai ITAT sides with OECD on location savings in Watson Pharma case

breadcrumbbg.png

Indian CBDT launches new dispute resolution framework to silence critics


more across site & shared bottom lb ros

More from across our site

The climbdowns pave the way for a side-by-side deal to be concluded this week, as per the US Treasury secretary’s expectation; in other news, Taft added a 10-partner tax team
A vote to be held in 2026 could create Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, a $3.6bn giant with 3,100 lawyers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific
Foreign companies operating in Libya face source-based taxation even without a local presence. Multinationals must understand compliance obligations, withholding risks, and treaty relief to avoid costly surprises
Hotel La Tour had argued that VAT should be recoverable as a result of proceeds being used for a taxable business activity
Tax professionals are still going to be needed, but AI will make it easier than starting from zero, EY’s global tax disputes leader Luis Coronado tells ITR
AI and assisting clients with navigating global tax reform contributed to the uptick in turnover, the firm said
In a post on X, Scott Bessent urged dissenting countries to the US/OECD side-by-side arrangement to ‘join the consensus’ to get a deal over the line
A new transatlantic firm under the name of Winston Taylor is expected to go live in May 2026 with more than 1,400 lawyers and 20 offices
As ITR’s exclusive data uncovers in-house dissatisfaction with case management, advisers cite Italy’s arcane tax rules
The new guidance is not meant to reflect a substantial change to UK law, but the requirement that tax advice is ‘likely to be correct’ imposes unrealistic expectations
Gift this article