Indian Supreme Court: dominant purpose of investment is irrelevant in determining wheth... Indian law provides that the dividends paid by domestic companies to their shareholders are liable to a dividend distribution tax at the company level. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan April 30 2018
No service tax applicable on reimbursements, rules Indian Supreme Court The Apex Court in a recent judgment (Civil Appeal number 2013 of 2014) held that no service tax should apply on expenditures recovered as reimbursements before May 14 2015. By Niraj Bagri March 21 2018
India: Indian budget 2018-19; Recent rulings on the India-Mauritius treaty The Indian budget was presented on February 1 2018. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan February 27 2018
India moves to revamp its direct tax law The introduction of the goods and services tax last year has led to a consolidation of the indirect tax regime in India. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan January 30 2018
India: Ending the year with several important tax rulings India has seen several important decisions on the tax front take place in 2017. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan December 14 2017
India: Draft notification on CbC reporting guidance released The OECD guidelines, which were updated in July 2017 to incorporate Action Plan 13 of the BEPS project, provide a minimum requirement of maintaining a three-tiered documentation system. By Rakesh Dharawat & Ajay Rotti October 26 2017
India: Delhi High Court restrains Vodafone’s international arbitration proceedings agai... In an ex-parte interim order, the Delhi High Court restrained Vodafone from initiating or continuing arbitration proceedings under the India-UK investment treaty. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan October 02 2017
India: Bombay High Court upholds availability of benefits under the India-Mauritius tax... In a recent decision of the Bombay High Court, the availability of the capital gains exemption in India under the India-Mauritius tax treaty was upheld. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan August 23 2017
India: MLI provisional list of reservations and notifications released India has provisionally notified its treaties with 93 countries (virtually all of its comprehensive tax treaties) as covered tax agreements for the purposes of the MLI. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan July 11 2017
India: Important Supreme Court decisions on tax Two important judgments on tax matters have been pronounced recently by the Supreme Court. By Rakesh Dharawat & Hariharan Gangadharan May 30 2017
