ECJ Rules in Fiscale Eenheid case

December 29, 2015

On 9 December 2015 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a decision in the case of Staatssecretaris van Financiën v. Fiscale Eenheid X N.V. Fiscale Eenheid X NV was the name of a fiscal unity in the Netherlands, one of the companies of which

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India: A taxpayer is entitled to foreign tax credit against the MAT liability

November 16, 2015

Recently, the Bangalore Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of: DCIT v. Subex Technology Ltd. [ITA No.913 (B) /2013, the court held that, credit for tax paid in a foreign country would be available under Section 90

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Canada: Impact of FTOs in Brazil for Canadian companies

September 18, 2014

The tax authority for Brazil verifies how to manage foreign tax offsets (FTO) and how to apply income tax treaty provisions for cross-border payments for services fees and described that under the presumed profit method, companies that are taxed are

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Romania: Announces tax reforms

April 28, 2014

Romania is introducing a tax exemption on reinvested profit as part of an emergency ordinance. The tax exemption is to apply from 1 July 2014 and is to continue until the end of 2015. This is intended to encourage more investment in new assets in an

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US : Persons holding PFIC stock through tax-exempt organizations or accounts will be exempt from Form 8621 filing requirements

April 27, 2014

In the US the definition of a shareholder for the purpose of the Section 1291 regulations has been amended by Notice 2014-28. Under this section a special tax and interest charge is levied on a US person has shares in a passive foreign investment

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Tax treaty between India and United Kingdom – Indian decision on taxability of fees for technical services

December 12, 2013

The Indian Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) issued its decision on 31 May 2013 in the case of Veeda Clinical Research Private Limited (ITA 1406/Ahd/2009) that the provision of market awareness and development in-house training services to an

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United Kingdom: UK High Court decision on portfolio dividend tax

December 08, 2013

UK High Court decision concerns the portfolio dividend tax (holdings of less than 10%) under the previous tax law which provided double tax relief for foreign withholding taxes paid on the dividends and no relief for any underlying tax. UK has moved

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