Sri Lanka and India will soon sign a DTA

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance issued a Regulation under the Strategic Development Projects Act, No. 14 of 2008, published in Gazette No. 2474/66 on 8 February 2026, setting out the conditions for designating a project as a Strategic Development

The US Department of Commerce is expected to announce a preliminary ruling on 23 February 2026 on whether it will impose anti-subsidy duties on solar cells and panels from India, Laos, and Indonesia. This follows after a coalition of US solar

France and India signed an amending protocol on 17 February 2026 to update the income and capital tax treaty. Earlier, Under the proposed amending protocol, the withholding tax on dividends paid to French investors holding at least 10% of an

The Indian tax authority has filed an appeal before the High Court against the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s (ITAT) consolidated order of August 2025, which granted treaty benefits to several Irish aircraft leasing

Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a reminder to taxpayers carrying on the business of bookmakers and gaming to make the Levy payment on the gross collection for January 2026 on or before 7 February 2026. Under the current

The US has removed the 25% additional tariff on goods imported from India after President Donald Trump signed an executive order, “Modifying Duties to Address Threats to the US by the Government of the Russian Federation”. The order took effect