IBFD & Industry News
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Taxsutra - Indian High Court Dismisses Cognizant India's Petition
06 Aug 2019 | In a recent ruling, the Indian High Court (HC) dismissed Cognizant India’s petition challenging the levy of dividend...
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Spotlight on India’s Union Budget 2019
29 Jul 2019 | Insight from the IBFD Asia-Pacific Team On 5 July 2019, the Finance Minister of India presented the much-anticipated Union...
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IBFD explores OECD proposals on the taxation of the digital economy
26 Jul 2019 | On 16 July, IBFD and New Economy Taxation (NET), in association with IFA Malaysia and Labuan IBFC, held a half-day talk in...
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Taxsutra - India Deposits Its Instrument of Ratification for MLI
09 Jul 2019 | India deposited its instrument of ratification for Multilateral Instrument (MLI) on 25 June 2019. India has also revealed the...
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New White Paper: Brave New World: Automation, Unemployment and Robot Taxes
05 Jul 2019 | In this White Paper, the author discusses the potential threat to jobs posed by increased automation and describes some...
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New White Paper: UK CFC Group Financing Exemption – State Aid as a Tool to Secure a Fair Share of Tax
27 Jun 2019 | According to the Commission’s final decision in State aid scheme UK CFC Group Financing Exemption, the group financing...
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Taxsutra IndianTax Tribunal Treats Export Commission as FTS Since Foreign Agents are Engaged in a “Quality Check”
18 Jun 2019 | In a recent ruling, the Indian Income tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) held that export commission paid by an Indian...
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Taxsutra – Indian Tax Tribunal Upholds Availability of FTC for US Federal and State Taxes to Person ‘Not Ordinarily Resident’ in India
03 Jun 2019 | The Indian Income Tax Appellate Tribunal recently granted foreign tax credit (FTC) to a taxpayer who was resident but not...
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New White Paper: Customs Value and VAT Base – A Match Made in Heaven?
27 May 2019 | With the growth of global trade, levies on the cross-border movement of goods have become an increasingly important...
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The 2018 OPTR General Report on the Practical Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights Now Released
24 May 2019 | IBFD today released the second General Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights (OPTR) during...
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Taxsutra – India, US Move Ahead with Resolution of over 10 Bilateral APAs, 30 MAP cases
22 May 2019 | After week-long meetings held in New Delhi in April 2019, India and US competent authorities have successfully resolved over 10...
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IBFD Africa Tax Symposium Comes to South Africa
09 May 2019 | IBFD is pleased to announce that its 5th Africa Tax Symposium will be held from 29-31 May at the Hotel Spier, in...
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Access to online courses and webinars on the Online Tax Training site
02 May 2019 | IBFD online courses and webinars are now available and can be accessed through the Online Tax Training site on the IBFD...
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Taxsutra – Indian Income-tax Appellate Tribunal Rules Upon Counting of Employee Days for Determining Service PE Threshold Period
02 May 2019 | In a recent ruling, the Indian Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) rejected the Indian tax authorities...
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New White Paper: A Snapshot of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
02 May 2019 | In this White Paper, the author generally describes the essence of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),...