by Majmudar & Partners | Sep 7, 2015 | Foreign Investment, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Tax
Background Section 115JB of India’s Income-tax Act, 1961 (the “IT Act”), provides for taxation of those companies who, despite showing high profits in their books and paying substantial dividends, do not pay or pay only marginal taxes, by taking advantage of the...
by Majmudar & Partners | Sep 1, 2015 | Foreign Investment, Tax
Introduction In its Union Budget, 2015, the Indian government has set an ambitious target of installing 175,000 Megawatts (“MW”) of renewable energy by 2022, which will include 100,000 MW of solar energy, 60,000 MW of wind energy, 10,000 MW of biomass energy and 5,000...
by Majmudar & Partners | Jul 31, 2015 | Tax
Background The provisions of section 90(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the “Act”) permit a non-resident to avail either the provisions of the Act or the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (the “DTAA”), whichever are more beneficial. There are various judicial...
by Majmudar & Partners | Apr 29, 2015 | Foreign Investment, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Tax
Background Minimum Alternate Tax (“MAT”) is a tax levied under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“IT Act”) on the book profit of a company where the overall tax paid by the company is less than 18.5% of the book profit. Generally speaking, in the case of non-resident...
by Majmudar & Partners | Apr 2, 2015 | Tax
In his budget speech on February 28, 2015, the Finance Minister (“FM”) made it clear that black (unaccounted) money was eating into the Indian economy and this problem would have to be tackled forcefully. While the FM acknowledged that there were limitations under...
