International Taxation
Overview: International taxation is concerned with the study of direct and
indirect taxes of different countries at an international level. It is the
ascertainment of tax relating the laws of taxation of different countries and
beyond the national level. The taxes on foreign transactions are governed under
regulations of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and provisions relating to domestic law
are used for handling such various cross border transactions.
- Income Tax Act, 1961 contains provisions relating to non residents which
states that the income of a non resident which is received or deemed to have
been received in India by or on behalf of a non resident or is accrued or
deemed to have been accrued in India is taxable in India.
- The tax slabs which are applicable to non residents are same as are
applicable to residents who are below the age of sixty(60) years.
- As per the new rule 37BB as prescribed by the Central Board Of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) in the Income Tax Rule1962, form 15CA and form 15CB are required to
be filed in relation to the remittances to non resident Indians.
- As per transfer pricing regulations, the transactions taking place between
two unrelated parties would be deemed to be considered as international
transaction between associated enterprises and taken into consideration for
taxation purposes.
- To provide relief to taxpayers Double Taxation Avoidance agreement has been
put in place for resolving the issues of taxability of income so as to
provide improved transparency of operations.