Amendment to convention Between India-Mauritius DTAA and Prevention of fiscal evasion of income taxes, capital gains, mutual trade-investment encourgement

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th August, 2016 (INCOME-TAX) S.O. 2680(E).—Whereas, a Protocol amending the agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of Mauritius, signed on 24th August, 1982 for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention …

Rent held Business Income not House Property income when the business of the company was to lease its property and to earn rent-Supreme Court

Rent held Business Income not House Property income  When the the assessee company had only one business and that is of leasing its property and earning rent therefrom,  the income so earned should be treated as its business income and not as income from house property-Supreme Court ABCAUS Case …

Service tax on freight forwarders on transportation of goods from India when freight forwarders act as agent or principal-Circular

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