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SURYA PRAKASH KESARWANI, RAJARSHI BHARADWAJ
Royal Bank of Scotland N. V. – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner of Income Tax – Respondent
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| 1. tax law clarifications on international treaties. (Para 1 , 7 , 30) |
| 2. appellant's arguments on tax rates established. (Para 2 , 3 , 10) |
| 3. court's ruling confirming that the explanation does not conflict with dtaa. (Para 34 , 35) |
JUDGMENT :
SURYA PRAKASH KESARWANI, J.
1. Heard Sri Percy Pardiwala, learned senior advocate assisted by Sri Akhilesh Gupta, learned counsel for the appellant and Smt. Smita Das De and Sri Smarajit Roychowdhury, learned senior standing counsel for the respondent.
2. Learned counsels for the parties jointly stated that similar facts and question are involved in all the above noted six appeals and accordingly requested to hear all the appeals together. Therefore, all the afore-noted six appeals have been heard at length on 16.04.2024 and 18.04.2024 and the judgment has been reserved on 18.04.2024. Although by order dated 17.05.2005 the appeal was admitted on three substantial questions of law, but the learned counsel for the appellant has pressed and argued only on substantial question of law no. (a) which is reproduced below:
Dividend Distribution Tax is a tax on dividend income and is covered by the DTAA, allowing a maximum tax rate of 10% on such dividends.
The Supreme Court affirmed that tax treaties cannot be exploited for avoidance, emphasizing that tax residency claims must be substantiated by proof of genuine commercial activities, and transactions....
Provisions of DTAA prevail over Section 206AA of the Income Tax Act, allowing lower tax rates for non-residents.
The enforcement of double tax avoidance agreements under the MFN clause requires a legislative notification and cannot automatically apply based on later OECD membership of third countries.
The protocol in the DTAA allows for the automatic applicability of lower withholding tax rates based on other treaties, requiring consistent interpretation for equitable tax allocation between contra....
Point of Law : Taxation - Issuance of a certificate at a lower withholding tax rate – While interpreting international treaties including Tax treaties rules of interpretation that apply to domestic o....
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