Global businesses frequently move employees across borders to support operations, transfer knowledge, and manage international projects. However, these cross-border employee arrangements often raise complex tax questions. A recent ruling involving Huawei Technologies India Pvt....
In an increasingly volatile global economic environment, Budget 2026 reflects India’s conscious shift towards certainty, predictability, and long-term institutional strength in taxation. Rather than focusing on headline rate changes, the Budget makes targeted reforms...
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has long been a cornerstone of India’s corporate tax framework, designed to ensure that companies reporting substantial book profits do not entirely avoid tax liability through exemptions and incentives. Over...
The Finance Bill, 2026 introduces important refinements to the direct tax regime with a clear focus on easing compliance and reducing avoidable disputes. These changes are designed to offer taxpayers greater clarity, flexibility, and...
In India, marriage changes almost everything social status, financial responsibilities, lifestyle choices.
Except one thing.
Income tax.
Even after marriage, the tax system continues to treat spouses as two completely unrelated individuals. Two returns. Two slabs. Two...
Tax litigation often turns not on facts, but on procedure.This recent ITAT ruling cuts through that noise and delivers a simple, powerful message: genuine evidence cannot be rejected merely on technical grounds.
The Background
The case...
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Tiger Global–Flipkart case is not just another capital gains dispute. It is a watershed moment in India’s international tax jurisprudence, fundamentally altering how tax treaties, tax residency certificates,...
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Bengaluru Bench) rejected Binny Bansal’s claim of non-resident status for AY 2020–21, denying him benefits under the India–Singapore DTAA.
Despite relocating to Singapore, the Tribunal held that he continued to...