Enabling the Board to notify rules for giving foreign tax credit

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..... Question - What are proposed in Budget 2015-16 for board for giving foreign tax credit ? - Reply By Admin TMI - The Reply = Enabling the Board to notify rules for giving foreign tax credit Sub-section (1) of section 91 of the Income-tax Act provides for relief in respect of income-tax on the income which is taxed in India as well as in the country with which there is no Double Taxation Avoid .....

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..... ance Agreement (DTAA). It provides that an Indian resident is entitled to a deduction from the Indian income-tax of a sum calculated on such doubly taxed income, at the Indian rate of tax or the rate of tax of said country, whichever is lower. In cases of countries with which India has entered into an agreement for the purposes of avoidance of double taxation under section 90 or section 90A, a rel .....

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..... ief in respect of income-tax on doubly taxed income is available as per the respective DTAAs. The Income-tax Act does not provide the manner for granting credit of taxes paid in any country outside India. Accordingly, it is proposed to amend section sub-section (2) of section 295 of the Income-tax Act so as to provide that CBDT may make rules to provide the procedure for granting relief or deduct .....

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..... ion, as the case may be, of any income-tax paid in any country or specified territory outside India, under section 90, or under section 90A, or under section 91, against the income-tax payable under the Act. This amendment will take effect from 1st day of June, 2015 - Enabling the Board to notify rules for giving foreign tax credit - Query Started By: - Admin TMI Dated:- 28-2-2015 Income Tax - .....

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..... Got 1 Reply - Income Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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