As decided in Total Oil India (P.) Ltd., where a domestic ...
Domestic co. pays dividend tax u/s 115-O at rate therein, not DTAA rate for non-resident shareholders unless treaty protects dividend tax. TP regs inapplicable to TTS income.
Case Laws Income Tax
July 15, 2024
As decided in Total Oil India (P.) Ltd., where a domestic company declares, distributes or pays dividend to a non-resident shareholder(s), the Additional Income-tax (Tax on Distributed Profits) payable by the domestic company u/s 115-O shall be at the rate mentioned therein and not at the rate applicable to the non-resident shareholder(s) as per the relevant DTAA. The domestic company can claim DTAA benefit only if the Contracting States intend to extend treaty protection for dividend distribution tax. Regarding applicability of transfer pricing regulations to operations carried out through qualifying ships where income is taxed under TTS, following assessee's own case, provisions of Chapter-X cannot be invoked to alter expenditure having no bearing on income computed under Chapter XII-G. Thus, transfer pricing regulations do not apply to income taxed under TTS.
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