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Delhi High Court on Cross-Border Secondments: Reimbursements May No Longer Be Tax-Neutral
Cross-border secondment arrangements have traditionally been structured by multinational groups as internal deployment arrangements rather than as taxable service transactions. Indian subsidiaries and...
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Tax Residency Certificates After Tiger Global: India’s Shift from Formal Residence to Substance-Based Treaty Review
1. The Changing Treaty LandscapeIndia’s approach to tax treaty claims has moved into a more uncertain and fact-sensitive phase after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Authority of Advance Rulings (Income...
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Fiscally Transparent Partnerships and Treaty Relief: The Unresolved Journey from Linklaters to Herbert Smith Freehills
1. The problem: one transparent firm, many treaty residencesConsider a United Kingdom limited liability partnership carrying on a global professional services practice. It is fiscally transparent in t...
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Cross-Border Secondment in India: A Tax and GST Structuring Guide for PE, FTS and RCM Risk
1. Why secondment arrangements have become high-risk in IndiaEmployee secondment within multinational groups is no longer treated by Indian tax authorities as a routine internal human-resource movemen...
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Cross-Border Secondment in India: A Practical Tax and GST Structuring Guide for PE, FTS and RCM Risk
1. Why secondment arrangements now need board-level attentionEmployee secondment within multinational groups is no longer viewed by Indian tax authorities as a routine internal HR movement. In many ca...