Two Certainties
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Tax Residency Certificate and Stakes in the Blackstone Case – II
In the first part of this Article, I detailed Delhi High Court’s decision in the Blackstone case. This part focuses on the immediate and larger issues that are likely to be considered by the Supreme Court in its…
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Tax Residency Certificate and Stakes in Blackstone Case – I
In BlackStone case framed the following as the main issue for consideration: whether the Income Tax Department can go behind the tax residency certificate (‘TRC’) issued by another jurisdiction and issue a re-assessment notice under Section 147, IT…
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An Ambiguous Circular: Is Electricity Indirectly under GST?
On 31.10.2023, CBIC issued a Circular clarifying the applicability of GST on certain services. The Circular, inter alia, clarified one issue which is the focus of this article. The issue, as framed by the Circular, was: Whether GST is…
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The Din Surrounding ‘DIN’
The Supreme Court recently granted an interim stay on the Delhi High Court’s judgment wherein it was held that a communication issued by an income tax authority without citing the computer-generated Document Identification Number (‘DIN’) does not have…
