Mumbai court rules that Linklaters must pay tax in India

In a landmark ruling, the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that Linklaters, a UK law firm delivering services to clients in India is taxable. Senior Counsels and tax experts S.E. Dastur and P.J. Pardiwala appeared for the UK firm who were assisted by Advocate Neeraj Sheth. Advocate Narendra Singh represented the Government. The two-member Bench of Pramod Kumar and R.S. Padvekar rendered a 111-page judgment, which quotes the ongoing dispute between Clifford Chance and Department of Income Tax. CC dispute with the tax authorities has now reached the Supreme Court, on some of the similar issues covering the Linklaters dispute including the India-UK Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).

Mumbai court rules that Linklaters must pay tax in India barandbench.com Mon, Jul 19, 2010