Place of effective management residence rules do not apply to a...

Place of effective management residence rules do not apply to a company whose turnover or gross receipts fall within the stipulated threshold under the Board circular, effective from Assessment Year 2017-18. The notes state that a New Zealand-incorporated company was therefore not liable to Indian tax merely because it had assumed Indian residence and filed returns on that basis, making the tax paid refundable. They further explain that rectification is available where foreign-tax payment was previously disputed but is later settled, and that procedural barriers should not deny substantive double-taxation relief. The rejection of refund was quashed and refund with interest was directed in accordance with law.

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