The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing and ratification of Protocol between India and Japan for amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) signed between the two countries in 1989 for avoidance of double taxation and for prevention of fiscal evasion, through a protocol.

 The Protocol will facilitate exchange of information, as per accepted international standards, on tax matters including bank information and information without domestic tax interest. There is a further provision in the Protocol for sharing any information received from Japan, with authorization of the competent authority in Japan and vice versa, in respect of a resident of India, with other law enforcement agencies.

 The Protocol also has a provision for India and Japan to lend assistance to each other in collection of revenue claims, as well as for exemption of interest income from taxation in the source country, with respect to debt-claims insured by the Government or Government-owned financial institutions.

Exchange of information expanded under India-Japan tax protocol, enabling bank data sharing and mutual collection assistance. Protocol amending the Double Taxation Convention expands exchange of information to include bank and other tax-related data without requiring domestic tax interest, permits onward disclosure to law enforcement with competent-authority authorisation, establishes mutual assistance in recovery of revenue claims, and provides a source-country exemption for interest on debt-claims insured by Government or Government-owned financial institutions.