Tax Authorities Fail to Prove Treaty Shopping; Appeal Allowed for Investment Platform with Legitimate Activities.

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....The Appellant, a Mauritian entity, is controlled and managed by its board of directors in Mauritius, comprising two Mauritian resident directors and one US resident director. Board meetings were physically chaired in Mauritius, with the majority of directors being Mauritian residents. The tax authorities failed to rebut the statutory evidence of the Tax Residency Certificate with cogent evidence and merely based on suspicion and inferences, held the assessee engaged in treaty shopping. The assessee had no funds of its own due to its nature as an investment platform, and any gains would be transferred to initial investors. The assessee's association with Cayman Island entities does not taint its genuine activities as an investment platform. .........