TMI BlogDouble Taxation Agreement - Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Australia - Amendment in Notification No. GSR 60(E), Dated 22-1-1992X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... w, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 90 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) , the Central Government hereby directs that all the provisions of the Protocol annexed hereto shall be given effect to and shall be deemed to have been given effect to in the Union of India in accordance with Article 7 of the said Protocol, namely:- (i) in respect of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the said Protocol, for the Financial Year 2014-15 and subsequent financial years; (ii) in respect of Articles 4 and 5 of the said Protocol, from the 2nd day of April, 2013; and (iii) in respect of Article 6 of the said Protocol, from the 18th day of July, 2013 ANNEXURE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME The Government of the Republic of India and the Government of Australia, Desiring to amend the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of Australia for the avoidance of double taxation, and the prevention of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... table to that permanent establishment." ARTICLE 4 The Agreement is amended by inserting: "ARTICLE 24A NON-DISCRIMINATION (1) Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith, which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances, in particular with respect to residence, are or may be subjected. This provision shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, also apply to persons who are not residents of one or both of the Contracting States. (2) The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other State than the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State carrying on the same activities. This provision shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting State to grant to individuals who are residents of the other Contracting State any personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for taxation purposes on account of civil status or family responsibilities which it grant ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... information (including documents or certified copies of the documents) as is foreseeably relevant for carrying out the provisions of this Agreement or to the administration or enforcement of the domestic laws concerning taxes of every kind and description imposed on behalf of the Contracting States, insofar as the taxation thereunder is not contrary to the Agreement. The exchange of information is not restricted by Articles 1 and 2. (2) Any information received under paragraph 1 by a Contracting State shall be treated as secret in the same manner as information obtained under the domestic laws of that State and shall be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) concerned with the assessment or collection of the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to the taxes referred to in paragraph 1, or the oversight of the above. Such persons or authorities shall use the information only for such purposes. They may disclose the information in public court proceedings or in judicial decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information received by a Contracting State may be used for other purposes wh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... trument to which the Contracting States are parties, as well as interest administrative penalties and costs of collection or conservancy related to such amount. (3) When a revenue claim of a Contracting State is enforceable under the laws of that State and is owed by a person who, at that time, cannot, under the laws of that State, prevent its collection, that revenue claim shall, at the request of the competent authority of that State, be accepted for purposes of collection by the competent authority of the other Contracting State. That revenue claim shall be collected by that other State in accordance with the provisions of its laws applicable to the enforcement and collection of its own taxes as if the revenue claim were a revenue claim of that other State. (4) When a revenue claim of a Contracting State is a claim in respect of which that State may, under its law, take measures of conservancy with a view to ensure its collection, that revenue claim shall, at the request of the competent authority of that State, be accepted for purposes of taking measures of conservancy by the competent authority of the other Contracting State. That other State shall take measures of conserv ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... administrative practice of that or of the other Contracting State; (b) to carry out measures which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public); (c) to provide assistance if the other Contracting State has not pursued all reasonable measures of collection or conservancy, as the case may be, available under its laws or administrative practice; (d) to provide assistance in those cases where the administrative burden for that State is clearly disproportionate to the benefit to be derived by the other Contracting State." ARTICLE 7 ENTRY INTO FORCE The Contracting States shall notify each other in writing through diplomatic channel of the completion of their domestic requirements for the entry into force of this Protocol. The Protocol, which shall form an integral part of the Agreement, shall enter into force on the date of the last notification, and thereupon shall have effect: (a) in the case of India, in respect of income derived in any fiscal year beginning on or after 1 April next following the date on which the Protocol enters into force; (b) in the case of Australia, with regard to Australian tax, in relation to income, profits or gains of any year of incom ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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