Draft Valuation Rules for Indirect Transfers in India

Volume 3 No 6    |    Read Article

By Neha Rastogi, Nina Krauthamer, and Kenneth Lobo

In May, draft rules were issued in India that implement legislation designed to reverse the holding in the Vodafone case. There, a taxpayer sold shares of an offshore company having as its principal asset shares of a large Indian telecommunication company. When Indian tax authorities attempted to tax the gain of the sale of foreign shares, the Indian Supreme Court held in the taxpayer’s favor and observed that the transaction was beyond India’s territorial tax jurisdiction. The law was changed in 2012, and in 2015, certain valuation benchmarks were set that established when tax would be imposed. Neha Rastogi, Kenneth Lobo, and Nina Krauthamer explain how the value of Indian and global assetswill be determined. They also address associated reporting requirements.    See more →