Last week, the AP Shah report on ONGC and Reliance Industries mentioned that the latter has made unfair gains from producing ONGC‘s migrated gas while also blaming the company for neglecting the issue for nearly six years.
The Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) has directed withdrawal of the MAT levy on FPIsbringing cheer at the turn of the year. This is a clear indication of the Government‘s resolve in implementing a stable and predictable tax regime for the FPIs - in which investors typically churn over time and the tax cost is factored on daily basis.
FinMin today said those companies that do not have a permanent establishment will be exempted from the purview of MAT.
By: Menaka Doshi, CNBC TV18
The government has accepted the recommendation of the AP Shah committee to not pursue cases against foreign institutional investors (FII) involving minimum alternate tax (MAT) levied prior to April 1, 2015, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
The Shah panel had submitted its 66-page report to the Government on July 24 and its analysis is crucial for the government to firm up its stance on the Castleton case.
The case pertains to whether MAT should apply to foreign companies including foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).
The commission, led by AP Shah, today submitted its 66-page report to the Finance Ministry on whether minimum alternate tax (MAT) should be levied on foreign institutional investors (FIIs).
While AP Shah refrained from disclosing any content of the report, he said the report was a unanimous view and the government will now examine and take an appropriate decision on the same.
A high-level committee headed by Justice AP Shah to resolve several tax tussles will have three members in it and will start by evaluating the minimum alternate tax (MAT) row, the government today said.
The Panel may be a three-member body and may have two tax experts as members. It may not have any government nominee and future tax issues may be referred to it.