In 2020, the government had expanded the scope of the equalisation levy in a bid to tax internet giants' digital advertising revenues from ...

India gets about Rs 4,000 crore through equalisation levy on multinational tech firms like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google and Netflix, but...

Big Tech companies fear that India’s equalisation levy combined with similar digital tax regulations in countries such as the UK and France...

The government broadened the scope of equalisation levy at 6%, first introduced in 2016, to include additional transactions. The definition...

ET had reported in its edition dated August 5 that Google's stance of passing on the 2% equalisation levy to all its clients, even if they ...

USTR’s report points out that: “India’s Digital services taxes is an outlier. It taxes numerous categories of digital services that are not...

In a statement, the commerce and industry ministry said there is no retrospective element as the levy was enacted before the 1st day of Apr...

Beginning this April, the government has introduced a 2% equalisation levy which would also be applicable. The question is whether 2% has t...

“Provisions pertaining to equalisation levy on e-commerce transactions, do not grant recourse to the tax authorities to recover taxes in ca...

Whenever “taxes or foreign exchange rates change, the company has to update prices on the App store,” Apple told its consumers on the site....

"An e-commerce operator will be a "non-resident who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic facility or platform for online sale of...

Tax experts say lack of clarity around the levy means different companies were interpreting it in a different way. Some companies are being...

India has made a strong case for the imposition of equalisation levy on digital transactions, relying upon a ruling by the American Supreme...

A group of seven top industry associations representing internet and technology giants such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Adob...

While the Google tax is 6%, the actual burden could be about 7-8%, mainly due to the grossing up of taxes. Currently, it is applicable only...

Cloud computing companies and content providers may be needed to pay equalisation levy on their revenue from the next financial year.

At present, equalisation levy is leviable only on payments relating to online advertisements, said C A Gupta, Partner, Deloitte Haskins and...