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 ...

This comes days after the USTR proposed a retaliatory trade action — of up to 25% tariffs on basmati rice, sea foods and gold — against Ind...

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Hardeep Singh Puri said the equalisation levy collection...

The Union Budget clarified that transactions taxable under income-tax are not liable for equalisation levy. In the past, there have been co...

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...

Big players such as Google, Amazon, Netflix and Adobe have already paid the 2% equalisation levy – or the ‘Google tax’ – on their earnings ...

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

The 2 per cent Equalisation Levy was introduced in the 2020-21 Budget and has come into effect from April 1, 2020. The deadline for payment...

The government should consider keeping in abeyance the 2 per cent equalisation levy on e-commerce companies as there are ambiguities surrou...

They also suggested that the levy should not be imposed on services or goods that are executed online but delivered offline – for instance,...

Fearing that the recently announced 2% equalisation levy on overseas ecommerce purchases by India-based companies will be imposed on all ov...

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

LinkedIn plans to absorb the equalisation levy on all cross-border digital transactions and not pass it on to Indian firms advertising on i...

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