India's OECD tax deal may have revenue implications, say experts

Could mean India will have to withdraw 2% equalisation levy on firms by 2023

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OECD | Tax Revenues

Dilasha Seth  |  New Delhi 

India conceding ground to bring only top 100 digital companies like Google, Facebook, and Netflix into the global taxation pact may have revenue implications. This will mean that New Delhi will have to withdraw the contentious 2 per cent equalisation levy on e-commerce operators by 2023.

This may have revenue implications for India, experts pointed out, as the equalisation levy has a much lower annual revenue threshold of Rs 2 crore (Euro 0.2 million) as against Euro 20 billion agreed by 130 countries at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). India, along ...

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First Published: Mon, July 05 2021. 06:10 IST
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