Cabinet for protocol amending agreement between India, Kuwait on double taxation and fiscal evasion
Updated: Nov 18, 2015 05:22:04pm
The Protocol provides for internationally accepted standards for effective exchange of information on tax matters including bank information and information without domestic tax interest, said a Cabinet release.
It is further provided that the information received from Kuwait in respect of a resident of India can be shared with other law enforcement agencies with authorization of the competent authority of Kuwait and vice versa.
India and Kuwait signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed in 2006 for the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, through the Protocol. (KNN Bureau)