India will restart negotiations with Mauritius on revamping the three-decade-old bilateral double tax avoidance agreement (DTAA). Following a request from Mauritius for renegotiations of DTAA India decided last week to proceed in the matter. DTAA has reportedly been used to launder black money as investments in the country.
The India-Mauritius tax treaty provides that capital gains arising in India from the sale of securities can only be taxed in Mauritius, and since the island nation does not tax capital gains, it leads to zero taxation.
More than 40% of total foreign direct investments (FDIs) to India originate from Mauritius. Authorities here suspect most of these investments are nothing but treaty shopping to avoid paying tax. India is estimated to lose over $600 million a year in revenues on account of the DTAA with Mauritius. Earlier talks on the treaty through a joint working group were held in 2008 but had failed following Mauritian government's insistence to continue with the existing agreement. India has been insisting on taxing all gains made by a Mauritian company here.
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