Revision in India-Mauritius DTAA not to affect FDI in long run

29 Jun 2011 Evaluate

Revision of India's three-decade old double tax avoidance agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius will not affect the India’s Foreign Direct Investment in the long run. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) official said, 'The DTAA review will not have any impact (on the FDI inflows into the country) in the long run,' adding 'genuine investors will continue investing in India'.

It is expected that the talks for reviewing the DTAA to start from July or August.  The Indian government has been forcing the Mauritius government for revision in the DTAA, to cover the loopholes and revenue leakages. As per the DTAA, capital gains by Mauritius firms in India are taxed only in the Mauritius, as island nation has the zero capital gains tax, many third nation investors route their investment into India through Mauritius to save on taxes. It is believed that the revision in DTAA could affect the inflow of FDI into country.

Around 42% of FDI into India is coming from island nation, similarly, around 40% foreign Institutional Investors (FII) into the country is believed to be routed through the Mauritius. The majority of these investors are from third nation who use the DTAA for saving capital gains tax.

Because of pressure from civil societies and opposition on the issue of black money, India government is in process of reviewing the DTAA with many counties specially tax paradise such as Mauritius. India has done DTAA with 65 counties including nations like US, UK, Japan, France etc.

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