Online classes owing to Covid outbreak: US varsities search for Google tax relief

July 21, 2020 admin mobile 0 Comments

In all likelihood, a foreign university holding online classes now and switching over to regular on-campus programme, say next year, if travel restrictions are relaxed, may not have to pay the levy.

SynopsisThe US universities — many of which are spared tax in their home country as well as under the India-US double tax avoidance treaty — are grappling with a string of questions: Will they be taxed if students from India move to the campus once the pandemic subsides? Can they escape the tax by striking a deal with a university in India?

Mumbai: American universities offering online classes with the onset of Covid-19 have woken up to the reality of India’s new digital tax. Finding themselves in the same boat as Amazon, Google and

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Jul 20, 2020, 09:45 AM IST

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