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India’s tax treaties

What each treaty charges on dividends, interest, royalties and fees for technical services — and the condition attached to each rate.

Read the condition, not just the rate. Almost every figure below is conditional. A dividend rate turns on a shareholding threshold; an interest rate usually has a government-and-banks exemption beside it — and in at least one treaty that exemption sits in a different article entirely; and whether a fee for technical services is taxable at all often turns on whether the treaty requires the technology to be made available. Each rate here was taken from the treaty article itself, and the country page gives the article and paragraph it came from.
TreatyDividendsInterestRoyaltiesFTSMake-availableService PEMLI
India–Albania10%10%10%10%NoYes, and the Agreement states it in…Not modified
India–Armenia10%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Australia15%15%10–20%10–20%No FTS article183 days in any 12 month period — Art.…Modified
India–Austria10%10%10%10%NoThere is no service PE limb and no…Modified
India–Bangladesh10–15%10%10%No FTS articleThere is no service PE limb in this…Not modified
India–Belarus15%10%15%15%NoNot modified
India–Belgium15%10–15%10–20%10%NoThere is no service PE limb of any kind…Modified
India–Bhutan10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than 120 days within any…Not modified
India–Botswana10%10%10%10%No183Not modified
India–Brazil15%15%10–15%10–15%NoYes — more than 183 days in any…Not modified
India–Bulgaria15%15%15–20%20%NoNo general service PE. The only…Not modified
India–Canada25%15%10–20%10–20%Yes90 days in any twelve-month period —…Modified
India–China10%10%10%10%No183 days in any twelve-month period —…Not modified
India–Colombia5–15%10%10%10%NoYes, and the Agreement states it in…Not modified
India–Croatia15%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Cyprus10%10%10%10%NoMore than 90 days within any 12-month…Modified
India–Czech Republic10%10%10%10%NoNone. There is no service PE in this…Modified
India–Denmark25%10–15%20%20%NoThere is no service PE limb of any…Not modified
India–EgyptNo FTS articleNone. There is no service PE in this…Not modified
India–Estonia10%10%10%10%NoMore than six months within any…Not modified
India–Ethiopia7.5%10%10%10%NoMore than six months within any…Not modified
India–Fiji5%10%10%10%No182Not modified
India–Finland10%10%10%10%NoYes — 183 days. Art. 5(3)(b): the term…Modified
India–France10%10–15%10–20%10–20%NoThere is no service permanent…Modified
India–Georgia10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than 90 days within any…Modified
India–Germany10%10%10%10%NoNone. There is no service PE limb in…Not modified
India–GreeceNo FTS articleNot modified
India–Hong Kong5–25%10%10%10%NoMore than 183 days within any…Modified
India–Hungary10%10%10%10%NoNone. There is no service PE in this…Modified
India–Iceland10%10%10%10%No90Not modified
India–Indonesia10%10%10%10%NoYes — 91 days, the shortest service PE…Not modified
India–Iran10%10%10%10%NoMore than 90 days within any 12-month…Not modified
India–Ireland10%10%10%10%NoThere is no general service permanent…Modified
India–Israel10%10%10%10%NoThere is no service PE limb in this…Not modified
India–Italy10–25%15%10–20%20%NoThere is no service PE limb of any kind…Not modified
India–Japan10%10%10%10%NoNone. There is no general service PE…Modified
India–Jordan10%10%20%20%NoNot modified
India–Kazakhstan10%10%10%10%NoYes, but only since FY 2018-19 — more…Not modified
India–Kenya10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than 90 days within any…Not modified
India–Korea (Republic of)15%10%10%10%NoMore than 183 days within any 12-month…Modified
India–Kuwait10%10%10%10%No183 days or more within any…Not modified
India–Kyrgyz Republic10%10%10–15%15%NoNone. There is no service permanent…Not modified
India–Latvia10%10%10%10%NoExceeding six months in the aggregate…Not modified
India–LibyaNo FTS articleNot modified
India–Lithuania15%10%10%10%No180Not modified
India–Luxembourg10%10%10%10%NoMore than 183 days within any 12 months…Modified
India–Macedonia10%10%10%10%NoMore than 90 days within any 12-month…Not modified
India–Malaysia5–100%10%10%10%No90 days in any twelve-month period —…Not modified
India–Malta10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than 90 days within any…Modified
India–Mauritius15%7.5%15%10%No FTS articleMore than 90 days within any 12-month…Not modified
India–Mexico10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than 90 days within any…Not modified
India–Mongolia15%15%15%15%NoNone. There is no service permanent…Not modified
India–Montenegro15%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Morocco10%10%10%10%NoNo general service PE. The only…Not modified
India–Mozambique7.5%10%10%No FTS articleNot modified
India–Myanmar5%10%10%No FTS articleNot modified
India–Namibia10%10%10%10%NoYes — more than six months within any…Not modified
India–Nepal5–10%10%10–15%No FTS article90 days within any 12-month period —…Not modified
India–Netherlands10%10%10%10%YesNone. There is no service PE limb in…Modified
India–New Zealand15–20%10–15%10–30%10–30%NoThere is no service PE limb and no…Not modified
India–Norway10%10%10%10%NoYes — and this is the only treaty in…Modified
India–Oman10%10%10–15%10–15%NoThere is no service PE limb in this…Not modified
India–Philippines20%15%15%No FTS articleNone. There is no service PE in this…Not modified
India–Poland10%10–15%15–22.5%15–22.5%NoYes, and IT was inserted in 2014, not…Modified
India–Portugal15%10%10%10%YesNone. There is no service PE in this…Modified
India–Qatar5–10%10%10%10%No90 days within any 12-month period —…Not modified
India–Romania10%10%10%10%NoMore than 6 months within any 12 month…Not modified
India–Russian Federation10%10%10%10%NoThere is no service PE limb in this…Modified
India–Saudi Arabia5–25%10%10%No FTS article182 days within any 12-month period —…Not modified
India–Serbia15%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Singapore15%10–15%10%10%YesMore than 90 days in any fiscal year…Modified
India–Slovenia15%10%10%10%NoModified
India–South Africa10%10%10%10%NoThere is no service PE limb in this…Not modified
India–Spain15%15%10–20%20%NoThere is no general service PE limb —…Modified
India–Sri Lanka7.5%10%10%10%No90 days within any 12-month period —…Not modified
India–Sudan10%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Sweden10%10%10%10%NoNo service PE limb of any kind — no…Not modified
India–Switzerland10%10%10%10%NoTwo thresholds, 90 days and 30 days,…Not modified
India–Syrian Arab Republic10%10%10%No FTS articleYes — more than 183 days within any…Not modified
India–Tajikistan10%10%10%No FTS articleNot modified
India–Tanzania10%10%10%No FTS articleMore than 183 days within any 12 month…Not modified
India–Thailand10–100%10%10%No FTS article183 days within any twelve-month period…Not modified
India–Trinidad and Tobago10%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–Turkey10–15%15%15%15%NoThere is no general service PE — but…Not modified
India–Turkmenistan10%10%10%10%NoNo service PE. The Convention has no…Not modified
India–Uganda10%10%10%10%NoNone. There is no service permanent…Not modified
India–Ukraine15%10%10%10%NoNot modified
India–United Arab Emirates10%5–12.5%10%No FTS articleExpressed in months, not days: the…Modified
India–United Kingdom10%15%10–20%10–15%YesMore than 90 days in any twelve-month…Modified
India–United States of America25%10–15%10–20%10–15%YesMore than 90 days in any twelve-month…Not modified
India–Uruguay5%10%10%10%NoMore than 90 days within any 12-month…Not modified
India–Uzbekistan15%15%15%15%NoNot modified
India–Vietnam10%10%10%10%NoThere is no service PE limb and no…Not modified
India–Zambia15%10%10%10%NoNot modified

94 treaties covered so far. The rest are being read.